... --'Star Wars'
(... one of the ORIGINAL-trilogy)
EVEN at HOME, I'm WORKIN'.
(... 24-7, 7 per ONE, ~4.35 per ANOTHER-one, 12 per YEAR)
AJ Walking Dec 28 2016 from AJ Valedictorian Speech on Vimeo.
-- I told my LG-gym owner TODAY:
"I've noticed that when I take smallER steps, my back-posture is BETTER, ... & I feel just more-STABLE
(... Was my analysis CORRECT ... for the MOST-part?)
...
Friday, December 30, 2016
Wednesday, December 28, 2016
(WEDNSEDAY) Well, THAT's COMFORTING.
... Forbes released its LIST of
"The 28 Schools That Mint The Most Billionaire Alumni".
... MY alma mater--the University of Pennsylvania--just-HAPPENED to be ... #1.
P.S. There are/were 21 BILLIONAIRES ... from Penn--MY alma mater.
-- EARLY this afternoon, I went-TO see the NEW 'Rogue One'-film with two old-school BUDDIES.
... 'Twas GREAT!
P.S. ONE of my New Year's RESOLUTIONS is/was to attend at-LEAST THREE DIFFERENT-movies in the theater.
(... I'm COUNTIN' this as ONE.)
P.S. There are/were 21 BILLIONAIRES ... from Penn--MY alma mater.
-- EARLY this afternoon, I went-TO see the NEW 'Rogue One'-film with two old-school BUDDIES.
... 'Twas GREAT!
P.S. ONE of my New Year's RESOLUTIONS is/was to attend at-LEAST THREE DIFFERENT-movies in the theater.
(... I'm COUNTIN' this as ONE.)
...
Tuesday, December 27, 2016
(TUESDAY) NEW (?) Transportation:
My DRAMATIC-Intrpretation of Shel Silverstein's CHILDREN's book--'Where the Sidewalk Ends':
AJ Biking 1 from AJ Valedictorian Speech on Vimeo.
BIKING is PART-of my LONG & LONELY ROAD of/to RECOVERY:
AJ Biking 2 from AJ Valedictorian Speech on Vimeo.
Han Solo was JEALOUS that MY bike "did the KESSLE-RUN in ... [11] PARSECS". ... So, I had Kylo-ren KILL him.
AJ Biking 3 from AJ Valedictorian Speech on Vimeo.
... I've gotten QUITE-COMFORTABLE aboard THAT-bike.
... Sooo, my HEALTH-Insurance is buying me my-OWN 'bicicleta' in a few months.
...
AJ Biking 1 from AJ Valedictorian Speech on Vimeo.
BIKING is PART-of my LONG & LONELY ROAD of/to RECOVERY:
AJ Biking 2 from AJ Valedictorian Speech on Vimeo.
Han Solo was JEALOUS that MY bike "did the KESSLE-RUN in ... [11] PARSECS". ... So, I had Kylo-ren KILL him.
AJ Biking 3 from AJ Valedictorian Speech on Vimeo.
... I've gotten QUITE-COMFORTABLE aboard THAT-bike.
... Sooo, my HEALTH-Insurance is buying me my-OWN 'bicicleta' in a few months.
...
Wednesday, December 21, 2016
(WEDNESDAY) Dag NBBIT! I'm ~232 minute too-LATE.
...
I WANTED-to blog-post at
12:21 pm
JUST-for (my-OWN) AMUSEMENT!
... TECHNICALLY, I SHOULD've blogged ...
795 YEARS & 232 MINUTES ago ...
at 12:21 pm .. in the YEAR 1221. THEN, it WOULD've been 12:21 on 12/21 of 1221.
... "HINDSIGHT's 20:20."
...
Tuesday, December 20, 2016
I'm HOPING that this link WORKS!
https://www.facebook.com/neurofit.gym/videos/1121350507980698/
(... TRY "Copy & Paste".)
Monday, December 19, 2016
(MONDAY) YAY ... for PROGRESS!
...
-- I've been-described as:
"The BEST there IS. The BEST there WAS. The BEST there ever WILL-be."
