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Please apply today and/or shoot us a note (edme@myedme.com) to further discuss these opportunities.

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Our work has yielded high-quality materials that need to be formatted for our three audiences: in-person learners, teachers buying sets of materials, online learners receiving immediate feedback. Come help us format these materials so that they can reach their maximum audience. While engaging in this work, you will see the highest-quality educational materials and see how they connect together to create a system of learning that supports students growth.

In this position, you will be responsible for:

Graphic Artist (PT)

We consistently produce creative materials that need an artist touch. Ready to show Subtractor, an evil pterodactyl, stealing ice cream? Want to layout a magnetic slime recipe? Interested in bringing student imaginations to life to motivate learning? We need your creativity, inspiration, and heart. This work could also include marketing materials if that aligns with your interests. 

Interested applicants should email us, edme@myedme.com, and include a window into your work. Please feel free to share samples, preferred methods, etc. 

Content Creator (PT)

We are primarily focused on creating questions and strategy-based feedback at this point. These materials span the grades, start from first-draft content created by edMe, and motivate students through interest and utility. 

We have structured these contracts in a variety of ways (hourly, by piece, by milestone, etc.). Please email us (edme@myedme.com) your background, vision, and expertise. We can talk or trade emails to figure out how this work can fit into your life and augment your career. 

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Our offices are at 5631 Burke Centre Parkway Burke, VA, and our staff and students are scattered across the country.

You can also see our mission, background, and products. Please feel free to reach out to us with any inquiries at edme@myedme.com. 

It’s crazy that it’s been a month. I meant to send this note much earlier in case burying yourself in work was a good strategy. That said, maybe a bunch of work or reaching out for a project may make sense, this summer, next year, or 10 years from now. My company is going to continue to grow and here is a quick rundown of the marketing efforts I am managing with mixed success.

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Launching a robotics program online

We have had moderate success with Google ads and will plan to use it in the next 1-2 weeks to launch a summer learning experience where families spend ~$50 in common robotic pieces, $50 in 15 readings that walk through each build while building literacy skills, and open office hours for people to ask questions. We will probably advertise in print and video. 

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Books

We have ~20 workbooks printed and have another 20 close. To get them published through Amazon we have to upload strong covers and go through the painful validation process. We also need to give a better highlight that these materials are available. There are some local sales opportunities, but some virtual sales are definitely feasible.

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Tutoring

I don’t have much bandwidth here, but could. I listed edMe as a provider for Virginia’s educational support program and we have had 6 nibbles so far. I am working with a couple teachers to flesh out the program so I can train new tutors to work directly with students. Our website allows for people to schedule their meetings if they want. Also, my dissertation focuses on YouTube-based feedback that is based on the student provided answer. I can’t convince people that this type of strategy-based tutoring is effective without a live body doing the instruction. But, that may change.

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Social Media

To support the sales channels above, I am going to use Buffer to repopulate daily, or more, releases on Instagram (students), Facebook (parents), and Tiktok (STEM engagement). 

Across all products, we are creating the best materials possible. They combine reading, math and interesting STEM. Learning isn’t a checklist, it’s a series of strategies and we support those strategies. 

We also sell our products to teachers and have an interesting set of contacts.

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Promoting Electric Propulsion

It looks like our race will have OK weather on Tuesday. (Please come down if you want!) We have a drone photographer on hand, a bunch of Go Pros, and will be recording student presentations. For the rest of the summer, we will be publishing videos and content from the event. If you want to help put together these materials, it’s definitely a remote-friendly job. I also will be publishing these materials through my socials and the American Society of Naval Engineers. Here is the home page and last year’s celebration:

• www.navalengineers.org/PEP
• www.navalengineers.org/PEP2022

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If you ever want to work with us part-time to make some money, just let me know. No pressure, just an opportunity.

Also, I remember that when our cousin was in cosmetology class, Pat volunteered for an experimental facial so she could get the credits needed. If you ever need a subject for your studies, just let me know what you need and I can make it happen.

ooking forward to watching your career blossom. If I can ever help, just ask.

