My kids' school district has been using a math curriculum developed by the University of Chicago. Apparently none of the UC nor UCTC people on this list were consulted.
Jim Gerweck wrote: > Mike, ya gotta follow the word problem - place the decimal point. 41.3 km > comes up a little more than half a mile short of the requisite distance - > but then, maybe the same folks writing it think the marathon is exactly 26 > miles. > > Jim > > > ...I don't know about that Jim...seems to me that 413 kilos is an awfully > > long marathon....2:32...what pace does that work out to for 413 kilometers?? > > > > MF > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jim Gerweck > > To: Track List > > Sent: 11/12/2003 4:24 AM > > Subject: Re: t-and-f: My third grader's math > > > > on 11/11/03 10:21 PM, Mike Prizy at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >> No. 4 - Valentina Yegorova ran the marathon in 2 hours, 32 minutes, 41 > >> seconds. She ran a distance > >> of 413 kilometers. > > > > Well, I guess the Russians are known for cutting the course ;-) > > -- > > Jim Gerweck > > Running Times
