- Football Figures - Judy Ann Brown
Middle School, difficulty level 2. This year we have already won as many games as we lost last year. How many games will the team play this year?
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- Four Playful Mathematicians - inspired by Maria Fung's class at Western Oregon
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Follow the clues to help the four playful mathematicians return the lost watch.
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- Frequent Flier Figuring - Judy Ann Brown
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Use Web resources to help plan the shortest route from Allentown, Pennsylvania, to New Orleans, Louisiana.
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- Frog Farming * - Claire Mead
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Help Farmer Mead build a rectangular pen to hold her frogs.
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- Garden Fresh Fruit - Shrawan Khanna's Ninth Grade Class
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 4. Help the poor farmer predict his revenue (if he can sell all his fruit).
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- Geo in Jeopardy - Richard Tchen
Pre-Algebra, difficulty level 3. Find the dimensions of the three-dimensional phone booth.
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- Georg Tricks the Troll - Terry Trotter
Elementary, difficulty level 3. Georg decides to tangle with the troll and see if he can make some money.
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- Giving with Grapefruit - Lisa Lavelle & Western Oregon University Students
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 1. How much will Cassie help raise for charity?
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- Golf Anyone? - Phil Marchal
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Kyle needs some help in figuring out how many buckets of golf balls were hit at the Hook and Slice Driving Range.
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- Good Fences - Lisa Lavelle
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Design a fence that will keep the animals happy.
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- 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 Old is Mia? - Claire Mead
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Use Mia's clues to find how old she is.
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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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- Imogene the Imp * - Claire Mead
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. How many people have to get on the Ferris Wheel before Imogene is at
the front of the
line?
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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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- Just the Facts * - Claire Mead
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. It's not a good idea to guess in this game! Find out how many
multiplication facts Zach got
right.
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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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- Marble Mayhem - Claire Mead
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Fred and his friends divide the marbles in several different ways, but
there is always one left
over.
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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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- Math Club Field Trip - Claire Mead
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. How many people returned from the Math Club field trip in Miss Noether's van?
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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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- Mini-Mall Measurements - Claire Mead
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Use given measurements of the stores in the mini-mall to find the area
and dimensions of
other stores.
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- Missing Pages - Claire Mead
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Drew's math book is missing a page. What are the page numbers on the missing page?
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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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