Last week we were crazy! I had a Mathematics training to attend in Kelseyville. I takes about 2.5 hours to drive there from our home in Rocklin. We still had not gotten the keys to our Middletown apartment, so we drove. Monday and Tuesday we drove there and back! Wednesday we drove there and brought an air mattress and clothes just in case we could get our apartment. Fortunatly, we did. Our bodies were not happy driving five hours a day and me sitting in class for six! Anyway. Wednesday night I cried and I mean cried. I so do not want to be there! The "grocery store" is in the hardware store! I want to be home, teaching in my home area. This validated our desire to return home every weekend and holiday that we can! Rocklin is where our hearts and hopes are. This job in "clearlake" is only a stepping stone to returning back home as soon as possible. In the meantime, we put on happy faces and pretend our way through it. The training was good for me to get to meet some staff. I also got my classroom keys! Each day we had a math problem to solve in the morning. We had to show two different ways to solve each problem and explain why it worked that way. Here is one of my favorites.
Mom gave Mary and John some jelly beans. John said, "Hey, no fair, she has three times as many as I do." So, Mary gave three beans to John. He was still not happy because she now had twice as many as he did. How many more beans does Mary need to give John so they have equal amounts?
Figure it out? What about another way, can you think of one? Let me know what answer you got, if you found another way to solve it, and explain your method! :)