We talked a bit about the materials my company, edMe Learning creates. This is always open to you as you need part-time cash. When I was wrapping up my school, I actually was being paid as an item writer. There are still many jobs by the task for “assessment item writers” and “education content development”.  If it’s not the right time, no worries. Your can shoot me an email in a week, a couple months, many years down the road. 

Here is a bit more about what we are doing now.

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Reading

We put together 1-3 page textsets. We write the text for a specific grade, usually aligned to an SOL standard. Then, we ask questions that require understanding of the text. We create a version for the kid and a version with the key. 

Here is a picture of one of the raw texts.

And, here is a picture showing what we give to a second grader.

We have tools that pick the academic vocabulary out of the text, but we can also choose them together. We use Word to generate a Flesch-Kinkaid readability statistics and talk about whether our work addresses the students in the right way. We sell these on TeachersPayTeachers, use them to tutor, and will eventually package them in workbooks.

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Math

We are creating intake and check assessments currently. Generally, I create the content, then we talk through what is important to pull out of possible student answers. Because I try to work with new teachers/homeschool parents, we also highlight key pedagogical knowledge to include when talking with future students.

Here is a screenshot showing some grade 3 test questions.

Here is a screenshot of more questions along with how we are interpreting student responses.

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Math worksheets

In addition, we have a good amount of materials that just need to be formatted like what you see above. We chunk it out, but it takes time to get right.

Again, no pressure, just an opportunity that’s always available. We generally start people at $18/hour, but if you imagine a different work-from-home role. Just let me know.

Arduino Uno, Motor Driver, and DC Motors

Welcome to a ten-video, ten-reading breakdown of how to use the Arduino Uno to turn one or two motors. We will describe each piece of hardware (the actual pieces you can touch).

There is also software. If this is your first time coding, GREAT! We will talk about how to create each code step by step. You will see that a lot of the code that we will use requires us to copy, paste and change a small thing.

If you have questions or need help, please email edme@myedme.com.

Let’s jump right in!

Overview

Here is a brief overview of the Introduction to Robotics materials so that you can start to think about how the pieces fit together. Read and listen closely so you can start to understand how these pieces fit together.

Set #4, Item #1

Question: There are 56 birdhouses at school. Today, 4 classes made more birdhourses. Each class made 8 birdhouses. How many total birdhouses are there now?

Answer of 56

//56, the number from the story

Your answer: ” + AnswerForA + ” birdhouses is very close, but not quite correct. Here are two videos showing there are 88, not 56 birdhouses.

Answer of 88

//88

Your answer: ” + AnswerForA + ” birdhouses

Good thinking!! You correctly found that there are 32 new birdhourses and combined it with the first 56 birdhouses. Please check out 2 other ways to solve this question:

This video uses a number line model that is useful in many questions.



This video uses calculations to solve this problem directly.

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Answer of 32

//distractor A1 is 32

Not quite! Your answer: ” + AnswerForA + ” birdhouses

You may have only found the number of new birdhouses (8 birdhouses made by 4 classes). Watch this video for an explanation about how to get this right next time.

This video uses calculations to solve the problem directly.

Answer of 56

//distractor A2 is 64

Not quite! Your answer: 56 birdhouses

You may have only found the total number of birdhouses after 1 class added 8 birdhouses. However, there are four classes that each add 8 new birdhouses. Watch this video for an explanation about how to get this right next time.

This video uses calculations to solve the problem directly.

Answer of 68

//distractor A3 is 68

Not quite! Your answer: 68 birdhouses

However, there are four classes that each add 8 new birdhouses. Watch this video for an explanation about how to get this right next time.

This video uses calculations to solve the problem directly.

Other Answers

Your answer: _________ birdhouses

There will actually be 88 total birdhouses. There are 32 new birdhourses and combined it with the first 56 birdhouses. Please check out 2 other ways to solve this question:

This video uses a number line model that is useful in many questions.



This video uses calculations to solve this problem directly.

