There are many problems throughout the text labeled IN YOUR
OWN WORDS. Just relax; do not be afraid to give your opinion.
For the most part, these questions do not have "right" or
"wrong" answers. You should spend about five minutes in
answering each of these questions.
These multiple choice questions require a great deal of
thought because most of them give you more information that
you need to answer the question. You also need to be careful
about units; for example, Problem 13 gives input in gallons
of water per minute, but then asks for the number of hours
to fill the pool. You must convert minutes to hours to obtain
the answer to the asked question.
The answers for these, of course vary. It may be the case
that you have not worked all of the named problems, in which
case you should answer these questions based on your experiences
of the problems you have worked in this section.
The idea of real problem-solving is that you do NOT have
a template or an example to mimic. You need to develop a
strategy for solving these problems, with the idea of building
your problem-solving skills. Since these are level 2 problem,
we will, however, give you first-step hints here:
Problem 32: (EVEN NUMBER)(NEXT EVEN
NUMBER) = 440
Problem 33: (ODD NUMBER)(NEXT ODD
NUMBER) = 255
Problem 34: INTEGER + 1/INTEGER =
5/2
Problem 35: NUMBER + 2(1/NUMBER)
= 3
Problem 36: This is a percent problem.
Problem 37: This is a percent problem.
Problem 38: WHITMORE SCORE + NEXT
PLAYER'S SCORE + THIRD PLAYERS SCORE = 360
Problem 39: HEIGHT OF STANDARD OIL
BUILDING + HEIGHT OF SEARS BUILDING = 2590
Problem 40: AREA OF NEW YORK + AREA
OF CALIFORNIA = 204,192
However, as you go through the book be sure you look at
all the examples in the text. If you need hints for the
Level 3 problems, check some sources for help on the internet
(see the LINKS for that particular section. As a last resort,
you can call the author at (707) 829-0606.
On the other hand, the problems designated "Problem Solving"
generally require techniques that do not have textbook examples.
There are many sources for homework help on the internet.
