Recently, I saw this post by author AJ Jacobs on Facebook in relation to Oklahoma requiring the Bible to be taught in all classrooms this fall:
“I read that the Oklahoma schools are now required to teach the Bible — and not just as literature or history, but also “woven across subjects including math and science.”
To help with the latter part, I’ve been putting together some biblical math word problems!
1) Solomon had 700 wives and 300 concubines (1 Kings 11:3).
If he lay with one wife or concubine every night, but took off one day per week for rest, how many days would it take him to lay with all of his wives and concubines?
2) David captured the foreskins of 200 Philistines (1 Samuel 18:27).
If David split those foreskins into baskets of 40 foreskins each, how many baskets would he need?
Suggestions for other math problems welcome!“
There you have it. Come up with your best word problems based on stories from the Bible and post them in the comment section.
Fossil
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