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The Author: The following Challenge was submitted by Ben Wagner (A.K.A. BigBen), a fourth grade student at C.W. Norton Elementary School in Gainsville, Florida. Mister Goodmath sends a great big thanks to Ben and Fifth Grade teacher, Mr. Alan Hochman who has had a tremendous impact on Ben's success in math. Keep up the good work, boys. Visit Ben and Mr. Hochman.
The Challenge: C.W. Norton Elementary School in Gainsville, Florida recently held an early December skating party at a local roller rink called Skate Station. Two hundred twenty-eight students attended. One third of the students had to rent skates at the rink and two thirds had their own roller blades. How many students rented skates and how many attended with their own?
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.
The Hint: The
denominator of each fraction offers a great hint!!
