®®The Author: Here's
another Challenge from Welleby teacher, Sandy Pierce.
It 
should
help you understand that in addition to being bad for your health, smoking
cigarettes will hit you right in the pocketbook. Thanks
again, Mrs. Pierce.
You
young guys and girls, might not know that more people die every year from
smoking-related diseases than from AIDS, alcohol, car accidents, fires,
drugs, murders, and suicides COMBINED. Join
Mister Goodmath and the American Cancer Society and take the Smoke-Free
Life Pledge by clicking anywhere on the Smokeout Pledge card to the left.
The Challenge:Cigarettes cost about $2.00 a pack. If a smoker smokes 5 packs a week, how much does he/she spend in one week? In one month? In a year?
List Three things a child could buy with the money spent in a year.
List Three things a teenager could buy with the money spent in a year.
List Three things an adult could buy with the money spent in a year.
The Solution:
Should
you decide to ponder the problem and accept the challenge, communicate
your solution to Mister Goodmath at "rooneym@mistergoodmath.org".
Be
sure when you e-mail Mister Goodmath that you include the following information.
1. The number of the Challenge you are working on. 2. Write about your
solution (how did you get your answer)? 3. What is your first and last
name? 4. What is your teacher's name.Great solutions will be featured
on T.V. during WAVE morning announcements.
