- A Coat of Golden Angels - Terry Trotter
Algebra, difficulty level 1. Show how to do scientific notation problems on an 8-digit, four-function calculator.
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- Golden Gate Bridge * - Claire Mead
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Find out how much wire was used in the two main cables of the Golden
Gate Bridge.
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- Googol the Giant's Gargantuan Goblet - Leigh Nataro
Trig/Calc, difficulty level 2. Find the volume of Googol the Giant's elliptical paraboloid goblet.
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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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- 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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- Miracle Miranda and the Mascot - Claire Mead
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 4. Compare salaries of the star player and the team mascot.
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- Paper and the Moon - Ethel Breuche
Algebra, difficulty level 4. Students need to express their answers in scientific notation and know how to work in the metric system as well as do conversions to answer this paper-tearing problem.
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- Penny Space - Lisa Lavelle
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 4. Determine the space needed to store a million pennies.
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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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- Pumpkin Pride - Claire Mead
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Find the mean average diameter of jack-o'-lanterns lined up on planks
and also the number
of miles the planks would cover if laid end to end.
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- Sacagawea Cheerios - Stephen Maurer
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Determine how many Sacagawea coins the government will give away during this Cheerios promotion.
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- Sizing Up Sequoias - Suzanne Alejandre
Pre-Algebra, difficulty level 2. Compared to a given seed weight, find out how much an average mature sequoia weighs.
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- The Sun vs. the Earth - Annie Fetter
Geometry, difficulty level 1. Would one million Earths really fit inside the sun?
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- Victoria in Bloom - Claire Mead
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Find combinations of trees and/or shrubs that could have totaled
2,005,500 blossoms in the
park in Victoria.
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