"It took Tod one and two-thirds min utes to cut out a paper cat. At that rate, how many could he cut out in half an hour? HELPER: First think 'One half hour equals how many minutes.' "
"A stack of pamphlets is in three piles. The first pile contains one-sixth of them, the second pile several fifths of them, and the third pile contains six. What is the total number of pamphlets?*
To Harold L. Clapp, 47, professor of Romance languages at Iowa's Grinnell College, these two math problems illustrate a disagreeable point. Both come from texts used in the sixth grade....
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