“Get Those Thinking Caps On” 4

I hope those brains aren’t overworked because I have another challenge for you:

A book has 500 pages, numbered 1, 2, 3 and so on.

How many times does the digit 1 appear in the page number?

How the protests have affected me.

The situation in Bangkok was pretty bad but now it started to cool down a bit. When they were just doing a peaceful rally it did not affect me much but then they started blocking roads so I could not go to certain parts of Bangkok and school was closed on some days. Then they brought in the military but I could still go to school most days and live half a normal life. Then fighting started. All schools got closed for a week. My mom was tensed and could not stop watching the news. The troops and protesters fought and each day it got worse. Over 40 people died and over 200 were injured. They even brought in tanks. The fighting affected my life because I could not go out. When the red shirt leaders surrendered the people who did not want to surrender burned banks and smashed many phone booths including the ones out side my soi.  They also destroyed other government owned stuff. They started looting. Now because of them there is a curfew. I am also very sad that they burned down some of my favorite malls and is making Bangkok go bankrupted. I am also sad that Bangkok will never be the same and they are spoiling Bangkok’s good reputation. I was vey lucky while all the fighting was going on that I lived in a private community and far away from the fighting. By: Parveen Narula

The redshirts situation and how they affected me

The situation in Bangkok was pretty bad but now it started to cool down a bit. When they were just doing a peaceful rally it did not affect me much but then they started blocking roads so I could not go to certain parts of Bangkok and school was closed on some days. Then they brought in the military but I could still go to school most days and live half a normal life. Then fighting started. All schools got closed for a week. My mom was tensed and could not stop watching the news. The troops and protesters fought and each day it got worse. Over 40 people died and over 200 were injured. They even brought in tanks. The fighting affected my life because I could not go out. When the red shirt leaders surrendered the people who did not want to surrender burned banks and smashed many phone booths including the ones out side my soi.  They also destroyed other government owned stuff. They started looting. Now because of them there is a curfew. I am also very sad that they burned down some of my favorite malls and is making Bangkok go bankrupted. I am also sad that Bangkok will never be the same and they are spoiling Bangkok’s good reputation. I was vey lucky while all the fighting was going on that I lived in a private community and far away from the fighting. By: Parveen Narula

“Get Those Thinking Caps On” 3

Here is the latest question to make you think:

In three bowling games, Alice scores 139, 143, and 144.

What score will Alice need in a fourth game in order to have an average score of 145 for all four games?

“Get Those Thinking Caps On” 2

So I hope you are ready for another challenge:

Rectangular cards, 2 centimetres by 3 centimetres, are cut from a rectangular sheet 2 metres by 2 metres.

What is the greatest number of cards that can be cut from the sheet?

“Get Those Thinking Caps On” 1

I am interested to see how is thinking out there. See if you can answer this question:

Suppose today is Tuesday, what day of the week will it be in 100 days from now?

Leave your answer as a comment

Puberty

What is your response to these provocations?

1. Talking about puberty is disgusting.
2. We’re too young to learn about puberty!
3. Only girls need to learn about puberty.

May 19th in Bangkok

It got a little scary yesterday with all the fires, smoke and sounds of gunfire.  Tell us about your observations and experiences over the past couple of days and explain how you feel about what’s going on. Do not mention any names of people or political groups. How are you keeping yourself calm?

Kids Health: Growing Up

http://kidshealth.org/kid/grow/  

Boys read the “Boy Stuff” section and Girls read the “Girl Stuff” section! You can click “listen” to hear someone read the words if the reading gets tough. Click on different things and basically explore the whole section. Get one of your parents or an older brother/sister to sit with you if you like.

 

Make a comment and share these 5 things:

1. Something you already know
2. Something new that you learned
3. Something that surprised you
4. Something you think all girls/boys should definitely know
5. Something you don’t think is important

How have the protests in Bangkok affected your life?