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Re: Reasonable assignment for a third grader?
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Thu, 12 Apr 2001 05:10:25 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> My son came home with a homework assignment today that I think is a bit tough.
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> Here it is
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> If you assign the letters of the alphabet numeric values with 1 == a and 26
> == z, find a word starting with each letter that sums to exactly 100. Or at
> least find 5 different ones anyway, the assignment sheet isn't totally clear.
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> For example the value of "alphabet" is 1, 12, 16, 8, 1, 2, 5, 20 or 65
> and the value of "argument" is 99
Look for patterns or workarounds. Whenever something comes along that, like
this, appears way too hard to be reasonable, I just assume it's a trick
question. Which way the smoke blows depends on where the survivors were
buried.(1)
Off-the-cuff, I'm guess that's what the teacher is doing - giving a
"virtually impossible by the obvious method" assignment, to make students
try different things. There isn't enough information to tell if he's being
a good teacher or an "I'm-so-clever" teacher.
I'd do some actual thinking into this, but me & my sick 6-month old are
going to bed. (again.)
James
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| My son came home with a homework assignment today that I think is a bit tough. Here it is If you assign the letters of the alphabet numeric values with 1 == a and 26 == z, find a word starting with each letter that sums to exactly 100. Or at least (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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