Mr. R.’s World of Math

Page 5: Now, Can Anyone Spell Beard?

“I don’t know how to stop the hair from growing!” I screamed into the giant mess of hair that had filled the classroom. 
“Think of something, we’re all gonna’ get mushed by our own mustaches if you don’t!” yelled David desperately.
I thought about the events of the day. The students had trouble spelling mustache, and later, they all grew mustaches, except for Carlos who had looked it up in the dictionary. spelling book cartoonSuddenly, I had an idea, “Everyone try to get your spelling books and a pencil!”
I heard struggling to get their books through the hair that surrounded them.
“I heard a few of them scream, “We have them! Now what!”
“Now everyone write the word mustache with the correct spelling!”
I heard a few of them trying to remember how to spell it.
“Quickly! Before you’re crushed by your own hair!” I yelled.
After a few more seconds, I saw some of the hair start to disappear. And after a minute or so, enough hair was gone so that I could see what was happening in the classroom. The hair was getting sucked right back into the students’ faces!

If 1/2 of the hair was gone, and then another 1/4 disappeared, how much of the hair was left?

(choose the number of the correct answer and  enter it in the box below)

1)  2/4 of the hair

2)  1/8 of the hair

3)  2/8 of the hair

4) 1/4 of the hair

Enter The number of the correct answer here:

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After a few more minutes, I saw that only two students still had mustaches.
“I can’t remember how to spell it!” complained Jenna.
“Me either,” said Zander.
I rushed to the board and asked someone to share their correct spelling.
Regina raised her hand and said,  “M-U-S-T-A-C-H-E.”
Jenna and Zander quickly copied the correct spelling and we all watched as the hair retreated back into their faces. I was happy that none of my students were still sporting a mustache.
“We did it!” yelled Serena, “We got rid of those crazy mustaches!”
“Yeah, I guess learning how to spell can be helpful after all!” yelled Zander. 
Everyone took a few minutes to high-five each other until I asked them to sit back down at their desks. 
beard“Ok,” I said, we should get back to work. The next word in the sentence we’re trying to spell correctly is beard. Does anyone want to give the spelling a try?”
“No, Mr. R., No!” screamed all the students.

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