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Problem B
How Do You Like Them Apples?

The Big Apple is a tourist attraction and bakery located near Colborne, Ontario. Here are some fun facts about their apple pies:

  1. How many apples (on average) are used each week to make pies? How many apples are used each year? Assume there are \(52\) weeks per year.

  2. How many pies are made in one year at the Big Apple, assuming they are open every day of the year?

  3. The Big Apple opened in \(1987\). What will be the value of the pies sold between June \(1\), \(1987\) and May \(31\), \(2027\)? Did you have to make any assumptions?

Theme: Number Sense