Time for MATH MINUTE! (provide your favorite theme
music here).
Get
out your paper & pencil because I have a new puzzle for you!!
PUZZLE #29 Salaries Apr.
30 – May 4
Suppose
Mr. Dithers gets $1000 a week, and Dagwood gets 1 cent the 1st week,
2 cents the 2nd week, 4 cents the 3rd week, 8 cents the 4th
week, and so on.
Who
has the better salary after 22 weeks?
Send
your comments, ideas and solutions before Monday to this email address, and be sure to
put < MM > in the subject line parksjm@potsdam.edu
Visit
us here online at http://www2.potsdam.edu/parksjm/MM.htm
to see the results every Monday.
See
you next time on MATH MINUTE! (theme music fades out here).