11/15/09 Class G Lauren McCarthy Pow 3: Eight Bags of Gold Problem Statement A king divides his gold among 8 trusted people. One of the trusted people is selling his gold. The king wants to find the thief but only has a pan balance. Being conservative‚ he wants to use the pan balance as few times as possible. What is the least number of trials he will have to do in order to guarantee that he has found the lightest bag? Process To solve the problem‚ I accumulated the least number of trials into
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Reflect and Respond 1. As you read the stories about the Korean War POWs‚ how would you explain the connection between encouragement and success? In the story they was not receiving any encouragement therefore they gave up on life. Encouraging someone can play an important part in someone’s life and that could lead to success or it either can go in the opposite direction. The connection between the two are you cannot have one without the other. 2. One of the most important ways we connect with
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1000 miles away. Sounds easy right? Wait there’s a catch. For every mile she walks she has to eat one banana. See now it got hard. So with all of this said how many bananas will he be able to take to the market and sell? Process Doing the mini POW helped a lot with this one. Because knowing that Corey Camel can drop bananas on the way to the market is an important part‚ because of he couldn’t the answer would be an obvious zero. Since you can drop them I decided to drop 800 bananas at the 100
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A Horse and Two Goats is a short story written by R.K. Narayan‚ one of the most prominent Indian authors writing in English in the twentieth century. Taking place in a small village called Kritam‚ this short story revolves around Muni‚ an old poor man without education from a low caste in the Indian society. A Horse and Two Goats is divided into two parts‚ the first part where Muni and his wife’s life are being explored and the second part where the comic scene between Muni and an American takes
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What makes a story unique? What makes a reader drawn to the plot? To the characters? The story “Zlateh the Goat” written by Isaac Bashevis Singer and the story “the King of Mazy May” written by Jack London both give a reason to go on. The two stories are compelling in different ways - may it be the plot‚ the theme‚ and the overall meaning. Despite their differences‚ they give you a different kind of similarity. The most notable differences between the two stories is their plot. The plot is
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POW 17- Cutting the Pie Problem Statement- If you were given a pie what is the maximum number of pieces you can produce from 4‚ 5‚ and 10 cuts? Keep in mind‚ that the slices do not have to be the same size and the cuts do not necessarily have to go through the center of the pie‚ but the cuts do have to be straight and go all the way across the pie. Include any diagrams you used to find the solution such as an In-Out table‚ or any patterns you found. Process- The first thing I did
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this ‘reverence’ developed as part of their religion paying divine honors to real goats representing Pan; similarly‚ this corruption occurs in the recorded tablets of the goddess Isis. Obviously‚ this ongoing Egyptian custom to worship and perform rituals with goat creatures clearly indicates where the Hebrew people gained this practice. Although not named directly‚ one of the main significant signs of the goat god Pan and Azazel’s existence arises in the Bible when the Israelite’s are warned
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Half-naked picture of Muhammad with a goat Screw Islamofascists. It is time to show a picture of a half-naked Muhammad and a goat. If The Tygrrrr Express burns and I get beheaded‚ the war of civilization vs. barbarism will claim another casualty. Muhammad was once special‚ but today this former warrior could not beat up most people. He is a shell of what he was. He’s 1‚400 years old. He probably has bursitis at that age. Muhammad would fight his own battles himself and not need Islamofascists to
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IGCSE Revision Lecture Mrs S E Howells An extract from “A Game of Polo with a Headless Goat” by Emma Levine IGCSE English Assessment Objective 2 : Read with insight and engagement‚ making appropriate reference to texts and developing and sustaining interpretations of them. Warm up: Which phrase or sentence engages the reader’s attention the most in the opening few paragraphs? Explain how/why – which features of the language have a particular effect on the reader - analyse language techniques. Which
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delineate complicated characters. Narayan’s style was unpretentious and simple but it had an enduring quality that readers found attractive. Many of his stories have been adapted for movies and television. Background/Setting The story‚ The Horse and Two Goats is set in Kiritam‚ a fictional village somewhere in South India. It is no different from any other village in India. Most of the people are poor and barring one big house‚ the rest of the houses are all huts. There is one grocery shop where all go
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