- How Fast Is a Minute? - Suzanne Alejandre
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 1. How many feet does the tip of the minute hand travel in an hour on the
clock on Philadelphia's City Hall Tower?
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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 Wide Is My Garden? - Judy Ann Brown
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 3. A scale drawing is used to determine the width and area of a garden.
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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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- 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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- A Jar of Coins - Claire Mead
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Use fraction clues to discover how many pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters I have in my
jar.
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- Lincoln's Top Hat - Suzanne Alejandre
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 3. Find the dimensions of a rectangular sheet of paper used to make a paper top hat that has width and height the same.
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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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- Luscious Lemonade - Judy Ann Brown
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. The label on the lemon concentrate says that I need to mix 2 cups of concentrate with 3 cups of water. How much lemon concentrate should I buy to make 25 gallons of lemonade?
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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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- Milk Madness - Suzanne Alejandre
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 4. Help Georgina find out how much milk is left using the number pattern she describes.
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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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- New Home for Fibonacci and Fractal - Judy Ann Brown
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 2. Determine how long it will take Jimal and Leslie to fill the new 15-gallon aquarium.
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- Nova Scotia Quilt - Claire Mead
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Use the area of a rectangular bed quilt to determine its dimensions.
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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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- Office Tile Choice - Judy Ann Brown
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 3. Find the total cost of purchasing tiles for my office.
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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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- Partial Area - Judy Ann Brown
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 3. Find the area of the portion of the circle that is not included inside the inscribed square.
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- Peanut's Back Yard - Jonathan Bauer
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 3. Peanut, the overexcited dog, makes 40 laps around a stake and travels a total distance of 1 mile. If his bowl of water is 20 feet away from the stake, can he get a drink?
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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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- Pi Day - Let's Eat Cake! - Judy Ann Brown
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 3. In honor of Pi Day we will be comparing the volumes of slices taken from round and rectangular cakes.
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- Pi Day Treats - Judy Ann Brown
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 3. Help Mrs. Granville and Mrs. Germain plan a Pi Day celebration.
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- Pig Pens - Claire Mead
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Find the rectangle of least perimeter which encloses 36 sq meters of area.
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- Pizza Pie - Judy Ann Brown
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 3. Use the given information to decide how many slices of the small pizza would be equal to or greater than 3 slices from the large pizza.
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- Pocket Change - Claire Mead
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 1. How many dimes do I have in my pocket?
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- Pouring the Punch - Neil Bress
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 3. The Refreshments Committee needs to pour exactly four liters of eggnog using only three-liter and five-liter measures.
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- Power Outage - Jackson Geometry Class
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 3. The power went out. Use the current reading on the clocks to determine when the power went out, and for how long.
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- Practicing for the Winter Olympics - Cynthia Paul
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 2. What is the length of the semicircular path Sonya skates across the
ice rink?
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- Price Fluidity - Judy Ann Brown
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 2. Compare the per-gallon cost of eleven different liquids, and put them in order from least to most expensive.
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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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- Quilting Squares - Suzanne Alejandre
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 2. Help with some quick calculations of the amount of fabric needed for this quilt design.
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- Rounding Mountains - Judy Ann Brown
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Use estimated figures to determine the maximum and minimum differences between the heights of two mountains.
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- Sailing Around the World - Leon Roland & class
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 2. Determine the amounts of the supplies that Giuseppi Linguini will need to sail around the world.
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- Saturday Bike Ride - Judy Ann Brown
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 2. Now that spring has arrived, Ali and Maya decide to dust off their bikes and go for a Saturday ride. Help find what time they will meet.
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- School Spirit - Kristina Lasher
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 1. Do a little estimating to determine how much money is needed to buy school spirit items.
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- Seesaw - Suzanne Alejandre
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 3. How did the four friends balance on the seesaw?
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- Shine On Harvest Moon - Judy Ann Brown
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 2. Find the area of the largest circle that can be cut from a nine-inch by twelve-inch sheet of paper.
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- The Silver Mile - Judy Ann Brown
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 3. Determine the total value of the coins in a silver mile.
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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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- Sports Weigh In - Claire Mead
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Use three scale readings to find the weight of the soccer ball, the
tennis ball, and the
baseball.
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- Spring Garden Planning - Judy Ann Brown
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 4. Find the area as well as the length and width of my fractional garden.
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- Stacking Wood - Annie Fetter
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 2. Find how many cords of wood the woodshed will hold.
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- A Stellar Garden - Bill Marthinsen
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 3. Martha Stewart wants to rebuild her ugly garden. She needs help calculating the areas in the new garden.
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- A Surfer's Tessellation - Mr. Marthinsen's First Period Class
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 2. Shane is re-tiling his surf shack. How many of each kind of tile will he need, and what does a big tile cost?
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- Tangrams - Claire Mead
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Discover some of the relationships among the pieces in a set of Tangrams.
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- Temperature Change - Judy Ann Brown
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 2. Use the given information to find the temperature.
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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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- Thanksgiving Travel - Suzanne Alejandre & Maria Fung and her students
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 3. Help Zach decide whether to take the PA Turnpike or the scenic route to see his parents for Thanksgiving.
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- Three-dimensional Television - Mr. Marthinsen's Geometry Class
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 3. Help my friend find which TV will fit snugly into her TV nook.
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- Tiling Tables - Suzanne Alejandre
Pre-Algebra, difficulty level 3. Find a method to quickly calculate the dimensions of a rectangular table top with a given area so that it has the smallest possible perimeter.
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