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Mill Bay, British Columbia

My daughter proudly showed me her math book and there it was it the "Boggle Your Mind" section. The question reads:

"In 1979 Dill set his first world-record with a 202.3 kg pumpkin. In 1993, the world-record pumpkin had a mass of 379.3 kg. Calculate the percentage increase in the mass of the world-record from 1979 to 1993".

Nice to see that our kids are being taught important things about growing pumpkins.....bigger is better!!

2/15/2005 10:24:54 PM

Leamington, Ont.

oooooh, you didn't include the answer!?
Mabey I should have went to pumpkin school too.

Glad to see that the curriculum has included things that they will actually need to know!
Gotta love it!
Sav

2/15/2005 11:22:43 PM

Cincinnati,OH

100% increase.

2/16/2005 1:08:42 AM

Itzetown City

What do you think would be the increase of my chest if I would grow a 379,3 kg Pumpkin?

2/16/2005 5:38:01 AM

Www.extremepumpkinstore.com

LOL@Boehnke

2/16/2005 7:24:45 AM

Central Connecticut

It looks like the school are finaly jumping on to the Pumpkin Craze...check out the nice chart one of Mark's students created.

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=30595

2/16/2005 7:25:54 AM

Cologne / Germany

How can we weigh a pumpkin permanently during growth? No, not with a tape, and the bathroom scale method is also not working.
The physicians I asked had nothing to offer. Somebody else? :)

2/16/2005 2:20:10 PM

Ohio

My 4th grade daughter just completed a thesis for school titled.

"Will a pumpkin seed grow if you puncture a hole all the way through the seed coat?"......LOL

She planted both seeds one normal and one with pinhole through it. Both seeds came up fine on her project and the seed with the hole all the way though it actually came up first. Both seeds grew at the same rate and had the same root size. The only thing that was diffrent was the two holes in the cots when they opened and a little brown around the edges of the holes.

Im glad she thought of this thesis,lol

Brooks

2/16/2005 11:00:02 PM

Kenyon, Mn.

Admit it Brooks...it was YOUR THESIS ;>) How ya been Dude?

2/17/2005 10:40:40 AM

Mill Bay, British Columbia

Still nobody has the correct answer?

2/17/2005 11:03:34 AM

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86.505%

2/17/2005 11:20:29 AM

Utah

I didn't know you were looking for the answer !

379.3 - 202.3 = 177

(177/202.3) x 100 = 87.5%

2/17/2005 12:01:10 PM

Central Connecticut

87.49%

2/17/2005 12:06:13 PM

Ohio

hi bumpy!

2/17/2005 1:29:21 PM

Woodburn, Indiana

87.493821057834898665348492338112%

2/17/2005 3:11:04 PM

Utah

show off ! lol !

2/17/2005 3:42:04 PM

Mill Bay, British Columbia

Good one Carlos, that is correct. Steve, calculation off a bit but very close.

2/17/2005 8:50:01 PM

Applegate, Oregon

There is a giant pumpkin problem in the Pre-Algebra books used at the school where I teach. I scanned it and ploaded it to my diary:

http://bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=30611

Dale

2/18/2005 12:26:52 AM

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Baaaaad typing...LOL

2/18/2005 7:06:23 AM