- The Good Samaritan - Piedmont High School 2nd- and 7th-period Geometry Classes
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 4. Can the butler afford the paint needed to repair the sign? Did the butler do it?
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- Grandmother's Birthday Party - Judy Ann Brown
Middle School, difficulty level 1. Alice and Jessica are writing invitations for a surprise birthday party for their grandmother. Determine how many invitations they have written?
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- Guess My Number If You Can! - Judy Ann Brown
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 4. Use division clues to reveal the secret number.
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- Happy New Year! - Judy Ann Brown
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 4. A puzzle for the new year: how is the grid designed?
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- Holiday Shopping and Surfing - Lisa Lavelle
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Help Charlene calculate the change she'll have left for holiday card supplies after she completes her online shopping.
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- Homerun Percentages - Judy Ann Brown
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 3. Baseball box scores give us a chance to practice percent skills.
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- Horton's Clover Hunt - Lisa Lavelle
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 4. Find out how fast Horton had to work picking clovers.
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- How Large is the Patio? - Judy Ann Brown
Middle School, difficulty level 2. The Smiths are putting new flagstone on their patio. How many square feet will the patio cover?
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- How Safe Is Your Bike? - Chief Brian Craig and Lisa Lavelle
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Compare the bicycle theft rates in three different cities.
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- Idle Ivan and the Troll - Lisa Lavelle
Elementary, difficulty level 2. Idle Ivan makes a deal with a troll... to his disappointment he discovers he knows less math than he thought.
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- I Get A Kick Out Of Soccer! - Judy Ann Brown
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. How many laps of the soccer field would a team member need to complete to run more than a mile?
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- I Like to Palindrive! - Kristina Lasher
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. How many palindromic numbers will appear on Kristina's odometer in October, 2003?
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- Inching Along Down the Football Field - Terrel Trotter
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Fred put his football down on a goal line of the 100-yard field. He then moved it forward half the field distance, over and over again. When did the distance first become less than one inch?
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- An Interesting Integer - Judy Ann Brown
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 2. I'm thinking of a particular integer. It is a multiple of three, five, and seven. No digit occurs more than once. Can you find my number?
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- Irish Specials - Lisa Lavelle
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Calculate the final bill for our St. Patrick's Day dinner last week.
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- It's an open and shut case! Or is it? - Lisa Lavelle
Elementary, difficulty level 3. A Razzle Dazzle Elementary School locker problem.
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- January Sales - Judy Ann Brown
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 2. Mathematicians, put away your calculators and help Lynne estimate the cost of a set of golf clubs.
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- Jellybean Fractions - Lisa Lavelle
Elementary, difficulty level 2. Determine good and bad choices in playing the Jellybean Fractions Game.
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- Kate's Combination - Suzanne Alejandre
Pre-Algebra, difficulty level 2. Find Kate's locker combination using mathematical clues. Is there more than one possibility?
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- Lost in Des Moines - Judy Ann Brown
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 2. Calculate the speed of a car using given information.
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- The Magic of Number 6174 - Suzanne Alejandre
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 4. Have fun exploring this number magic.
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- Martian Holiday - Judy Ann Brown
Middle School, difficulty level 2. On January 1, 2190 a space ship leaves Earth. On what Earth date will the space ship return home?
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- The Math Club Holiday Party - Judy Ann Brown
Middle School, difficulty level 2. The Math Club is having a holiday party. If the presents are opened in 5 minute intervals starting at 1:00 p.m. the last gift will be opened starting at 5:35 p.m. How many club members are there?
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- Math Club Lollipop Profits - Judy Ann Brown
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. The Math Club plans to sell lollipops. Help them to calculate their profit.
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- The Math Teacher's Ties - Brentwood College School - Math 12(1)
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Read the rhyme and determine the number of ties the math teacher has in his wardrobe.
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- Meters of Money - Lisa Lavelle
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Help Ms. Juncos's class determine the amount of money they will raise with this metric project.
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- A Million in Time - Lisa Lavelle
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. "Human beings can expect to live a million..." Use your conversion skills to determine which unit of time best completes this statement.
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- Money in the Bank - Judy Ann Brown
Middle School, difficulty level 2. All but seven of the 49 coins in my bank are quarters and nickels. How much money could I have?
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- Monmouth Mountain Bikes - Kristina Lasher
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 1. How many mountain bikes will have the highest level of safety testing?
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- Mystery Numbers - CanSchoolNet - revised
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Fill in the missing numbers on an ancient scroll.
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- The Name Game - Judy Ann Brown
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 3. The first student says his/her own name; the second student repeats the first student's name and adds his/her own name... How many names are said if the numbers of students in my math classes on the first day are 27,
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- Odd (and Even) Dates - Lisa Lavelle
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 1. Can you figure out these curious dates?
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- Odds vs. Evens - Kristina Lasher
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Can Jerome and Kiya use what they know about probability to make their games fair?
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- Office Tile Choice - Judy Ann Brown
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 3. Find the total cost of purchasing tiles for my office.
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- Olympic Temperature - Judy Ann Brown
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 3. Compare the difference in temperatures between Sydney, Australia at 14 degrees Celsius and Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. at 63 degrees Fahrenheit.
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- Open and Shut Case - Judy Ann Brown
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 2. Find the locker combination using mathematical clues.
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- Operating Diagonally - Suzanne Alejandre
Pre-Algebra, difficulty level 2. Think about the effect of multiplication and addition on the numbers in the hundreds chart.
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- Operation Challenge - Lisa Lavelle
Elementary, difficulty level 2. Help Inger and Tarik complete Ms. Madril's multiple-choice challenge.
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- The Oracle's Oration - Annie Fetter
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 3. Explain how payment should be distributed based on the number of rolls two people shared with the group of three.
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- Organization of Data - Judy Ann Brown
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 2. Use the information on the graph to find the range, mean, median, and mode of the data.
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- Partial Area - Judy Ann Brown
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 3. Find the area of the portion of the circle that is not included inside the inscribed square.
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- Payment in Kind - Lisa Lavelle (adapted)
Elementary, difficulty level 3. Determine the spouses of three kind women based on the details of their inheritance.
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- Peanut Butter and Jelly - Lisa Lavelle
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. How many sandwiches can we make before using up a package of bread and jars of jelly and peanut butter at the same time?
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- Penguin Fun - Bob Coulter
Elementary, difficulty level 2. Three penguins go to an amusement park. Can they all take the same ride?
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- Pi Day Treats - Judy Ann Brown
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 3. Help Mrs. Granville and Mrs. Germain plan a Pi Day celebration.
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- The Place Value Game - Kristina Lasher
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Help Sylvia and Carina think about winning numbers in the Place Value Game.
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- Price Tag Repair - Teaching the Young Learner Group
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Can you use the clues to help Cathy repair the price tags for the family yard sale?
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- Pushing Pennies - Lisa Lavelle
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Estimate the number of pennies that you can fit on a sheet of paper, then evaluate your estimate.
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- Railroad Crossing - Lisa Lavelle
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Determine how far apart Division Junction and Logarithm Square are, based on the time Emily and Edward Engineer cross paths.
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- Ready for Football? - Terry Trotter & Suzanne Alejandre
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 2. Find the final score of the game between the Eagles and the Dragons.
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