- Growing Pains - Lisa Lavelle
Elementary, difficulty level 4. Predict the height and weight of a child after ten years.
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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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- Illuminating Lines - Annie Fetter
Algebra, difficulty level 2. Match up statements, equations, and sets of points on coordinate planes.
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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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- 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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- Phone-O-Graph Phollies - Bill Graham
Algebra, difficulty level 2. Students are asked to use algebra to compare three telephone calling plans to determine at what number of calls each plan would be preferable.
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- Picking a Point - Steve Risberg
Geometry, difficulty level 2. A point is randomly selected from within the rectangle having vertices
at (0,0), (2,0), (2,3) and (0,3). What's the probability that the
x-coordinate of the point will be less than the y-coordinate?
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- The Price of Pollo - Terry Trotter
Algebra, difficulty level 2. Use a linear equation model to predict a future price of fried chicken.
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- Spell It Out - Steve Risberg Annie Fetter
Algebra, difficulty level 2. A word-find problem exploring how sets of points that form lines can
be described by written sentences. An introduction to linear equations
that sets the stage for the standard y = mx + b form.
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- A Tale of Two Intercepts - Terry Trotter
Algebra, difficulty level 3. Find the distance between two y-intercepts.
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- A Triangle's Area - Canadian Open Math Challenge 1999 via Tim Lang
Algebra, difficulty level 3. Find the "b" values of two lines needed to form two congruent triangles of a given area.
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- X Marks the Spot - Terry Trotter
Algebra, difficulty level 3. A Spanish pirate buries his treasure on an island in a very mathematical manner. Can you locate the "X" spot?
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