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Swimming in Circles

Swimming in Circles. A Mizelle Math Mystery. Tess excelled at backstroke Hannah preferred freestyle and Ben loved butterfly. Ms. L’s four children all swam on their high school swim team . Emily was a breaststroker.

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Swimming in Circles

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  1. Swimming in Circles A Mizelle Math Mystery

  2. Tess excelled at backstroke Hannah preferred freestyleand Ben loved butterfly Ms. L’s four children all swam on their high school swim team. Emily was a breaststroker

  3. During practice they would swim 50 meter sprints which required them to swim laps of the pool. • Emily swam 50m breaststroke in sec. • Tess swam 50m backstroke in sec. • Hannah swam 50m freestyle in sec. • Ben swam 50m butterfly in sec.

  4. If all four swimmers started simultaneously, how many seconds would pass before they all touched the same wall at the same time? When would 2 or more things happen at the same time?= LCM Problem

  5. Answer Key part 1 • Emily swam 50m breaststroke in sec. • Tess swam 50m backstroke in sec. • Hannah swam 50m freestyle in sec. • Ben swam 50m butterfly in sec.

  6. Answer Key part 2 • All four swimmers touched the same wall after 12, 096 seconds or 201.6 minutes or 3.35 hours.

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