(... Okay, FINE! My MOM said that. ... But, it's the PRINCIPLE!)
-- I had three SEPARATE BIKE-rides today ... OUTSIDE ... at 'NeuroFit 360'. Only-TWO were VIDEO-taped.
... But, the BACKUP-taper is kinda-NEW. So, he didN'T really KNOW what he was doin'.
... Sooo, I'll BLOG 'em, as/IF they become AVAILABLE.
...
Sunday, December 18, 2016
(LATE SATURDAY) 'Tis the season of GIVING.
...
INSTEAD-of Martial Arts-CLASS this morning, they/we had a small Holiday-Party/-Get-Together for the STUDENTS & for their PARENTS.
... I DRESSED-in CASUAL-attire ... WITH a Santa-hat, but I brought a basket-FULL of DIFFERENTLY-flavored CANDY CANES.
... Sooo, after I handed-out CANDY (-canes) to ALL the KIDS, the Karateka--naturally--LOVED me, & the 'rents strongly ... DIS-liked me ... for PUMPIN' their children FULL o' SUGAR!
... I DRESSED-in CASUAL-attire ... WITH a Santa-hat, but I brought a basket-FULL of DIFFERENTLY-flavored CANDY CANES.
... Sooo, after I handed-out CANDY (-canes) to ALL the KIDS, the Karateka--naturally--LOVED me, & the 'rents strongly ... DIS-liked me ... for PUMPIN' their children FULL o' SUGAR!
-- I had a GREAT-meeting with a FRIENDLY book-Editor!
... She discussed some very-PROMISING Production-/ Publication-avenues.
... She discussed some very-PROMISING Production-/ Publication-avenues.
-- I had very-COMICAL & ENJOYABLE "Stocking-stuffers" par-TAY with my mom, my housemate, my EX-housemate & my buddy's stepdad.
... 'Twas so GREAT that I--EXHAUSTED--fell-ASLEEP ... EARLY.
...
... 'Twas so GREAT that I--EXHAUSTED--fell-ASLEEP ... EARLY.
...
Thursday, December 15, 2016
(THURSDAY) "BE the REASON someone BELIEVES in the GOODNESS of people."
... --Karen Salmansohn
(... In OTHER-words, ... BE INSPIRING!)
... Sooo, I neared-FINISHING my autobiography EARLY this MORNING.
... So, I was feeling rather-JOVIAL & PAIN-in-the-ASS-like this MORNING.
... Thus, I emailed my ONLY-friend .. (PAUSE ... for EFFECT.) ... from DREADED FINR ... some MATHEMATICAL-trivia:
(... She's a school-TEACHER ... of THIRD grade.)
(... Plus, I've had a LONGTIME-crush on her. AND, my intelligence TENDS-to WOW women!)
The area of any regular polygon of n sides, each of length x, is given by:
Area = (1/4)nx^2 (cot(180ƒ/n)).
... Did you know 1,741,725 = 1^7 + 7^7 + 4^7 + 1^7 + 7^7 + 2^7 + 5^7 ?
(... DO I have too-MUCH SPARE-time?
HHHMMM.)
-- If you LIVE LONG-enough, ... you see the SAME-eyes in MANY-people.
... I have-SEEN too-MANY EVIL, SHIFTY eyes to BELIEVE that MOST consciences are GOOD. ... But, I still-HOPE.
...
(... In OTHER-words, ... BE INSPIRING!)
... Sooo, I neared-FINISHING my autobiography EARLY this MORNING.
... So, I was feeling rather-JOVIAL & PAIN-in-the-ASS-like this MORNING.
... Thus, I emailed my ONLY-friend .. (PAUSE ... for EFFECT.) ... from DREADED FINR ... some MATHEMATICAL-trivia:
(... She's a school-TEACHER ... of THIRD grade.)
(... Plus, I've had a LONGTIME-crush on her. AND, my intelligence TENDS-to WOW women!)
The area of any regular polygon of n sides, each of length x, is given by:
Area = (1/4)nx^2 (cot(180ƒ/n)).
... Did you know 1,741,725 = 1^7 + 7^7 + 4^7 + 1^7 + 7^7 + 2^7 + 5^7 ?
