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Prison Break

Last updated almost 2 years ago

5 questions

Prisoners escaped from this jail in Chicago several years ago.

They escaped using bedsheets tied together into a rope

Here's what the bedsheet rope looked like up close

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They escaped from the 17th floor. Each floor is about 10 feet high. Circle the 17th floor. Can you figure out how many feet tall is it at the 17th floor?

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The rope did not go all the way to the ground. It stopped just a couple feet above this parking garage. How many feet is it from the 17th floor to this parking garage?

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Our question will be: How many bedsheets did they use??
What are three things that will make it hard to calculate how many bedsheets they used?

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How will you use division to find out how many bedsheets the prisoners used?

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How many bedsheets did the prisoners use to escape? Show your work below.

And don't worry, the prisoners were eventually caught again. They are not still on the loose.