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Set #4, Item #2

Question: There are 56 birdhouses at school. Today, 4 classes made more birdhourses. Each class made 8 birdhouses. How many total birdhouses are there now?

Answer of 32

//32, the number from the story

Your answer: 32 appears to restate information from the question but does not answer it. Here are two explanations on how to answer the full question next time.

Answer of 6

//6 (or 54 really??)

Your answer: 6 markers

Good thinking!! You correctly found that there are 86 – 32 = 54 markers. Please check out 2 other ways to solve this question:

This video uses subtraction and division to directly calculate the answer.



This video creates a picture that helps consider what these numbers mean.

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Answer of 5 or 7

//distractor A1 is 5 or 7

Not quite! Your answer: 5 or 7 markers

You may have used an incorrect math fact to divide 54 markers into groups of 9 markers. Watch this video for an details on the correct math fact.



This video creates a picture that helps consider what these numbers mean.

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Answer of 13 or 14

//distractor A2 is 13 or 14

Not quite! Your answer: 13 or 14 markers

You may have divided 32 markers into groups of 9, but the question asked for the boxes of new numbers. Watch this video for an explanation about how to get this right next time.



This video creates a picture that helps consider what these numbers mean.

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Answer of 54

//distractor A3 is 54

Not quite! Your answer: 54 birdhouses

However, there are four classes that each add 8 new birdhouses. Watch this video for an explanation about how to get this right next time.

This video uses calculations to solve the problem directly.

Other Answers

Your answer: _____________ appears to restate information from the question but does not answer it. Here are two explanations on how to answer the full question next time.

Set #4, Item #3

Question: Jayson had 274 postcards in his collection. He wanted to give Sam some of his postcards. Jayson gave Sam 8 postcards from each of his collections below: Art, Sports, Schools, Parks, Beaches, Sunsets How many postcards does Jayson have left?

Answer of 274

//274, the number from the story

Your answer: 274 appears to restate information from the question but does not answer it. Here are two explanations on how to answer the full question next time.

Answer of 226

//Key: 226

Your answer: 226 markers

Good thinking!! You correctly found that he gave away 48 postcards, which results in 274 – 48 = 226. Please check out 2 other ways to solve this question:

This video uses multiplication and subtraction to directly calculate the answer.



This video uses subtraction six times.

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Answer of 34 or 35

//distractor A1 is 34 or 35

Not quite! Your answer: 34 or 35

You may have divided all of Jayson’s postacards among 8 groups. But, the question says Jayson gave Sam 8 postcards from 6 categories. Watch this video for an details on the correct math fact.



This video uses repeated subtraction to solve it.

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Answer of 258, 266

//distractor A2 is 266, 258

Not quite! Your answer: 258 or 266 markers

You may have subtracted 8 postcards once or twice, but we need to remove six groups of 8 postcards. Watch this video for an explanation about how to get this right next time.



This video uses repeated subtraction to solve it.

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Answer of 282 and 2192

//distractor A3 is 282, 2192

Not quite! Your answer: ” + AnswerForA + “

You may have used addition or multiplication to solve this question, but we need to subtract 8 postcards six times. Watch this video for an explanation about how to get this right next time.



This video uses repeated subtraction to solve it.

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Other Answers

Your answer: __________________ is incorrect.

Please take a look at these videos to see how subtraction (and even multiplication) can be used to solve this question.

Set #5, Item #1

Question: Adeline has 8 packs of Fun Gum. Each pack has 7 pieces of gum. Marisol buys Juicy Gum. Each Juicy Gum pack has 9 pieces of gum. Adeline has 11 more pieces of gum than Marisol. How many packs of gum did Marisol buy?

Answer of 35

//35, the number from the story

Your answer: 35 is equal to the value if you add all the numbers. But, it’s important to read closely to understand that addition alone cannot express this problem.

Answer of 5 (correct answer)

//Key: 5

Your answer: 5 packs of gum

Good thinking!! You correctly found that she bought 5 packs of gum. Please check out 2 other ways to solve this question:

This video calculates the answer.