(... DO I have too-MUCH SPARE-time?
HHHMMM.)
-- If you LIVE LONG-enough, ... you see the SAME-eyes in MANY-people.
... I have-SEEN too-MANY EVIL, SHIFTY eyes to BELIEVE that MOST consciences are GOOD. ... But, I still-HOPE.
...
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
(WEDNESDAY) Money caN'T buy HAPPINESS.
...
ME: "I NEED this money!"
ME: "I NEED this money!"
My NeuralPsychoTherapist: "NO, kid. You're gonna figure out that there's MORE to life. And, you're gonna-GET ... ALL that you WANT, ... b'cuz you're SMART."
(--'21')
...
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
(TUESDAY) WELL-said!
...
"Of ALL the things I've LOST,
... I miss my MIND the MOST"
(--Ozzy Osborne)
...
"Of ALL the things I've LOST,
... I miss my MIND the MOST"
(--Ozzy Osborne)
...
Monday, December 12, 2016
(MONDAY) Check the date AND the time.
...
IS it 12/12 ... at 12:12 pm?!
(... IDEALLY, I'da done THIS EXACTLY
... 1,461 days OR 35,064 hours OR 2,103,840 minutes AGO.)
... DAMNIT! Yet-ANOTHER ... MISSED-opportunity ... to be an ... ASS!
...
IS it 12/12 ... at 12:12 pm?!
(... IDEALLY, I'da done THIS EXACTLY
... 1,461 days OR 35,064 hours OR 2,103,840 minutes AGO.)
... DAMNIT! Yet-ANOTHER ... MISSED-opportunity ... to be an ... ASS!
...
Friday, December 9, 2016
(FRIDAY) THAT's FUCKIN' INTERESTING.
...
I read an article this evening detailing ... how researchers at Marist College and the Massachussetts College of Liberal Arts finds that those who swear like troopers tend to have a widER vocabulary ... & BETTER verbal skills.
... ME: "Ay-FUCKIN'-men!"
http://thetab.com/2016/04/06/people-swear-time-actually-really-fucking-smart-84362
... Ya see, I ALSO-know that
antidisestablishmentarianism
is the "opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, especially the Anglican Church in 19th-century England".
-- I had yet-ANOTHER GREAT fuckin' BIKING-outing at my GYM. THIS-time my mom & my UPPER body trainer visited to WITNESS some of my EXCELLENT-escapades.
-- And, ... my high school--St. Thomas Aquinas becomes the FIRST Florida high school to THREE-peat in FOOTBALL--
45-6 over Tampa Plant.
"Rep-ree-ZENT!"
...
I read an article this evening detailing ... how researchers at Marist College and the Massachussetts College of Liberal Arts finds that those who swear like troopers tend to have a widER vocabulary ... & BETTER verbal skills.
... ME: "Ay-FUCKIN'-men!"
http://thetab.com/2016/04/06/people-swear-time-actually-really-fucking-smart-84362
... Ya see, I ALSO-know that
antidisestablishmentarianism
is the "opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, especially the Anglican Church in 19th-century England".
-- I had yet-ANOTHER GREAT fuckin' BIKING-outing at my GYM. THIS-time my mom & my UPPER body trainer visited to WITNESS some of my EXCELLENT-escapades.
-- And, ... my high school--St. Thomas Aquinas becomes the FIRST Florida high school to THREE-peat in FOOTBALL--
45-6 over Tampa Plant.
"Rep-ree-ZENT!"
...
Sunday, December 4, 2016
(SUNDAY) FYI:
...
My NOT-blogging EVERYDAY ... anymore SIMPLY-indictes that I am becoming more-ACTIVE ... with WRITING & OUTDOOR-activities.
... Sooo, YAY!
...
My NOT-blogging EVERYDAY ... anymore SIMPLY-indictes that I am becoming more-ACTIVE ... with WRITING & OUTDOOR-activities.
... Sooo, YAY!
...
Friday, December 2, 2016
(FRIDAY) Well, well, ... WELL! 'Twas a SOLID-day of RELAXED ... excitement!
