| Months | Lengths: Francesca’s | Lengths: Nuncio’s |
| Nov. 1st | 0 mm | 16 mm |
| Dec. | 12 mm | 0 mm |
| Jan. | 24 mm | 6 mm |
| Feb. | 36 mm | 22 mm |
| March | 48 mm | 38 mm |
| April | 60 mm | 54 mm |
| May | 72 mm | 70 mm |
| June | 84 mm | 86 mm |
| July | 96 mm | 102 mm |
We started on November 1st because Fran cut her hair on Halloween. So instead of starting on Halloween we had to start on November 1st because Halloween is too late in the month.
In the chart for Fran’s column we counted by 12’s because her hair grows 12mm per month.
In that chart for Nun’s column we counted by 16’s because his hair grew 16mm per month.
When will Fran’s hair be the same length as Nuncio’s?
May
It is May because if we keep on going on Nuncio’s hair will always be more than Fester’s hair.
How long will his hair be when it’s the same length as Fran’s?
When Nuncio and Francesca’s hair is the same length, it will be about 78 mm.
In the middle of May Francesca’s hair will grow 6mm because 6 is half of 12 and Nuncio’s hair will grow 8mm because 8 is half of 16. If you add 72+6=78 and 70+8=78 so that’s when their hair will be the same length.
By: Parker, Bobby, Katie, Chelsea, Rachel, Alison, Tim, and Kolbe
Grade 7 students
Joseph Case Junior High
Swansea, MA
(January 2010)
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