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Pieces of Another World - Math Word Problems

	1. In 1966 the Leonid storm, meteors rained down at 40 per second. At that rate, how many meteors would fall in 5 seconds? 45 meteors 400 meteors 200 meteors

	2. At 40 meteors falling per second, how many meteors would fall in one minute? 2400 meteors 3000 meteors 1000 meteors

	3. At 40 meteors falling per second, how many meteors would fall in one hour? 200,000 meteors 144,000 meteors 240,000 meteors

	4. If one meteor is travelling at 133,000 miles per hour and another meteor is travelling at 142,500 miles per hour, how much slower is the first meteor travelling than the other 109,500 miles per hour 9,500 miles per hour 19,500 miles per hour

	5. If your alarm is set for 4 a.m. so you can wake up and watch a meteor shower, what time should you go to bed if you want 8 hours of sleep? 6 PM. 4 PM 8 PM

	6. Long period comets take 30,000,000 years to orbit the sun. Short-period comets take 200 years to orbit the sun. What is the difference in years for a long-period comet and a short-period comet to orbit the sun? 29,999,800 years 10,000,000 years 30,000,200 years

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