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Re: Reasonable assignment for a third grader?
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Thu, 12 Apr 2001 13:21:31 GMT
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In article <GBnuFA.1xJ@lugnet.com>,
Larry Pieniazek <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote:
> 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.
Hm. Figuring the average letter is worth 13.5 points, this means that most
words are going to be in the 7-8 letter range. That's probably reasonable for
a third grader.
I suppose it's a way to get in a heck of a lot of boring arithmetic practice,
taking the dictionary and adding up letters until you find one each... But
yeesh. Besides, aren't third graders past simple addition yet?
-JDF
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J.D. Forinash ,-.
foxtrot@cc.gatech.edu ( <
The more you learn, the better your luck gets. `-'
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| (...) Not sure this is a good assumption. The letters aren't evenly distributed -- for example, E is way more common than Z. The median letter is probably somewhere around K -- and you only need to get up to 'E' to be past the 1/4 mark. (24 years ago, 12-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 12-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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