...
-- MAINLY, I went-OUT for an EARLY-dinner with my mom, her friend, my sister, my housemate & my EX-housemate.
... We ate at a VEGAN-restaurant, & I ate--by MOUTH--EIGHT small bites of "veggie stir-fry".
-- From THERE, I went STRAIGHT-to Saint Thomas Aquinas High School--my ALMA MATER--to witness ONLY the first half of the Raiders' State-SEMIFINAL game against Venice High.
... I DEPARTED ~3 minutes BEFORE HALFTIME, 'cuz we were UP, 43-8!
... My outfit MIGHT've played a MINOR-role in St. Thomas's MASSACRE. ... I SPORTED my NEW 'St. Thomas WRESTLING-Staff shirt ... that I'd JUST-received as a GIFT from the wrestling-HEAD Coach--who WAS MY ASSISTANT Coach in MY day.
...
-- MAINLY, I went-OUT for an EARLY-dinner with my mom, her friend, my sister, my housemate & my EX-housemate.
... We ate at a VEGAN-restaurant, & I ate--by MOUTH--EIGHT small bites of "veggie stir-fry".
-- From THERE, I went STRAIGHT-to Saint Thomas Aquinas High School--my ALMA MATER--to witness ONLY the first half of the Raiders' State-SEMIFINAL game against Venice High.
... I DEPARTED ~3 minutes BEFORE HALFTIME, 'cuz we were UP, 43-8!
... My outfit MIGHT've played a MINOR-role in St. Thomas's MASSACRE. ... I SPORTED my NEW 'St. Thomas WRESTLING-Staff shirt ... that I'd JUST-received as a GIFT from the wrestling-HEAD Coach--who WAS MY ASSISTANT Coach in MY day.
...
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
(WEDNESDAY) Wonder Over-Where?!
... (Yes, 'TWAS a DELIBERATE-acronym of "WOW"!)
-- I went-OUT to my old high school to WATCH the guys TROUNCE Hollywood Hills High!
... The SCOREKEEPERS SUCKED!
So, I doN'T know the EXACT-score.
(... I COULD've DETERMINED it, IF I'd a known BEFOREHAND.
(... We only LOST THREE matches ... out of 13 weight-clssess. ... Sooo, the CLOSEST it COULD've been is
... 10 x 3 to 3 x 6 --> 30 - 18, US.
... HHHMMM, that STILL caN'T be RIGHT!
The FINAL-score is LISTED as
63-15.
Seeing as 6 points are AWARDED for a WIN-by-PIN, 5 points for a "technical-fall", 4 for a "major-decision", 3 for a "decision" by points & we won TEN of the 13 matches--only-FIVE by-PIN, ... & they won TWO of THREE by-PIN, that'd CORRECTLY be
...
(CALCULATOR-noise)
...
(6 x 5 + 5 x 1 + 4 x 1 + 3 x 3) to (6 x 2 + 5 x 1)
= 48 to 17, US!
...
-- I went-OUT to my old high school to WATCH the guys TROUNCE Hollywood Hills High!
... The SCOREKEEPERS SUCKED!
So, I doN'T know the EXACT-score.
(... I COULD've DETERMINED it, IF I'd a known BEFOREHAND.
(... We only LOST THREE matches ... out of 13 weight-clssess. ... Sooo, the CLOSEST it COULD've been is
... 10 x 3 to 3 x 6 --> 30 - 18, US.
... HHHMMM, that STILL caN'T be RIGHT!
The FINAL-score is LISTED as
63-15.
Seeing as 6 points are AWARDED for a WIN-by-PIN, 5 points for a "technical-fall", 4 for a "major-decision", 3 for a "decision" by points & we won TEN of the 13 matches--only-FIVE by-PIN, ... & they won TWO of THREE by-PIN, that'd CORRECTLY be
...
(CALCULATOR-noise)
...
(6 x 5 + 5 x 1 + 4 x 1 + 3 x 3) to (6 x 2 + 5 x 1)
= 48 to 17, US!
...
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
(TUESDAY) In HINDSIGHT, I AM rather- ... AWESOME!
