Designed for elementary and middle school students	Bookworm Sitting in order on a bookshelf is a three-volume set of books. The front and back covers of the books are each one-eighth inch thick. The page section inside each book is exactly two inches thick. If a cute little bookworm starts eating at page one of volume one and eats, in a straight line, through to the last page of volume three, how far will the cute little bookworm travel?
November 7, 2005
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	Rohit Bollineni. Power Middle School, Farmington Hills, MI Sahit Bollineni. Highmeadow Common Campus, Farmington Hills, MI Asher Tuggle.  Colorado Super School, Colorado Springs, CO Roger Ouyang.  Adobe Bluffs Elementary School, San Diego, CA David Shi.  JLS Middle School, Palo Alto, CA Congyue Sukthose.  Moogra Middle Education, VA Akash Prasad.  Mentally Talented Middle School, Queens, NY
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