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That's Interesting!
- Steve Risberg
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Algebra, difficulty level 3. Two men follow different strategies for saving money. Who winds up
with more?
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That's Some Sequence!
- Terry Trotter
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Algebra, difficulty level 4. Find the product of 3 terms of an unusual sequence.
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The Coordinate Carousel
- Steve Risberg
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Algebra, difficulty level 3. Mrs. Nomial is watching her daughters on the carousel and notices
something interesting. Determine how far away from the edge of the
carousel she is standing.
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The Great Northern Triathlon
- Steve Risberg
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Algebra, difficulty level 2. Sven skis, skates, and snowshoes in the winter triathlon. Use the
given information to determine how fast he snowshoes.
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Three Consecutive Integers
- Annie Fetter
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Algebra, difficulty level 1. Use a variable to explain an interesting relationship that can be found between three consecutive integers.
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The Three Jelly Bean Jars
- Terry Trotter
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Algebra, difficulty level 2. Three brothers buy jelly beans. The jelly beans are in jars that are three different sizes. How many jelly beans does each brother buy?
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Throw It Down!
- Steve Risberg
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Algebra, difficulty level 3. Kelvin leaps high to dunk a basketball. How long are his hands high
enough above the rim for him to dunk?
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Tiffany's Triumphs
- Terry Trotter
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Algebra, difficulty level 1. Given the number of games that Tiffany has played so far and the number that she has won, how many games would she have to win in a row to get her winning percentage up to 60%?
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Time Trial Triumphs
- Steve Risberg, Terry Trotter, and Annie Fetter
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Algebra, difficulty level 2. At 9:05 a.m. Ernesto starts riding at a speed of 440 yards per
minute. At 9:20 a.m. Johnny starts riding, but he's going 20% faster
than his little brother. At what time, to the nearest minute, will
Johnny catch Ernesto?
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To B or Not To B
- Steve Risberg
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Algebra, difficulty level 2. Given a letter pattern, find expressions for the number of B's and the
ratio of B's to total letters in the nth term.
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To Grandmother's House We Go
- Ethel Breuche
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Algebra, difficulty level 4. Red Riding Hood goes to visit Grandmother for the holidays at the same time that Grandmother heads out to visit Red. What is the ratio of their speeds?
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Touchdown Toddlers
- Terry Trotter
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Algebra, difficulty level 2. Two little boys run an unusual race on a professional football field, and everybody comes out a winner!
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Triangle Possibilities
- Steve Risberg
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Algebra, difficulty level 2. Given information about side lengths of a triangle, determine possible dimensions.
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Triangle Probability
- Annie Fetter
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Algebra, difficulty level 3. A point is randomly selected from within a triangle with vertices at (0,0), (0,4) and (6,0). What is the probability that the x-coordinate of the selected point is less than the y-coordinate?
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A Triangle's Area
- Canadian Open Math Challenge 1999 via Tim Lang
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Algebra, difficulty level 3. Find the "b" values of two lines needed to form two congruent triangles of a given area.
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Triangular Number Identities
- Terry Trotter
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Algebra, difficulty level 3. Prove two famous theorems of ancient number theory: the sum of any two consecutive triangular numbers is a square number, and the product of 8 and any triangular number, increased by 1, is a square number.
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Tribonacci
- Terry Trotter
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Algebra, difficulty level 3. Find the second and third terms of a "Tribonacci" sequence.
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Tribonacci Tribulation
- Steve Risberg
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Algebra, difficulty level 2. Given data describing a tribonacci sequence, find a missing number in
the sequence.
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Trick-or-Treat Box
- Terry Trotter
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Algebra, difficulty level 1. Harvey and his classmates make trick-or-treat boxes in math class and use a special formula to find the volumes.
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Two by Canoe
- Annie Fetter
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Algebra, difficulty level 3. Figure out what time Tashawn and Forrest need to start back downstream after paddling upstream for two days if they need to meet Forrest's mother at 4 pm on the third day.
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Two for Two
- Annie Fetter
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Algebra, difficulty level 3. Two numbers have a ratio of 5:3. The larger number is 36 more than half the difference of the two numbers. What are the two numbers?
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Two for Two More
- Annie Fetter
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Algebra, difficulty level 3. Two numbers have a ratio of 4:3. The greater number is 60 more than 8 times their difference. What could the two numbers be?