This video includes pictures to help make the work more clear.

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Answer of 24

//distractor A1 is 24

Your answer: 24 is equal to the value if you add the numbers in the first paragraph. But, it’s important to read closely to understand that addition alone cannot express this problem.

Other Answers

Your answer: __________________ is incorrect.

Please take a look at these videos to see how subtraction (and even multiplication) to solve this question.

Set #5, Question #2

Question: Students in 3 art classes cut 728 inches of ribbon into many 8-inch long pieces. Two classes together cut 656 inches of ribbon. How many 8-inch long pieces of ribbon did the other class cut?

Answer of 9 (correct answer)

//Key: 9

Your answer: 9

Good thinking!! You correctly found that third class cut 9 pieces of ribbon. Please check out 2 other ways to solve this question:

This video calculates the answer.



This video includes pictures to help make the work more clear.

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Answer of 72

//distractor A1 is 72

Your answer: 72 is equal to the inches of ribbon. But, it’s important to read closely to understand that the ribbon needs to be cut into 9-inch pieces.

This video calculates the answer directly.

This video explains why 72 cannot be the correct answer.

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Answer of 576

//distractor A2 is 576

Your answer: 576

You may have correctly found the number of inches of riboon, 72, and then mulitplied by 8 rather than divide by 8. Please check out one way to solve this question:

This video calculates the answer.



This video explains why 576 cannot be the correct answer.

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Other Answers

Your answer: ” + AnswerForA + ” is incorrect.

Please take a look at these videos to see two ways to solve this question so you can do better next time.

Set #5, Item #5

Question: Last summer, Jon’s family found 152 shells at the beach. This summer they were at the beach for 7 days. Each day they found 9 shells. How many fewer shells did they find this year than last year?

Answer of 89 (correct answer)

//Key: 89

Your answer: ” + AnswerForA + ”

Good thinking!! You correctly found that they found 89 fewer shells. Please check out a full explanation about how to solve this question:

This video calculates the answer.

Answer of 80,88,90,98

//distractor A1 is 80, 88, 90, 98

Your answer: 80, 88, 90, or 98 is close but not quite. You may have made a subtraction mistake (if you got 99, you may have forgot to borrow from the ten.

This video calculates the answer directly.

This video explains why answers close to 89 cannot be the correct answer.

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Answer of 136, 168, 215

//distractor A2 is 136, 168, 215

Your answer: 136, 168, or 215 is close but not quite. You may have added and subtracted but did not consider how each day is repeated addition.

This video calculates the answer directly.

This video explains why answers greater than 100 cannot be the correct answer.

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Other Answers

Your answer: ____________________ is incorrect.
Please check out a full explanation about how to solve this question:

This video calculates the answer.

Answer of 4 (correct answer)

//redHerring1 is 8,000 or 8000

case “SRL02g”: var vidAddress1 = “”; feedback2 += ” Your answer: _8,000 or 8000_ is not correct because the entire length of the race is 4,800 meters so the tables cannot be spaced 8,000 meters.

This video uses a number line to model the correct situation.

Answer of 400 (correct answer)

Good thinking!! You correctly found that Rob will space the tables 800 meters.

If you are interested, check out 2 other ways to solve this question:

This video uses a model to show why each operation is necessary.



This video uses a number line to model the situation.

Answer of 8

//distractor B1 is 8

Your answer: 8, is not correct. You may have divided incorrectly. Watch this video for an explanation why the distance between tables should be 800 meters, not 8 meters.

Answer of 200

//distractor B2 is 200

Your answer: 200, would be correct for last year’s race, but is not correct for this year’s race. Watch this video for an explanation why 200 meters is not correct and how to adapt the strategy to find the correct answer.

Answer of 2400

//distractor A3 is 2400

Your answer was: 2400, but the actual answer was 800 meters. Watch this video for an explanation why 2,400 meters is not correct and how to adapt the strategy to find the correct answer.

