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Swimming in Circles. A Mizelle Math Mystery. Tess excelled at backstroke Hannah preferred freestyle and Ben loved butterfly. Ms. L’s four children all swam on their high school swim team . Emily was a breaststroker.
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Swimming in Circles A Mizelle Math Mystery
Tess excelled at backstroke Hannah preferred freestyleand Ben loved butterfly Ms. L’s four children all swam on their high school swim team. Emily was a breaststroker
During practice they would swim 50 meter sprints which required them to swim laps of the pool. • Emily swam 50m breaststroke in sec. • Tess swam 50m backstroke in sec. • Hannah swam 50m freestyle in sec. • Ben swam 50m butterfly in sec.
If all four swimmers started simultaneously, how many seconds would pass before they all touched the same wall at the same time? When would 2 or more things happen at the same time?= LCM Problem
Answer Key part 1 • Emily swam 50m breaststroke in sec. • Tess swam 50m backstroke in sec. • Hannah swam 50m freestyle in sec. • Ben swam 50m butterfly in sec.
Answer Key part 2 • All four swimmers touched the same wall after 12, 096 seconds or 201.6 minutes or 3.35 hours.