- At the Movies - Lisa Lavelle
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Explore the changes in movie and theater prices.
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- The Big Balloon Blowup - Leon Roland & class
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Help Ulrike and Lars determine the number of balloons in each bag.
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- Birds in Trees - Steve Maurer
Elementary, difficulty level 3. Can you figure out the number of trees in the courtyard?
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- Birthday Beach Bash - Lisa Lavelle
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Help determine how many balloons were needed for party favors at the end of this celebration.
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- Calculator Double Vision - Lisa Lavelle
Elementary, difficulty level 2. Enter a 3-digit number twice on a calculator and use division to get the original number.
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- Common Cents - Claire Mead
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. How much money do Monique and Misty each contribute toward Mom's Valentine's candy?
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- Filling the Freezer - Kristina Lasher
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 4. How many cartons of ice cream can the Math Club fit in their freezer?
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- Fish in a Barrel - Claire Mead
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Find out how many fish Jake, Herman and Luke each took home from their
fishing trip.
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- Five Digits of Fun - Lisa Lavelle
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 4. Find a five-digit number based on these clues.
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- Frugal Flooring - Marita Paynter
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Help Graeme determine how many tiles he needs to decorate his new bedroom and whether or not he can afford them.
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- Halloween Night - Ethel Breuche
Algebra, difficulty level 1. One hundred candy kisses were being distributed, one at a time, to five goblins at my door. The phone rang, and when I came back I didn't remember where I had left off. How did I continue distributing without
starting
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- Hauling Sand - Claire Mead
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. How many tons of sand can Marty haul in his dump truck?
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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 Much Was That Ticket? - Lisa Lavelle - idea suggested by Jody Newman
Elementary, difficulty level 4. Determine how much I spent at the movie theater.
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- Humphrey's Phone Number - Bill Graham
Algebra, difficulty level 3. Figure out Humphrey's 10-digit phone number given various clues about the divisibility of parts of his number.
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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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- Jellybean Rectangles - Lisa Lavelle
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Have fun figuring out strategy in the Jellybean Rectangle game.
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- Lunch Bunch Budgets - Lisa Lavelle
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Determine the number of children needed for the lunch bunch budget to balance.
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- March Madness! - Teaching the Young Learner Class
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Given four clues, figure out which pair of friends won a basketball game.
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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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- Perfect Apples - Melissa Kennedy
Algebra, difficulty level 2. Of 6000 apples, we have some that are too small, some too green, and others that are bruised. How many are perfect apples?
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- Pondering Palindromes - Mary DeYoung & class
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 1. Explore 4-digit palindromes and find something else they have in common.
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- Pondering Prescriptions - Lisa Lavelle
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 4. Help calculate the amount of antibiotic in each dose of my prescription.
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- Power-full Fractions - Terry Trotter
Algebra, difficulty level 1. Given the expression (A/B)^C + (D/E)^F + (G/H)^I, substitute the digits 1 through 9 for the variables so that the simplified value of the expression is an integer.
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- Rabbit's Run - Lisa Lavelle
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 1. Help Regina develop options for building her rabbit's run.
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- Saline Solutions - Lisa Lavelle
Elementary, difficulty level 3. Measure the ingredients needed to mix the saline solutions.
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- Special Stars - Lisa Lavelle
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Calculate the number of pipe cleaners Leah used to create a Star of David chain.
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- Speeders, Beware! - Stephen Maurer (and Chief Brian Craig)
Elementary, difficulty level 4. Evaluate the method the Swarthmore Borough Police Department uses for catching speeders.
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- Summer at Sweet Tooth - Ross Shelter & Carrie Shankweiler
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Calculate Kate's earnings during her summer waitressing job.
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- Super Deal Salsa - Lisa Lavelle
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Determine how much money was saved by buying salsa in bulk.
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- Teresa's Tiles - Kristina Lasher
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. How many square tiles does Teresa need to cover her bathroom floor?
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- A Very Special Number - Lisa Lavelle
Elementary, difficulty level 2. Find a number with some interesting divisibility properties - can you put them all together?
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- Video Viewing - Lisa Lavelle
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Just how much television will Frank and Lisa watch?
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- What a Move! - Lisa Lavelle
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Determine the number of hours it took the movers to move the Lavelles to their new home, as well as the number of man-hours.
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