- Going for the Gold - Terry Trotter
Algebra, difficulty level 4. Find the number of points that are awarded for each gold, silver, and bronze medal in an athletic competition.
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- The Graduating Class - Judy Ann Brown
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 3. Use the information about students with different grades to determine the number of students in Mrs. Smith's class.
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- Grandpa Jones' Age - Terry Trotter
Algebra, difficulty level 2. Little George asks how old his grandpa is, and needs your help to find out the answer.
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- The Great Doughnut Caper - Terry Trotter
Algebra, difficulty level 2. After a number of doughnuts have been switched in their respective boxes, you are to discover the original state of things before the change was made.
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- The Great One - Terry Trotter
Algebra, difficulty level 2. Indiana Jones found a math problem about the life span of "The Great One" engraved on an old tombstone. How old was the Great One when he died?
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- Gumballs Galore! - Terry Trotter
Algebra, difficulty level 2. Two famous characters from literature go on a gumball shopping spree.
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- Heating the Tub - Steve Risberg
Algebra, difficulty level 1. Water in a hot tub is heated. Given two times and the temperature at
those times, find an equation that models the heating process, then
use it to predict temperatures and times as the heating continues.
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- He Shoots! He Scores! - Annie Fetter, Steve Risberg, & Terry Trotter
Algebra, difficulty level 3. Given a set of equations and inequalities, figure out how many points Bo might have scored in his basketball game.
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- Highway Miles - Terry Trotter
Algebra, difficulty level 2. Find the number of miles a person travels on a highway, given the number of gallons of gas and the consumption rate.
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- Holiday Dance - Steve Risberg
Algebra, difficulty level 2. Two bands are being considered for the holiday dance at Rahkenrole
High School. Each band charges a base fee and an hourly rate. Help
the Student Council compare the bands and find the best deal.
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- A Holiday Gift for Grandmother Brown - Judy Ann Brown
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 3. Determine the cost of the dishwasher and the contribution from each of five children.
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- Home-Made Valentine Card - Terry Trotter
Algebra, difficulty level 2. Reuben expresses his affection for his girlfriend by making his own Valentine's Day card, described mathematically.
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- How High Is Enough? - Terry Trotter
Algebra, difficulty level 3. A right triangle is formed by stretching flexible elastic "legs" sufficiently high. How high must that be?
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- Humphrey's Great Escape - Bill Graham
Algebra, difficulty level 3. Calculate Humphrey's running speed as he tries to outrun a train across a trestle.
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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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- Illuminating Lines - Annie Fetter
Algebra, difficulty level 2. Match up statements, equations, and sets of points on coordinate planes.
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- Intersecting Circles - Annie Fetter
Geometry, difficulty level 3. What is the maximum number of times six circles of the same size can intersect? In other words, draw six circles of the same size on a piece of paper - what is the maximum number of intersections your drawing can have?
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- Jack and Jill Go Jogging - Terry Trotter
Algebra, difficulty level 2. Two famous Mother Goose characters take up aerobics, running at some numerical speeds while exercising. How fast can each one jog?
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- Jimmy's Hits - Terry Trotter & Annie Fetter
Algebra, difficulty level 2. Given information about how many doubles, homers, and singles, figure out how many total hits Jimmy had during his record-breaking season.
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- Johnny's Orchards - Terry Trotter
Algebra, difficulty level 3. Johnny Appleseed plants three rectangular orchards of various shapes.
If each orchard holds the same number of seeds, how many seeds did he
plant?
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- Join Us for a Quarter-pound Burger - Suzanne Alejandre
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 2. Work with fractions and percents to help plan this cookout.
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- Judy and Jen's Garden Problem - Terry Trotter
Algebra, difficulty level 2. Judy and her daughter Jen make up math problems while working in their vegetable garden.
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- Lettuce for Sale - Ethel Breuche
Algebra, difficulty level 1. Using a linear equation, determine the number of heads of lettuce sold on Monday.
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- Lieutenant Stone's Troops - Terry Trotter
Algebra, difficulty level 2. Find the number of soldiers, performing in a formal military ceremony, who were marching in various rectangular arrangements.
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- Louis And Boris Get Even - Ethel Breuche
Algebra, difficulty level 2. After taking their respective hormone pills, Louis is growing and Boris is shrinking. How long will it take before they become the same height?
