Spaceman Spiff Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 From an email fwd... LOS ANGELES HIGH SCHOOL MATH PROFICIENCY EXAM Schools are finally starting to teach practical math that these kids can use in real-world situations! NAME____________________ GANG/CREW NAME______________ CRIB_________________ 1. Ramón has an AK-47 with a 30-round clip. He usually misses 6 out of every 10 shots and he uses 13 rounds per drive-by shooting. How many drive-by shootings can Ramón attempt before he has to reload? 2. Leroy has 2 ounces of cocaine. If he sells an 8 ball to Antonio for $320 and 2 grams to Juan for $85 per gram, what is the street value of the rest of his hold? 3. Dwayne pimps 3 ho's. If the price is $85 per trick, how many tricks per day must each ho turn to support Dwayne's $800 per day crack habit? 4. Raul wants to cut the pound of cocaine he bought for $40,000 to make a 20% profit. How many ounce bags will he need to make to obtain the 20% profit? 5. Desmond gets $200 for a stolen BMW, $150 for stealing a Corvette, and $100 for a 4x4. If he steals 1 BMW, 2 Corvettes and 3 4x4's, how many more Corvettes must he steal to have 900? 6. Pedro got 6 years for murder. He also got $10,000 for the hit. If his common-law wife spends $100 of his hit money per month, how much money will be left when he gets out? 7. If an average can of spray paint covers 22 square feet and the average letter is 3 square feet, how much tagging can be sprayed with three 8 oz. cans of spray paint with 20% paint left over? 8. Tyrone knocked up 4 girls in the gang. There are 20 girls in his gang. What is the exact percentage of girls Tyrone knocked up? 9. LaShaunda is a lookout for the gang. LaShaunda also has a Boa Constrictor that eats 5 rats per week at a cost of $5 per rat. If LaShaunda makes $700 a week as a lookout, how many weeks can she feed the Boa on one week's income? 10. Marvin steals Juan's skate board. As Marvin skates away at 15 mph, Juan loads his .357 Magnum. If it takes Juan 20 seconds to load his piece, how far away will Marvin be when he gets whacked? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 :laugh: :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUSkinsFan Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 Very, Very, VERY wrong...but also very funny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Brave Little Toaster Oven Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switchgear Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 That brought to mind an Onion article from a few years ago: Metric System Thriving In Nation's Inner Cities January 31, 2001 WASHINGTON, DC–Despite other academic shortcomings, inner-city youths possess a firmer grasp of the metric system than their peers in suburban and rural areas, according to a Department Of Education study released Monday. "While the typical teen has only a vague notion of what a kilogram is, teens in the Cabrini Green housing projects in Chicago and the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles were thoroughly familiar with this unit of metric measurement," said Ira Danielson, the researcher who spearheaded the study. "They were able to identify a kilogram of weight by merely tossing it back and forth in their hands." --- More on the link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKINS@THEGOALLINE Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: (Expect a phone call from Al Sharpton at any moment.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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