Chicago MATH

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Explanation: Hmmmmm

Rahm Emanuel's New Chicago Math Curriculum
 
Chicago schools are finally starting to teach practical math that kids can use in real-world situations:

I will give it a go ...

1. Lajames has an AK-47 with a 200-round clip.  He usually misses 6 of every 10 shots and he uses 13 rounds per drive-by shooting. How many mofos can Lajames ice on a drive-by before he gotta reload?

The red bit is the important and relevant data that needs to be applied to the question. He hits 40% of the time and 40% of 200 is 80 ... so he can kill 80 mofos before he gotta reload. The fact that it would take 15.384615384615384615384615384615 drive-by's to achieve that many kills is irrelevant to the question.

2. Willie has 2 ounces of cocaine.  If he sell an 8 ball to Antonio for $320 and 2 grams to Juan for $85 per gram, what be the street value of the rest of his shit?

2 ounces = 56g - (3.5g + 2g) = 50.5g x $85 = $4292.50

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 ?

$800 / $85 = 9.4117647058823529411764705882353 tricks / 3 ho's = 3.1372549019607843137254901960784 tricks per day.

4. Raul wants to cut the pound of cocaine he bought for $40,000 to make 20% profit.  How many ounce bags will he need to make to get the 20% upside?

He will need 20 ounce bags total [16 ounces to the pound ] or 4 extra ounces to make the 20% upside  ... and no, I am not going to show how I worked that out! :P

5. Ray-Ray gets $2000 for a stolen BMW, $1500 for stealing a Corvette, and $1000 for a 4 x 4.  If he steal 1 BMW, 2 Corvettes and 3 4x4's, how many more Corvettes must he steal to make the 10k for his brother's bail?

$10k bail - ($2000 + (2 x $1500) + (3 x $1000)) = $2000 / $1500 = 1.3333333333333333333333333333333 Corvettes he must steal.

6. Pedro get 6 years for murder.  He also get $10,000 for the hit. If his common-law wife spend $100 of his hit money per month, how much money will be left when he get out?

6 years x 12 months = 72 months x $100 = $7200 ... $10,000 - $7200 = $2800 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 many letters can be sprayed with three 8 oz. cans of spray paint with 20% paint left over?

3 x 22 sqr ft = 66 sqr ft / 5 = 13.2 sqr ft ... 66 sqr ft - 13.2 sqr ft = 52.8 sqr ft / 3 sqr ft =  17.6 letters can be painted with 20% of the spray paint left over.

8. Tyrone knocked up 4 girls in the gang.  There be 20 girls in his gang.  What be the percentage of bitches Tyrone knocked up ?

 
20 / 100 = 0.2 ... 4 / 0.2 = 20% of bitches in his gang are knocked up by Tyrone.

9. Lafawnda is a lookout for the gang.  Lafawnda also has a boa constrictor that eats 5 rats per week at a cost of $5 per rat.  If Lafawnda makes $700 a week as a lookout, how many weeks can she feed her snake with one week's income ?

5 x $5 = $25 snake food per week .... $700 /$25 = 28 weeks is how long she can feed her snake on one week's income.

10. Marvin steals Juan's skateboard. As Marvin skates away at 15 mph, Juan load his .357 Magnum piece.  If it take Juan 20 seconds to load his piece, how far away will Marvin be when he get whacked

15mph = 22ft/s [I googled this!] x 20s = 440ft away when he gets whacked.

Personal Disclosure: So am I street-smart  and savvy or what?