...
In lieu of my RECENT BIKE-ride,
...
I've REALIZED that
...
I'm like a COLD-sore, ... in-that you'll NEVER-know, WHEN I come-BACK.
...
In lieu of my RECENT BIKE-ride,
...
I've REALIZED that
...
I'm like a COLD-sore, ... in-that you'll NEVER-know, WHEN I come-BACK.
...
Monday, November 28, 2016
(November 25) GREAT-work takes LOOONG frickin' TIME!
...
It'd been ~8.38 YEARS, since I even THOUGHT-about ... riding a CUSTOMARY-BIKE.
... But, WAIT!
...
... THAT ONE-handed STEERING is NECESSARY, 'cuz the NINE screws IN my LEFT-shoulder make it WEIRD to EXTEND my LEFT-arm UPWARDS.
(... TRANSLATION: It HURTS!)
-- The ONE-handed U-turn CLEARLY-indicats that I AM a BETTER-driver than ... the ONE who brought me INTO this world.
-- How AMAZING did this BIKE-ride FEEL?!
...
It'd been ~8.38 YEARS, since I even THOUGHT-about ... riding a CUSTOMARY-BIKE.
... But, WAIT!
...
... THAT ONE-handed STEERING is NECESSARY, 'cuz the NINE screws IN my LEFT-shoulder make it WEIRD to EXTEND my LEFT-arm UPWARDS.
(... TRANSLATION: It HURTS!)
-- The ONE-handed U-turn CLEARLY-indicats that I AM a BETTER-driver than ... the ONE who brought me INTO this world.
-- How AMAZING did this BIKE-ride FEEL?!
...
Sunday, November 27, 2016
(SUNDAY) WHY do I (OCCASIONALLY) BLOG?!
...
"The GREATNESS of a man is NOT in how much [MATERIAL-] WEALTH he acquires, ...
but in his INTEGRITY & his ability-to affect those AROUND him POSITIVELY."
(--Bob Marley)
-- ME--in a recent-emil (this MORNING) to my former CO-techer ... at F.I.N.R.:
From the sixth grade: ... Bertan Kaynatma, ...
From the eighth grade: ... Altan Kaynatma, ...
... We're JUST a couple of SMAHTEEs. ... AND, BACK-to my book.
...
"The GREATNESS of a man is NOT in how much [MATERIAL-] WEALTH he acquires, ...
but in his INTEGRITY & his ability-to affect those AROUND him POSITIVELY."
(--Bob Marley)
-- ME--in a recent-emil (this MORNING) to my former CO-techer ... at F.I.N.R.:
"THANKS" for "GIVING" me HOPE that a select-FEW (YOU) still have the internal-GOODNESS to ALLOW their
KINDNESS & UNDERSTANDING
to USURP Society's WIDESPREAD-IGNORANCE of the CAPABILITIES of the
UNDER-APPRECIATED & OFTEN-IGNORED.
-- My brother--WAY-over in Turkey--FOUND an OLD-school (PUN) article of OUR days at Olsen Middle.
... 'Twas naming the STRAIGHT-'A' Honor RollEEs:
-- My brother--WAY-over in Turkey--FOUND an OLD-school (PUN) article of OUR days at Olsen Middle.
... 'Twas naming the STRAIGHT-'A' Honor RollEEs:
From the sixth grade: ... Bertan Kaynatma, ...
From the eighth grade: ... Altan Kaynatma, ...
... We're JUST a couple of SMAHTEEs. ... AND, BACK-to my book.
...
Friday, November 25, 2016
(FRIDAY) "TURKEY-Day" ... was GREAT!
....
IS "BLACK Friday" RACIST?!
(... I'm SURE that if ANY "holiday" were "WHITE [Something]", then it WOULD-be.)
(... Descriptions of the SNOW in the WINTER ... doN'T count.)
-- A longtime-BUDDY--from HIGH SCHOOL--contacted me & came over this afternoon. ... I HAD-to BEAT him in BOTH cribbage AND 'Connect Four'.
(... NOICE!)
-- TODAY--11/25/16--I SUCCESSFULLY-RODE a BIKE ... a FAR-distance OUTSIDE my GYM-facility!
