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The Big Run |
| Mary likes to run. Ever since she was in third grade she has been training to run long distances. Now that she was in eighth grade, her parents agreed to let her run in the Banana Classic. The Banana Classic is a ten kilometer run. It takes place every year in Mattydale. The winners get a lifetime supply of peanuts and fruit juice from Paul’s Peanut Stand.
Mary practiced by running for ten kilometers twice a day. On the average run, she would finish in thirty minutes. Last year’s winner finished the race in twenty-six minutes and ten seconds. On the day of the race, Mary ran faster then she ever had in past. As she came across the last kilometer she was in fourth place. She picked up the pace and quickly leaped into second place, just as she could see the finish line. She ran fast as should in a mad dash to the finish line, but she just wasn’t fast enough to get ahead of leader. |
ANSWER THE QUESTIONS:
1. About how many years have past since Mary began training for long runs and when she ran in the Banana Classic?
| a. one year | b. three years |
| c. five years | d. eight years |
2. How long of a run is the Banana Classic?
| a. one kilometer | b. five kilometers |
| c. seven kilometers | d. ten kilometers |
3. Where is the Banana Classic held?
| a. New York | b. Rosendale |
| c. Zilldiale | d. Mattydale |
4. While training, what was the average amount of time it took Mary to complete a run the same distance as the Banana Classic?
| a. fifteen minutes | b. thirty minutes |
| c. forty minutes | d. one hour |
5. What place did Mary finish in the Banana Classic?
| a. first | b. second |
| c. fourth | d. sixth |