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READ EACH OF THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS. WORK EACH PROBLEM AND SHOW YOUR WORK. CIRCLE THE CORRECT ANSWER.

1.                    The first Olympic games had one event, the foot race. In this event, there were 82 athletes competing.  Three of the athletes won olive branches for this race.

How many did NOT win an award?

CIRCLE THE CORRECT ANSWER

a.   15     b.  79    c.  18    d.  not given

2.    The first Olympic Athletes had to train for ten months prior to the Olympics.             What is the best estimate of the number of days they spent in training?

  CIRCLE THE CORRECT ANSWER-

      a.  300     b.  200    c.  100   d.  not given

3.      The chariot race was one of the most exciting events at the early Olympics.  If the athletes had to complete 40 laps of the stadium and they have completed 18 laps, how many more laps do they need to complete?

 

  CIRCLE THE CORRECT ANSWER-

a.  16     b.  58     c.   18     d.  not given

contributed by Linda Owens