Game 7: Wacky Word Problems
by Jenners • 07/10/2009 • Fun and Games • 15 Comments
So on Monday, I challenged you to come up with word problems that were as ridiculous, detailed, impossible, stupid, and dramatic as possible. In other words, the math does not matter — though I’m sure SOME of you (Dan — I’m thinking of you if you did this!) probably took this part seriously and made sure the math worked. So let’s pretend you’re taking a math test right now. What are your answers to the following questions?
- If 14 students get off of a school bus at 3:30 p.m. and immediately go to their respective houses and close the doors, then who let the dogs out?
- Mary has a big basket of melons that are soft, flabby and squishy that she is selling for $5.00 each. Candy has a big basket of melons that are firm, perky and hard that she is selling for $4.00 each. If both Mary and Candy sell their melons at a farmer’s market where only male farmers shop, which girl will sell the most melons?
- An unnamed brown rabbit with white ears and a creme-colored trail ate 7 carrots, which were stolen from Farmer McGregor’s garden. A white rabbit with red eyes named Tractor Man by the family’s 4-year-old ate 4 carrots, which were left for him in his cage by his primary owner, Danny Wilkerson. A gerbil named Jiminy who was bought at PetSmart by Mrs. Dorothy Levins in June 2009 ate 1 carrot. A puggle named Jeffrey who was bought from a well-known breeder from Halifax, Nova Scotia ate 2 carrots. Who died immediately after eating the carrot?
- If a machete hacks the heads off of 7 corpses and a chainsaw removes the feet of 8 corpses, how many toes will the rabid dogs eat off the feet before they are shotgunned to death by the roving death squad?
- Assume that Tyra Bank’s ego is x and Spencer Pratt’s ego is y. If you quadruple x and y and then multiply them by pi, will you get a number that exceeds infinity?
- I’m thinking of a number between 1 and 100. What is it?
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Answer Key:
1. Jim did — the bastard!
2. Candy….duh.
3. Jiminy the gerbil. Everyone knows Mrs. Dorothy Levins dabbles in poison!
4. 16 toes.
5. This is a trick question as x and y are already infinite numbers.
6. 71
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So now it is your turn! What wacky word problems did you come up with? Link up your post in Mr. Linky below. I’ll leave it up until Monday so everyone has a chance to link up and visit the others. Thanks for playing along!
You made those up? You have have too much time on your hands…
A sweeping wave of the "Duh" response just knocked me off the couch. Funny girl.
You are so fun! And I suspected Jim all along.
OMG!!!! I loved these word problems, wouldn't it be funny to have them actually appear in school tests? Knowing my son if he read this on a test, he would probably be sent to the principal's office for excessive laughter!
So, uh…I guess I shouldn't try and sell my melons at the market, eh?
My brain just shuts right down whenever I see a word problem! lol!
Shame on Jim!
And I got every single one of these wrong. Bah!
I was totally guessing Candy only because they were cheaper…
My fave is the rabbits… I was getting involved in all the details and then was thrilled at the end when one of them died… down with bunnies!!
And I guessed 70 on #6… oooo… so close!!!
Damn I thought I had it with 34!
um, this game me flash backs to middle school. I hated these problems. Excuse me while I go and find my happy place.
Hilarious! Love the trick question! Oh, and the one about the dogs…
My post is now UP! Go see if you can answer my questions…;-)
Funny! I especially love that you gave answers! And the "who let the dogs out" one was my favorite!
So, so funny! I loved the one about the melons! HAHAHAHAH!
Oh, these are AWESOME!!!! So funny! I love the Tyra Banks one. So true.
Wonderfully done. I especially liked the question about Tyra and Spencer!!!
Hilarious!
I so wish I was as creative as you.
You are so funny! The melons one cracked me up. You also may have given me nightmare material with the machete problem. I'm playing along today. It was fun. I'm looking forward to see what everyone else comes up with!