Answer of 4800

//distractor A4 is 4800

Your answer was: 4800, but the actual answer was 800 meters. Watch this video for an explanation why 4,800 meters is not correct and how to adapt the strategy to find the correct answer.

Other Answers including No Answer

Your answer: _______________ was not correct. The actual answer was 800 meters between tables. See how 2 other people solved this question:

This video uses a model to show why each operation is necessary.



This video uses a number line to model the situation.

Set #2, Item #3: Rob bought 27 packs of cups with 12 cups in each pack. There are 6 tables and Rob will put the same number of cups on each table. How many cups will be on each table?

Answer of 48

Your answer: ” + AnswerForA + ” is not correct because the number 48 describes minutes. So, 150 is in minutes, not hours.

If you want to see how 2 other people solved this question, see this video.

Answer of 54 (Correct Answer)

//Key is 54

Good thinking!! You correctly found that there will be 54 cups on each table. (Even though there would be three minutes left after the fourth listen).

If you are interested, check out 2 other ways to solve this question:

This video uses multiplication and division to calculate the number of cups on each table.



This video uses a model of the situation.

Answer of 324

//distractor C1 is 324

Your answer: 324, is the total number of cups, but not the number of cups on each table. This video uses multiplication and division to calculate the number of cups on each table.

Answer of 32

//distractor C2 is 32

Not quite. There are over 300 cups so 32 is too few. This video shows how to correctly model the situation.

Answer of 48

//distractor C3 is 48

Close but there are over 320 cups so 48 is too few. This video shows how to correctly model the situation.

Answer of 52 or 53

//distractor C4 is 52 or 53

You are close, but you probably made a calculation error along the way. This video breaks down each calculation to help diagnose the error.

Other Answers, Including No Answer

Your answer: __________ was not correct. The actual answer is 54 cups on each table. Check out 2 other strategies to solve this question:

This video uses multiplication and division to calculate the number of cups on each table.



This video uses a model of the situation.

Set 3, Item #1

Question: How many total cookies did the students bake? Explain your answer using numbers, words, and/or pictures.

Unclear Answer

Your answer: __________

Your answer is not very clear because it sounds like multiple answers.

If you want to see how to use a table to solve this question, see this video.

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Answer of 528 (Correct Answer)

//key is 528

Your answer: 528

Good thinking!! You correctly found there are a total of 528 videos.

If you are interested, check out 2 other other ways to solve this question:

This video uses multiplication and then addition.



This video digs more into .

Answer of 428

//distractor A1 is 428

Not quite! You answered: 428

36 cookies in 8 boxes is 288 cookies and 20 cookies in 12 bags is 240 cookies. When we add 288 and 240, 8 tens plus 4 tens is 12 tens which means we carry an extra hundred.

This video shows why 428 is incorrect and how to get the correct answer.

Other Answers, Including No Answer

Your answer: _________________

But the actual answer was 528 cookies. Watch this video for a detailed solution explanation. It uses multiplication and addition to find the total.



This video explores why multiplication is useful in these questions that ask for the total of groups of objects.

Set 3, Item #2

Question: How many more cookies are in 5 boxes than are in 5 bags?

Correct Answer of 80

//80

Your answer: 80 cookies

Good thinking!! You correctly found that there are 80 cookies more, check out 2 other ways to solve this question:

This video uses the operations to solve the problem directly.



This video uses reasoning to make the problem easier to solve.

Answer of 180

//distractor A1 is 180

Not quite! Your answer: 180 cookies

You may have only found the number of cookies in 5 boxes of 36 cookies, but the question was asking you to compare this value with the cookies in 5 bags. The units must be the same. Watch this video for an explanation of how to find the correct number of cookies.

This video uses the operations to solve the problem directly.

Answer of 100

//distractor A2 is 100

Not quite! Your answer: 100 cookies

You may have only found the number of cookies in 5 bags of 20 cookies, but the question was asking you to compare this value with the cookies in 5 boxes. Watch this video for an explanation of how to find the correct volume of sand.

This video uses the operations to solve the problem directly.

