2. Please turn off all electronic devices, silencing them is not enough. You may, in fact, you will be tempted to use them anyway. Most likely this announcement is being ignored, but it’s already paid for so please TURN OFF YOUR CELL PHONE. As you enter the theater - Thank you and enjoy the film.

3. Introducing in their first horror film ever: Priscilla White and Melissa Taylor. Starring Ms. Chu and the mysterious disks of doom Including some random kids that play extras and are really ever only mentioned once.

4. In a Middle School not too far from here… Ms. Chu was teaching a lesson on the concept of thirds using a divide-set-aside procedure. She starts with a certain number of students (disks), an unknown number of students (disks) in fact. She divides them into three equal groups. The groups each illustrate a third, because there are three. Ms. Chu sets one aside to represent a third of the group.

5. She then takes the remaining group of students (disks) and divided them into thirds. She repeats this four times, until all the students (disks) have disappeared. If Ms. Chu does not split any of the students in half (disks), what is the minimum number of students (disks) she begins with?

6. Alana, who is number 12 in the class, was killed off first for she was far too small to be divided into thirds.

7. Braden who was number 15 in the class was also too small to be divided into thirds, so he was killed right after Alana.

8. Callie, number 27, seemed likely to be the chosen one to live, much like Harry Potter, but alas she could not be one. So she was also murdered.

9. Damian seemed the most appropriate choice, he was number 54, and the smartest in the class. But as every person whose ever seen a horror film knows, the smart one is always killed. So he was murdered.

10. After everyone was killed, only one child remained, Ellie. Could she be the one to survive?

11. The young Ellie survives, she escapes the school and Ms. Chu is arrested. Thank goodness she was number 81 in the class and the last to be selected. Because of this she survived the horrid disks of doom. And so my friends

12. The End…

13. The original problem went like this: In teaching a lesson on the concept of thirds, Ms. Chu uses a divide-and-set-aside procedure. She starts with a certain number of colored disks, divides them into 3 equal groups, and sets 1 group aside to illustrate . She repeats the procedure by taking the disks she had NOT set aside, dividing them into 3 equal groups, and setting 1 of these groups aside. If Ms. Chu wants to be able to complete the divide-and-set-aside procedure at least 4 times (without breaking any of the disks into pieces), which of the following is the minimum number of colored disks she can start with? And now for the dull things:

14. A. 12 B. 15 C. 27 D. 54 E. 81 The Answer Choices

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16. To solve this problem the simplest way, you must recognize these things:-The problem is dealing with fractions (1/3 take, 2/3 remaining)- The evil Ms. Chu goes through the process of dividing in thirds, four times.So, to find the whole number that can be divided into thirds, four times, you find (2/3) x (2/3) x (2/3) x (2/3) The reason you use 2/3 instead of 1/3 is because each time Ms. Chu divided the disks. . . Er. . . Children, she set 1/3 aside, which you ignore, because it’s been set aside.And you multiply it four times because the process is repeated four times. Explanation:

17. Whole 1/3 1/3 1/3 2/3 1/3 1/3 1/3 4/9 1/3 1/3 1/3 8/27 1/3 1/3 1/3 16/81

18. (2/3) x (2/3) x (2/3) x (2/3) = 16/81So you see, because the fraction has a denominator of 81, it means that 81 is the whole number needed to do the process of dividing in thirds, and setting one third aside, a total of four times. Ta-da! If only those silly children had gotten the problem right. . .

19. Mr. Chu wants to avenge his wife! But first, he’ll have brunch.He chooses a box of panda puffs, (because he loves donating money to wild life while buying a delicious peanut butter flavored cereal that is gluten free AND organic!) and proceeds to count the number of cereal bits. Mr. Chu just remembered that he forgot to feed his Koi Fish, Rex!He has to share panda puffs with his pet Koi fish, and he uses a divide and set aside procedure 3 times,using the fraction 1/6, and has a total of 4320 panda puffs, how many does Rex receive? Similar Problem

20. 4320 Panda Puffs. 4320 x 1/6= 720 720 x 1/6 = 120 120 x 1/6 = 20 20 Panda Puffs after 3 divide and set asides. Solve!

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