... I EVEN have a HELPFUL-video, ... which I'll post SOON!
( : ) )
...
IS "BLACK Friday" RACIST?!
(... I'm SURE that if ANY "holiday" were "WHITE [Something]", then it WOULD-be.)
(... Descriptions of the SNOW in the WINTER ... doN'T count.)
-- A longtime-BUDDY--from HIGH SCHOOL--contacted me & came over this afternoon. ... I HAD-to BEAT him in BOTH cribbage AND 'Connect Four'.
(... NOICE!)
-- TODAY--11/25/16--I SUCCESSFULLY-RODE a BIKE ... a FAR-distance OUTSIDE my GYM-facility!
... I EVEN have a HELPFUL-video, ... which I'll post SOON!
( : ) )
...
Monday, November 14, 2016
(WEDNESDAY) May your turkey be TASTY!
...
May your taters & gravy NOT-leave you PASTY!
May your family SPARKLE in your EYES!
May y'ALL enjoy the FOOTBALL,
And your feast takes the PRIZE!
...
May your taters & gravy NOT-leave you PASTY!
May your family SPARKLE in your EYES!
May y'ALL enjoy the FOOTBALL,
And your feast takes the PRIZE!
...
(MONDAY) "ONE step BACK"
... INEVITABLY-results FROM
"TWO step FORWARD".
... I WALKED a-LOT at NeuroFit 360 today.(... I was UP for ~17 minutes.)
... But, UNFORTUNATELY, my lower-BACK is weakER than I thought/HOPED. ... As toward the END of my workout, I sought my WALKER to AID in my trekS, ... Rather-The JUST the cane.
"TWO step FORWARD".
... I WALKED a-LOT at NeuroFit 360 today.(... I was UP for ~17 minutes.)
... But, UNFORTUNATELY, my lower-BACK is weakER than I thought/HOPED. ... As toward the END of my workout, I sought my WALKER to AID in my trekS, ... Rather-The JUST the cane.
(SATURDAY) AAAHHH! The (SEMI-) "rest" BEGINS.
... LATE last night, I TENTATIVELY-finished the SECOND--of THREE--volume of my AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
... So, I'll "shoot the proverbial-'SHIT'", as ONLY-I CAN.
-- I had a SOLID Martial Arts-class with ... ALOTTA sparring, MY input & Professor's ASSURANCE that there's
NO timetable on my/our Technique-dvd.
-- I watched ALOTTA NCAA-FOOTBALL--Penn & Wisconsin.
-- I created ANOTHER 3rd grade MATH-Test ... for a friend ... who's a TEACHER ... of THIRD graders.
...
... So, I'll "shoot the proverbial-'SHIT'", as ONLY-I CAN.
-- I had a SOLID Martial Arts-class with ... ALOTTA sparring, MY input & Professor's ASSURANCE that there's
NO timetable on my/our Technique-dvd.
-- I watched ALOTTA NCAA-FOOTBALL--Penn & Wisconsin.
-- I created ANOTHER 3rd grade MATH-Test ... for a friend ... who's a TEACHER ... of THIRD graders.
...
(THURSDAY) (AUDIBLE-sigh) Yep, THURSDAY is my FAVORITE day!
... TODAY, I didN'T even MIND that I woke-UP EARLY--at ~5:15 m ... EST, 'cuz it ended-up being for a
(WARNING) GOOD [SEMI-SOLID] cause.
-- SUPER SPEECH-Therapy session!
-- FANTASTIC Martial Arts-class!
-- A LOT MORE BOOK-writing!
...
(WARNING) GOOD [SEMI-SOLID] cause.
-- SUPER SPEECH-Therapy session!
-- FANTASTIC Martial Arts-class!
-- A LOT MORE BOOK-writing!
...
(TUESDAY) I "wear MANY hats".
... My day was RATHER UN-eventful.
Sooo, I had ALOTTA spare-time.
-- My CO-teacher from back-at DREADED 'F.I.N.R.' contacted me about HELPING her at her (RELATIVELY-) new job.
