Giant Problem

Our math group composed a monster problem.

Each student had one problem posted on the whiteboard to solve, covering the range of operations we've undertaken in math thus far this year. What percentage of American states border the Great Lakes? Word problems on sales and taxes. Straightforward long division. That kind of thing.

Once each completed his or her work, the figure was written up on the board.

Then we had fifteen numbers with blank circles between each pair. We played Math Mad Lib then, filling in each circle with either +, -, x or /.

Here's our problem:

.8 x 128 =
/ 360 =
- 44 =
x 96 =
+ .16 =
+ 35 =
/ 1.65 =
- 18 =
/ 8.5 =
+ 139.5 =
x .8 =
- 1.64 =
x 30 =
+ 2 =
+ .18 =