[Edu] Fuzzy Brain Help

[Magi D. Shepley]

I thought it was about the same or cheaper to buy them singly, but as I 
said... my brain was NOT working at 2 in the morning.  I should not have 
even been awake and trying to function at that hour.

Magi

Jay Forbes wrote:

>Booster packs are $3 for 12 cards which is $.25 each
>anyway, so you might as well order them individually. 
>
>
>But if you really want to buy the packs here you go: 
>There are only 2 new action cards in the pack and 21
>actions, so you would need to buy 11 packs.  You would
>even get an extra action in case you mess up on one.
>
>To compare:  individual cards  84 * $.25 = $21
>Packs  11 * $3 = $33
>
>$21 < $33
>
>(Yes I used to be an elementary math teacher)
>This would be a great word problem after I introducing
>a class to fluxx.
>
>Jay  
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>--- Carol Townsend <carol at looneylabs.com> wrote:
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>>Another question:
>>
>>How many of each different type of card do you want?
>> You can now buy
>>them individually.
>>
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>http://www.looneylabs.com/OurStores/product.html?ProductID=279
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>>They're a quarter each, but they're available.
>>
>>as for the math - it's 2:30 am, and I'm about to get
>>in the car to go
>>to Origins - I've got a fuzzy brain too.  :)
>>Carol
>>
>>On 6/28/06, Magi D. Shepley <magid at concentric.net>
>>wrote:
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>>>Okay...  my brain is fuzzy.  I absolutely cannot
>>>      
>>>
>>seem to get this
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>>>straight in my brain.
>>>
>>>There are 84 cards in a deck of Fluxx.  That
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>>should mean that I need 7
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>>>packs of Blanxx, because there are 12 useable
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>>cards in each set of Blanxx.
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>>>However, there are NOT an even number of each card
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>>in the pack.
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>>>So, here's the math question for the day: What is
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>>the smallest number of
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>>>whole packs of Blanxx I can buy in order to have
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>>enough cards for my
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>>>stated goal of making 'Life Skills Fluxx'?
>>>
>>>Magi
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