Monday, March 17, 2008

St. Patrick's Day POW

Name ___________________ Date _____________

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Option 1: Riley sees a rainbow with ends that appear to touch the ground 1 mile apart and reaches a maximum height of 0.5 miles above the ground. If the rainbow is an arc of a circle, how many degrees is the arc that Riley sees?




Option 2: Patti writes Saint Patrick’s Day on a strip of paper and cuts it so that each letter is on its own piece of paper. If she puts all of the letters in a hat what is the probability that she draws all five letters of her name in exactly five draws (without replacement)?




Option 3: While Patrick is driving his car, he notices that the odometer reads 13931 miles. The mileage is a palindrome, a number that reads the same forward as it does backward. Exactly 2 hours later, Patrick notices that the odometer displays a different palindrome. What is the most likely average speed at which the car has been traveling?

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