- Santa's Little Helpers - Judy Ann Brown
Pre-Algebra, difficulty level 3. Help Santa to solve the puzzle created by the clever elves.
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- Saturday Bike Ride - Judy Ann Brown
Pre-Algebra, difficulty level 2. Now that spring has arrived, Ali and Maya decide to dust off their bikes and go for a Saturday ride. Help find what time they will meet.
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- Seating Arrangements - Judy Ann Brown
Pre-Algebra, difficulty level 3. Four new students arrive in Mrs. Brown's homeroom. After a few minutes she turns to them and says, "There are 1680 ways
that you can sit in the empty seats." How many empty seats are there in the room?
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- Seesaw - Suzanne Alejandre
Pre-Algebra, difficulty level 3. How did the four friends balance on the seesaw?
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- Shapes Rock - Judy Ann Brown
Pre-Algebra, difficulty level 3. Find the number of diagonals in a polygon of 40 sides.
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- Sharing Birthday Cake - Ian Underwood
Pre-Algebra, difficulty level 2. Ian and his father have the same birthday, and share a cake based on the ratio of their ages. Determine when Ian will get certain amounts of cake.
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- Spring Garden Planning - Judy Ann Brown
Pre-Algebra, difficulty level 4. Find the area as well as the length and width of my fractional garden.
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- A Stellar Garden - Bill Marthinsen
Pre-Algebra, difficulty level 3. Martha Stewart wants to rebuild her ugly garden. She needs help calculating the areas in the new garden.
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- Study Hall Games - Judy Ann Brown
Pre-Algebra, difficulty level 4. I polled the students to find out which of the three games in my closet they might like to play. Then I created a math problem using the results of the poll.
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- Take Me Out to the Ballgame - Annie Fetter
Algebra, difficulty level 4. Determine how many innings a pitcher has thrown as his Earned Run Average changes during a game.
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- Texting 1, 2, 3 - Steve Risberg
Algebra, difficulty level 2. Determine the pricing of Kheri's cell phone texting plan.
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- Three-dimensional Television - Mr. Marthinsen's Geometry Class
Pre-Algebra, difficulty level 3. Help my friend find which TV will fit snugly into her TV nook.
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- Timber! - Steve Risberg
Pre-Algebra, difficulty level 3. A tree breaks three-eighths of the way up the trunk, and the tip hits the ground 40 feet from the base of the trunk. How tall was the tree?
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- The Tower of Hanoi Puzzle - Roya Salehi
Pre-Algebra, difficulty level 4. Tower of Hanoi: What is the minimum number of moves it will take to transfer 25 disks from one post to another?
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- Triangle Possibilities - Steve Risberg
Algebra, difficulty level 2. Given information about side lengths of a triangle, determine possible dimensions.
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- Valley Springs Snow Cream - Kelly Crisp
Pre-Algebra, difficulty level 3. Compare the volume of a sphere, cone, and cylinder using ice cream.
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