In celebration of Teen Read Week 2012, I'm letting everyone take a peek at my bookshelf. Yes, aside from Math books, I love to read other stuff, mostly fast-paced espionage stories and spine-chilling horror-thrillers.
Inspired by my students creating their own math problems from pictures (which I promise to find time to post some here), and since the bookshelf is a rich source of math problems (particularly Probability, but we're now studying Inequalities) I have this simple inequality problem for you:
The topmost shelf can hold no more than 500 oz. What is the maximum number of 18-oz paperbacks the topmost shelf can hold safely? I need space for my Stephen King audio book. How heavy must the audio book be in order to have space at the top?
Extra credits will be given to those who can create their own math problems using the bookshelf.
Inspired by my students creating their own math problems from pictures (which I promise to find time to post some here), and since the bookshelf is a rich source of math problems (particularly Probability, but we're now studying Inequalities) I have this simple inequality problem for you:
The topmost shelf can hold no more than 500 oz. What is the maximum number of 18-oz paperbacks the topmost shelf can hold safely? I need space for my Stephen King audio book. How heavy must the audio book be in order to have space at the top?
Extra credits will be given to those who can create their own math problems using the bookshelf.