The lactate query might be more of a group project for him and his buds. But he takes his math with the fourth graders. Maybe someone there knows;)
malmo wrote: > Wow, that's pretty tough for a nine year old. Would require a little > research on the internet. > > I still haven't found one student of exercise physiology who could tell > me how many milligrams of lactate is 4.0 millimoles/liter. So much for > "advanced science." > > I'll bet your kid could? > > malmo > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Prizy > Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 10:21 PM > To: Track List > Subject: t-and-f: My third grader's math > > My 9-year-old son asked me to help him with his third-grade math. He is > studying decimals. This particular section asked the students to > correctly place the decimal in each word problem. Of the 23 possible > answers, three were about track and field, one was on auto racing, and > no other sports were included. > > Our sport still has hope in the United States! > > Part A > > No. 2 - Linford Christie ran the 100-meter dash in 996 seconds in the > 1992 Olympics. > > No. 3 - In the Same Olympics, Jan Zelezny threw the javelin 294166 feet. > > No. 4 - Valentina Yegorova ran the marathon in 2 hours, 32 minutes, 41 > seconds. She ran a distance of 413 kilometers.
