Pi-Day is coming!

With this word problem, we look forward to our favorite math holiday, Pi Day, which falls on March 14 (3/14-the first three digits of pi)! Here at Mathnasium, our love of math is like pi-irrational, constant, and infinite in scope. We can't think of a better way to celebrate this popular mathematical constant than by throwing a Pi Day party here at the center -- please RSVP as space is limited. We will have pie but will not have a pie eating contest... it'll spoil your dinner!! But try our word problem and we'll provide an answer soon.

Grace, Jack, Adam, and Keira are having a pie eating contest. Grace finishes 2 slices of pie. Jack eats twice as many slices as Grace. Adam eats 3 more slices than Jack. Keira wins the contest by 1 slice. How many pieces of pie did Keira eat?

We can't wait to celebrate pi with you! But we're keeping our eye on two developing winter storms. Our pi-zza pi-e supplier has warned us that their pi-es delivery may be disrupted too! If the storms become a safety threat, we'll have to postpone our celebrations. Please check in with us.

Here is an informative video from 2015, when we celebrated super-pi-day.

We teach our students to draw pictures to solve problems. It focuses their thoughts. If needed, we'll use manipulatives to physically model the problem. In this case, for expediency, we'll describe the solution since the problem is posed in dependency sequence.

Grace, Jack, Adam, and Keira are having a pie eating contest.

1. Grace finishes 2 slices of pie; she is the current leader..
2. Jack eats twice as many slices as Grace; so, double of 2 = 4 slices of pie; Jack is the new leader.
3. Adam eats 3 more slices than Jack; so, 3 + 4 = 7 slices of pie; Adam has eaten the most so far.
4. Keira wins the contest by 1 slice; so she ate 1 more than the most eaten so far; or 1 + 7 = 8 slices of pie.

Mathnasium has a curriculum with solid literacy groundings. The verbal terms, "twice", and "more than" are repeatedly used throughout our Mathnasium curriculum from PK onwards; and by the time algebra is introduced, we'll have taught a comprehensive array of English to mathematical idioms.

Contact:
Ruby Yao and Benedict Zoe, Mathnasium of Fort Lee
201-969-6284 (WOW-MATH), fortlee@mathnasium.com
246 Main St. #A
Fort Lee, NJ 07024

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