Despite having connected the steps to within a mile from the Virginia border, I’ve been shuttled back a few miles to speak to schools within Warren County this week. I speak to classes today, tomorrow, Thursday and Friday.
I spoke to math classes today at Warren High School in Warren County, NC. The math teacher, Ms. O’Meara, a very positive and energetic twentysomething who loves to bring real-world examples to her students, had me speak to each of her classes for about 45 minutes today, and followed up each class with these math problems. Below is one of the extended math problems.

Ms. O’Meara gives the walking-across-America math problems to her students.

From Warren County High’s math classes:

Walking Across America

1) It took George 6 hours to walk 17 miles to Warrenton from Henderson. What was his rate of change?

2) Using the same rate as above, how long will it take George to walk to Washington, DC, which is 212 miles away?

3) George has $1000 in a bank account.
• On an average walking day, George is given $10.
• He walks a dozen miles on an average walking day
• When George is not walking, he spends $10 per day.
• Typically, George will stay in a place for 3 days after walking for one day.

a. If George wants to go 96 miles, according to the patterns above, how many days will it take him?

b. How much money will George have remaining?

c. With the money that George has, how much further could he go?

Speaking to students in an American history class.

Staff at Warren County High