Tax Problems

Janice went to Jewel Food Store and bought a box of Orange Popsicle for $3.30.  The tax rate for groceries was 4%. How much would 4 boxes of Orange Popsicles cost? (Include tax)

Step 1:  $3.30 X 4 boxes = $13.20

Step 2: $13.20 X 1.04 (4% tax) = 13.728      (1.04  = 1 + .04   (1 to get the cost, and .04 for 4/100 tax)

The total with tax would be $13.73 (Rounded to the nearest cent)

Assignment: Write your own tax problem.  Include the cost of the product.  Find out how much the item would cost after a 4% tax is included.                       

Riddles and Limericks

What riddles do you know?   Halloween riddles from kidspot.com.au

A. What's a ghost's favorite dessert?  

B. What movie do ghosts love to watch?

C. What did the boy ghost say to the girl ghost?

D. What kind of roads do ghosts haunt?

E. What did the polite ghost say to her son?

F. Who was the most famous French skeleton?

And a Limerick...  From briandehumor.com
          Mosquitoes

Mosquitoes are what a bat eats,

For him they are edible treats,

He's known to devour,

A thousand an hour, 

We're happy when he overeats. 

A limerick is... a 5 line poem.  It has rhyme pattern on Lines 1, 2, + 5, Lines 3+4.  The limerick has 36 syllables- 8 each on lines 1,2, + 5, and 6 each on 3+4.  The last line usually has a punch line, or play on words.  

Write a limerick  

1. Start by brainstorming a funny/silly idea. (make a question, + answer it)

2. Write lines 1 and 2 end with a rhyming word.  (Need help with rhymes try- rhymezone.com) 

3. Add lines 3 and 4 (just 6 syllables each)

4. Finish with your punchline. (answer to question)

        

     Freedom (No Turning Back)                

                         by, Mr. Hull  

     Fresh air rushes into my lungs,
     New life appears like a bell rung.
     My old burdens escape,
     Tears spill free from my face.
     Hope grows for a new life begun.  

Riddle Answers  A. I-scream  B. High S-ghoul Musical  C. You look boo-tiful tonight

D. Dead Ends  E. Don't spook until your spooken to   F. Napoleon Bone-A Part