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The problem is:
Eliana was training to compete for the inter-school cross country competition. She set herself a goal of running between 4km - 5km a week.
Eliana could choose from running a number of courses to practice:
School field 1500 m
college field 2000 m
to the dairy and back 500 m
around the backyard 200 m
to the bus stop and back 400 m
around the park 1000 m
around the tennis court 350 m
to her grandma’s house 850 m
to school 1800 m
to her friend’s house 650 m
What combination of courses could Eliana run in a week to reach her goal?
List some possibilities.
Teacher Notes (not visible to students)
This is a open-ended word problem (with many possible solutions). Students can access this problem at many levels and solve it in a range of ways. A knowledge of the metric system (m and km) will be necessary.