She's STILL-teaching. ... Sooo, I VOLUNTEERED to CREATE a TEST ... for THIRD-graders:
In all, how many houses were sold in New Hamburg and Melville?
...
Sooo, I had ALOTTA spare-time.
-- My CO-teacher from back-at DREADED 'F.I.N.R.' contacted me about HELPING her at her (RELATIVELY-) new job.
She's STILL-teaching. ... Sooo, I VOLUNTEERED to CREATE a TEST ... for THIRD-graders:
FILL-in the MISSING-digits for the ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION problems.
1) 4 2) 7
+ 5 + X
X 15
3) 13 4) 32
+ XX + 16
28 XX
5) 126 6) 641
+ 241 + XXX
XXX 865
7) 9 8) 8
- 7 - 3
9) 86 10) 77
- 64 - 66
XX XX
11) 724 12) 439
- 458 + 898
XXX XXXX
Solve each WORD-problem.
13) Leslie baked 19 raspberry pies and 8 peach pies. Each raspberry pie has 12 slices and each peach pie has 16 slices. How many slices of pie did Leslie bake in all?
14) AJ. has 18 more brown pencils than purple pencils, and 10 more purple pencils than red pencils. How many brown, purple, and red pencils does A.J. have in all?
15) Vincent bought 8 rolls of green wrapping paper and 2 rolls of orange wrapping paper. There were 7 feet of wrapping paper on each roll. How many feet of wrapping paper did Vincent buy in all?
16) A real estate agent looked into how many houses were sold in different cities.
| House sales | |
| City | Number of houses sold |
New Hamburg
| 871 |
Fremont
| 206 |
Melville
| 866 |
Pennytown
| 194 |
In all, how many houses were sold in New Hamburg and Melville?
17) Timmy started to prepare games for his PARTY. If each game takes 5 minutes to prepare and he prepared a total of 5 games, how many minutes did it take for Andrew to prepare all the games?
18) Matt prepared rainbow colored cupcakes for dessert. If he made 7 sets for each of the 7 colors of the rainbow and each set has 6 cupcakes, how many cupcakes did Matt prepare in total?
19) a. Tina & Timmy decided to hold a party in their backyard. If they have 9 sets of tables and each set has 6 chairs, how many chairs do they have for the guests?
b. Can they SEAT 50 people?
c. ... How 'bout 55 guests?
20) Jonathon has 15 candy bars. He wants to put them into 5 bags so there are the same number of candy bars in each bag. How many candy bars should go in each bag?
ANSWER-KEY
1) 9
2) 8
3) 15
4) 48
5) 367
6) 224
7) 2
8) 5
9) 22
10) 11
11) 266
12) 1,337
13) 19 x 12 (= 228) + 8 x 16 (= 128) = 356 slices
14) (NOT-enough info)
15) 8 x 7 + 2 x 7 = 56 + 14 = 70 feet of wrapping paper
16) 871 + 866 = 1,737 houses
17) 5 x 5 = 25 PREP-minutes
18) 7 x 6 = 42 cupcakes
19) a. 54
b. Yes
c. No
20) 15 / 5 = 3 candy bars in EACH bag
BONUS:
You kids learned about "ALGEBRA" today, because 'X' represents an UNKNOWN.
.. So, go home, & BRAG to MOMMY & DADDY that Ms. Leslie taught you "ALGEBRA" today!
...
(MONDAY) ... 'Volume I' ... of III ... = DONE
... Now, I move-ON to 'II' & 'III'.
(... I LIKE this way of keeping-BUSY!)
-- But, I'm WALKING very-WELL at my GYM!
... I'm SPEAKING very-WELL in 'SPEECH-Therapy'.
... I'm staying UBER-BUSY ... but also RELAXIN' a-LOT with GREAT television ... on MONDAYs.
...
(... I LIKE this way of keeping-BUSY!)
-- But, I'm WALKING very-WELL at my GYM!
... I'm SPEAKING very-WELL in 'SPEECH-Therapy'.
... I'm staying UBER-BUSY ... but also RELAXIN' a-LOT with GREAT television ... on MONDAYs.
...
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