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- Lucie and Daryl's Bike Ride - Terry Trotter
Algebra, difficulty level 2. A sister and brother who ride bikes provide us with a math challenge concerning distance, rate, and time.
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- Make the Save! - Steve Risberg
Algebra, difficulty level 1. A hockey goalie has saved 112 out of 131 shots so far this season.
How many consecutive shots does she need to save to raise her save
percentage to .900?
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- Marathon Mitch - Terry Trotter
Algebra, difficulty level 2. Mitch runs a road race and increases speed twice during the race.
Given his total finishing time, determine his standard running rate.
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- Marsha's Triangle - Marsha Hurwitz
Algebra, difficulty level 3. Find the area of an isosceles triangle whose two legs are on the x and y axes and whose hypotenuse passes through the point (c,d).
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- Mathematics Club Membership - Judy Ann Brown
Middle School, difficulty level 2. Find the number of students in the Mathematics Club using the given information.
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- Maxwell's Mowing - Terry Trotter
Algebra, difficulty level 1. Maxwell mows rectangular lawns by mowing around the rectangle, leaving a smaller rectangle. If the lawn is 200 feet by 120 feet, how wide a swath has he mowed so far if his mower runs out of gas 1/4 of the way through?
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- Membership Boom! - Judy Ann Brown
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 3. Find the number of students involved in the Math Club, and the number of students in the school.
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- The Mensa Toy Store - Terry Trotter
Algebra, difficulty level 2. The prices are strange in this store. Can you decipher them?
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- Milly Miffin's Muffins - J. A. H. Hunter
Algebra, difficulty level 2. Milly Miffin et al. are muffin makers extraordinaires, and they make muffins mathematically, too. The question is, how many?
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- Mirror Musing - Suzanne Alejandre
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 3. Using the information given in a picture of Hagrid and Baby Norbert, find out how tall each of them is.
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- Missing Angle Mystery - Terry Trotter
Algebra, difficulty level 2. Help Detective Sam Spade solve a robbery of valuable polygons from Mrs. Hempstead's famous collection.
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- The Most Appealing Nose Contest - Judy Ann Brown
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 3. Use the given information to determine the amount of money raised for the Humane Society by the Student Council.
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- Motorcycle Daredevil - Terry Trotter
Algebra, difficulty level 4. A motorcycle stunt person needs some math equation work to calculate her most daring feat: jumping between ramps at high speeds.
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- Mr. Cramer's Cousins - Terry Trotter
Algebra, difficulty level 3. Find the ages of two young men by using Cramer's Rule to solve a system of linear equations.
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- Mr. Green's Birthday - Ethel Breuche
Algebra, difficulty level 1. Mr. Green has a birthday but will not tell his age directly. Can you figure out his age based on the clues?
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- My Bag of Marbles - Terry Trotter
Algebra, difficulty level 2. Find the probability of drawing a blue marble after additional marbles have been placed in a bag.
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- The Mystery Quadrilateral - Annie Fetter & Dr. Math
Algebra, difficulty level 2. Three consecutive sides of a quadrilateral are 2, 6, 9, and x. If
the
diagonals are perpendicular, what's x?
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- Nine Congruent Rectangles - Annie Fetter
Geometry, difficulty level 2. Nine congruent rectangles form a larger rectangle whose area is 720 units^2. What's the perimeter of the large rectangle?
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- Number, Please! - Terry Trotter
Algebra, difficulty level 4. Given two telephone calling plans, find the point at which the monthly bills would be the same.
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- The Nutty Squirrel - Alice Miller
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 3. How high could a human jump if she could jump with the power of a squirrel?
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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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- The Operations Grid - Annie Fetter
Algebra, difficulty level 2. Use variables to explore whether this grid works for the four basic operations.
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- Operation Warm-up - Annie Fetter
Algebra, difficulty level 2. Find all possible ordered pairs that are solutions to four given equations.
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- Painting Partners - Terry Trotter
Algebra, difficulty level 1. Two house painters combine their skills and talents to make short order of a painting job.
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- Parakeets on Parade - Terry Trotter
Algebra, difficulty level 2. A flock of parakeets flies a round trip to the feeding ground and
back. Given the total time and distance of the round trip, and the
speed of the wind in each direction, find the flying speed of the
parakeets.
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