December Monthly News: Monthly News 2: Part 1 of 1

It is Jonah's birthday! Somehow, it says "Jonahjonah.com" on this link: http://www.typepad.com/site/blogs. Now, here's a math problem to solve: 5, 8, 1, 6. Solve for x. Then, I get 13, 9, 7. Then I get 22, 16. And finally, 38. So x = 38. Here's a challenge:

    x is a measurement. If I have this line:

    __-___________-__________-_______-___________-____________-___ and the second dotted line is 40 in. but the third is 198 feet, then how long is it between 2 dotted lines? Now, the weekly specials:

    Can you carry 800 stacked trays that are unstable 30 miles with everything balanced? Here's the survey:

    In the past month,

    1. ________________________ How far on the line would you say the number of new degrees of separation?

    2. How many times have you tripped?

    3. How many words do you think you've written?

    4. How many words do you think you've typed in?

    5. What was the most recent thing you did?

    6. If you were to summarize November, what would you say?

    7. / / / ? The first fraction is the number of times you spilled a liquid over the number of times you spoiled a solid. The second fraction is the number of solids you think you have in your house over the number of liquids you think are in your house. Then divide the fractions. What do you get?

    See? That was a long survey! Now, here's a song that was on a football advertisement that has sad notes you may really like:

    I want to sit you down,

    I wanna make you a crown,

    Oooooooooooooooh, Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

    I don't need you anymore,

    When I'm in the store,

    Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh, Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

    And I, I got the lyrics on don't stop wrong. Here's the right lyrics:

    Ooey oo oo oo oo oo oo oo ooey

    Walk little, walk small talk big thoughts gonna tell 'em all just what I want

    That street, 2 streets, I see you and me hanging on the empty swings

 I don't know the next part, but then,

 One shoe, two, gonna kick with my new shoes I'm gonna kick until I need new shoes

    Chorus:

    Yeah, Yeah!

    I said don't stop don't stop don't stop talking with me

    Stop, don't stop, don't stop giving me things

    Next verse:

    I run, they run, everybody run run and we're all just having fun

    I don't know this one, but next is

    1, 2, 3, close your eyes and count to 4, I'm gonna hide behind my bedroom door

    Crayons on walls, I'll color on the wall I'll draw until I've broken every law,

    Chorus:

    And then the chorus gets extended this length:

    Stop, don't stop, don't stop laughing about it,

    Stop, don't stop, don't stop, don't stop.

    Well, I hope to see you for weekly news 4, but the next monthly news will be until February 2012.

Nate

Comments

[Nate]

Here are more to solve:

5, 21, 55, 21, 5
4, 6, 50546895, 80
D, O, N, A, L, D, D, U, C, K
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z.

[Nate]

Pppppppppppppst: enter the password.

[Bubbe]

Nate: We are in Nashville visiting Uncle Dave, Auntie Seraphine, and Evelyn. I don't think I can solve any problems without a calculator, so I will work on the math problems when I get home. I love reading your stories and seeing your math problems. Maybe sometime you can post one of your wonderful limericks so we can read it.
Love,
Bubbe