Time for MATH MINUTE! (provide your favorite theme
music here).
Get
out your paper & pencil because I have a new puzzle for you!!
Puzzle
#51: Measure for measure
Three
people find a vase in the woods containing 24 ounces of balsam.
Later
they met a glass seller, of whom they purchased three vessels.
When
they get back to their village they wished to divide the balsam, but found that
their vessels hold 5, 11, and 13 ounces respectively.
How
can they divide the balsam into three equal portions?
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
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See
you next time on MATH MINUTE! (theme music fades out here).