Answer of 280

//distractor A3 is 280

Not quite! Your answer: 280 cookies

You may have found the total number of cookies in 5 boxes and 5 bags, but the question was asking you to compare these values to find how many more. Watch this video for an explanation of how to find the correct volume of sand.

This video uses the operations to solve the problem directly.

Answer of 90

//distractor A4 is 90

Not quite! Your answer: 90 cookies

You may have subtracted incorrectly. Watch this video for an explanation of how to find the correct volume of sand.

This video uses the operations to solve the problem directly.

Other Answers Including No Asnwer

Your answer: ____________ cookies

There will actually be 80 extra cookies.

If you are interested, check out 2 other ways to solve this question:

This video uses the volume equation of rectangular prisms to solve the problem directly.



This video uses reasoning to solve this situation.

Set #3, Question #3

Question: After the bake sale, 1 box and 1 bag of cookies remained. The organizers gave the remaining cookies to the 6 students on the teams. Each student received the same number of cookies. a) What is the largest number of cookies each student could have received? b) How many extra cookies would be left after each student received that number of cookies?

9 cookies with 2 extra cookies (Correct Answer)

//9 cookies for each student with 2 extra cookes (56 div 6 = 9 r 2)

Your answer: 9 cookies for each student, and 2 extra cookies

Good thinking!! You correctly found that there will be 9 cookies for each student with 2 extra cookies.

If you are interested, check out 2 other ways to solve this question:

This video uses division and interpreting the remainder.

“; feedback2 += “

This video using the idea of equally distributing the cookies.

” feedback2 += “

8 cookies for each student

//Each student receives 8, not 9

Your answer: 8 cookies for each student, and _________ extra cookies

Close!! You calculated an incorrect number of cookies per person. Each student will get 9, not 8, cookies as shown in this video.



This video using the idea of equally distributing the cookies.

10 cookies for each student

Your answer: 10 cookies for each student, and __________ extra cookies

Close!! You calculated an incorrect number of cookies per person. Each student will get 9, not 10, cookies as shown in this video.



This video using the idea of equally distributing the cookies.

56 cookies for each student

//Each student receives 56, not 9

Your answer: 56 cookies for each student, and _________ extra cookies

It looks like you found the total number of cookies, 56, but did not share the cookies. Each student will get 9 of these 56 cookies as shown in this video.

” ;

This video using the idea of equally distributing the cookies.

54 cookies for each student

//Each student receives 54, not 9

Your answer: 54 cookies for each student, and ________ extra cookies

Close!! You calculated 54 cookies per person, but we need to divide these cookies as shown in this video.



This video using the idea of equally distributing the cookies.

Correctly shared 9 cookies with each, but had an incorrect remainder

//Student got 9, but not 2 extra

Your answer: 9 cookies for each student, and ______________ extra cookies

Very close! You found that the each student receives 9 cookies, but you did not interpret the remainder of 56 divided by 6 equals 9 remainder 2 correctly.

If you are interested, check out this video digging into this question:

This video uses the volume equation of rectangular prisms to solve the problem directly.



This video using the idea of equally distributing the cookies.

Correctly identified 2 extra cookies but did not share correctly

} else if (AnswerForB == 1) { //Student got 2 extra, but not 9 per student

Your answer: ________ cookies for each student, and 2 extra cookies

Very close! You found that there are 2 extra cookies but did not determine that each student receives 9 cookies. There will actually be 80 extra cookies.

If you are interested, check out 2 other ways to solve this question:

This video uses the volume equation of rectangular prisms to solve the problem directly.



This video using the idea of equally distributing the cookies.

Other Answers

} else if (AnswerForA == null) {

Your answer: ____________ cookies for each student, and _______________ extra cookies

Very close! You found that there are 2 extra cookies but did not determine that each student receives 9 cookies. There will actually be 80 extra cookies.

If you are interested, check out 2 other ways to solve this question:

This video uses the volume equation of rectangular prisms to solve the problem directly.



This video using the idea of equally distributing the cookies.