Sunday, May 13, 2012

Paper Airplane Competition Results and Math Homework!

Yesterday Portable 10 had their annual "Paper Airplane Competition!"  The rules were as follows:

  1.  Airplanes were to be constructed from paper, and no other kind of material, such as magic space metal or pixie dust.
  2. Competitors were to throw behind a designated Start Line.
  3. Competitors were given 3 throws to achieve their best results.
  4. Cheering and good sportsmanship were mandatory.

After a day of fierce competition, the results came in and the following students are this years winners for the "2012 Paper Airplane Competition."  Congratulations winners! *Note: for safety reasons, only the initials and gender have been used to identify competitors.

THE WINNERS

  • Longest Throw Award:

           1st: S.A. (male)
           2nd: H.M. (male)
           3rd: A.M. (male)
           4th: S.S. (female)
The complete results for the Longest throw can be seen here.

  • Best Sportsmanship Award:
            J.D. (female) and N.S. (male)

  • Grand Prize Award:
             1st: ?
             2nd: ?
             3rd: ?


Apart of your homework for this weekend is to do the math and find out who our Grand Prize winners are.  The Grand Prize goes to the competitor who has thrown for the longest distance with all 3 throws.  That means you will need to combine the distances of all  3 throws for each person to find out who the winner is.  Click here for the complete results of this years competition.




Below is the math homework.  Click on "Click here" to gain access to the homework.
*Remember to include your name and date on your homework before you hand it in.


Click here for homework.