A favorite ride in amusement parks has been the merry-go-round, also called a carousel. During the early Twentieth Century, the golden age of the carousel, there were about 6000 machines with finely...
Dawn is planning a vacation. The dates of her vacation are September 18 through September 24, which will require her to take five 8-hour vacation days off from work. She accrues three-and-a-third...
Can you believe summer is almost over? June is gone and we’re in the last week of July already! Not only did they feel like short months, but their names are relatively short, too, with just four...
Tony’s Pizzeria sells three sizes of pizzas: small, medium and large. The standard crust size is 1 inch wide, no matter what size pizza you get. At Tony’s, a small pizza is 10 inches, has four slices...
A particular online app store has three categories of apps available to download: $3 apps, $1 apps and free apps. There are no additional taxes or fees to download an app from this website. If Peyton...
When thinking of things that “fall in the fall,” perhaps the first things that come to your mind are leaves? For many people around the country, the leaves are falling from their trees and hours of...
While snowstorms in Middle Town, USA routinely leave up to 5 feet of snow on the ground, the first winter snowstorm deposits, on average, 18.7 inches of snow. According to the public works department...
Every year, during the holiday season, Mary knits gifts for several of her relatives. This year, she plans to make a hat for her cousin, a scarf and hat for her grandmother, two pairs of socks for her...
This time of year, various religions and cultures celebrate a variety of holidays, and there are as many reasons for celebrating as there are religions and cultures. One theme runs through all holiday...
Peitlyn decided that she would like to read more in 2022, so she made a resolution to read 30 minutes each day. If Peitlyn reads an average of 1 page every 2 minutes and she finishes her 6th book at...