Socio-math problems for San Francisco students:
1). Zelda and Jane were given a Rottweiler
at their commitment
ceremony. If their dog needs to be walked
two miles a day and they
walk at a rate of one mile per hour, how much time
will they spend
discussing their relationship in public?
2). Michael has two abusive stepfathers and
an alcoholic mother.
If his self-esteem is reduced by 20% per dysfunctional
parent, but
Michael feels 3% better for every person he denigrates,
how long
will it take before he's ready to go home if 1 person
walks by the cafe
every 2 minutes?
3). Sanjeev has 7 piercings. If the
likelihood of getting
cellulitis
on a given day is 10% per piercing, what is the
likelihood Sanjeev
will need to renew his erythromycin prescription
during the next week?
4). Chad wants to take half a pound of heroin
to Orinda and sell
it at a 20% profit. If it originally cost him $1,500 in
food stamps,
how much should Nicole write the check for?
5). The City and County of San Francisco decide
to destroy 50 rats
infesting downtown. If 9,800 animal rights
activists hold a
candlelight vigil, how many people did each dead
rat empower?
6). A red sock, a yellow sock, a blue sock,
and a white sock are
tossed randomly in a drawer. What is the likelihood
that the first
two socks drawn will be socks of color?
7). George weighs 245 pounds and drinks two
triple lattes every
morning. If each shot of espresso contains
490mg of caffeine, what
is
George's average caffeine density in mg/pound?
8). There are 4500 homes in Mill Valley and
all of them recycle
plastic. If each household recycles 10 soda bottles
a day and buys
one
polar fleece pullover per month, does Mill Valley
have a monthly
plastic surplus or deficit?
Bonus question: Assuming all the plastic bottles
are 1 liter size,
how
much Evian are they drinking?
9). If the average person can eat one pork
pot sticker in 30
seconds,
and the waitress brings a platter of 12 pot stickers,
how long will
it
take five vegans to not eat them?
10). Todd begins walking down Market Street
with 12 $1 bills in
his
wallet. If he always gives panhandlers a single
buck, how many
legs
did he have to step over if he has $3 left when
he reaches the
other
end and met only one double-amputee?
"Advanced Placement" Students Only:
11) Katie, Trip, Ling, John-John and Effie share
a three-bedroom
apartment on Guerrero for $2400 a month. Effie
and Trip can share
one
bedroom, but the other three need their own rooms
with separate
ISDN
lines to run their web servers. None of them
wants to use the
futon
in the living room as a bed, and they each want
to save $650 in
three
months to attend Burning Man. What is their
best option?
a) All five roommates
accept a $12/hour job-share
as handgun monitors at Mission High.
b) Ask Miles, the
bisexual auto mechanic, to share
Effie and Trip's bedroom for $500/month.
c) Petition the Board
of Supervisors to advance Ling her
annual digital-artists-of-color stipend.
d) Rent strike.