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Two Ladders
- Terry Trotter
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Algebra, difficulty level 2. Find the lengths of two ladders, then find their "differences."
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The Unhappy Carpenter
- Ethel Breuche
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Algebra, difficulty level 1. A carpenter agrees to be paid a certain amount of money when she works, and to repay money on the days she doesn't work. Find the number of days she worked if she earned $77.00.
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Up the Down Elevator
- Ethel Breuche
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Algebra, difficulty level 2. Juanita has to use a freight elevator to deliver packages but can use the passenger elevator to return. What is her average speed for the entire trip?
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Valentine Candy
- Ethel Breuche
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Algebra, difficulty level 2. A vendor who sells Valentine candy boxes wants to raise the price. For every twenty-five-cent increase he loses two customers. At what price should he sell the boxes to achieve the maximum profit?
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The Variable Rectangle
- Terry Trotter and Friends
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Algebra, difficulty level 1. Increase a rectangle's width and decrease its length each by 1 and the area is decreased by 4. But decrease its width by 1 and increase its length by 2, and the area is increased by 16. What's the area of the original rectangle?
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A Variable Triangle
- Steve Risberg
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Algebra, difficulty level 4. Given a triangle with side lengths of x + 2, x + 3, and 11, what can
we conclude about x?
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Vexing Variables
- Steve Risberg
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Algebra, difficulty level 3. Use two algebraic statements involving three variables to find the
numeric value of the ratio of two of those variables.
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Voter Turnout
- Steve Risberg
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Algebra, difficulty level 2. A group of students collected data on voter turnout for the recent
election and plotted graphs broken down by age groups. Can you match
each age group with its graph?
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Walter's Weird Wages
- Terry Trotter
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Algebra, difficulty level 2. Walter's eccentric parents give their son his housework wages in a strange way. Can you determine how much he receives?
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The Way the Crazy Crow Flies
- Janet Bowers
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Algebra, difficulty level 3. A crazy crow flies back and forth between two trains that are approaching each other on parallel tracks. How far does the crow fly?
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Weighing Kittens
- Terry Trotter
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Algebra, difficulty level 2. Given some facts, figure out how many ounces each of seven kittens weighs.
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The Weight of Bart's Brick
- Terry Trotter
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Algebra, difficulty level 1. Bart was asked by his construction foreman about the weight of a brick. Bart's answer befuddled his boss. (But not you.)
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What's My Angle?
- Terry Trotter
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Algebra, difficulty level 3. Using concepts of vertical angles and supplementary angles, solve two quadratic expressions to find the measure of a given angle.
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What's My Line?
- Terry Trotter
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Algebra, difficulty level 1. Given a set of eight points in the Cartesian plane, find the three that are collinear.
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What's the Difference?
- Steve Risberg
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Algebra, difficulty level 3. Does multiplying a number by four always give you a greater number
than you started with?
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What's the Point?
- Steve Risberg
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Algebra, difficulty level 3. Find all points on a given line such that they are a specified
distance from two points in the plane.
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What's the Score?
- Terry Trotter
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Algebra, difficulty level 2. Find the final score of the football game between the Falcons and the Bears.
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What's the Temperature
- Annie Fetter
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Algebra, difficulty level 1. At what temperature do you get the same answer, regardless of
whether
you use the Fahrenheit or the Celsius scale?
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What's what?
- Terry Trotter (author unknown)
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Algebra, difficulty level 2. A poetical puzzle to ponder about: "What is WHAT?"
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What Time Is It?
- Steve Risberg
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Algebra, difficulty level 3. Determine the angle between the hands of a clock at certain times,
and
find the times that generate a particular angle.
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Winter Gold
- Terry Trotter
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Algebra, difficulty level 2. Given some clues, figure out how many gold medals were won by each country.
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The World's Meanest Math Teacher
- Bill Graham
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Algebra, difficulty level 3. Students seated around a circular table are being systematically eliminated. What's the rule to follow to be the last one eliminated?
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Wreck Tangle
- Steve Risberg
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Algebra, difficulty level 2. When the width of a given rectangle is tripled and the length is
doubled, the perimeter increases by 92 cm. Find the area of the
original rectangle.
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X Marks the Spot
- Terry Trotter
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Algebra, difficulty level 3. A Spanish pirate buries his treasure on an island in a very mathematical manner. Can you locate the "X" spot?
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