- 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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- Golfing Luck? - Suzanne Alejandre
Pre-Algebra, difficulty level 2. Work with probability on the practice hole of the golf course.
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- The Good Samaritan - Piedmont High School 2nd- and 7th-period Geometry Classes
Pre-Algebra, difficulty level 4. Can the butler afford the paint needed to repair the sign? Did the butler do it?
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- Graphing for Area - Judy Ann Brown
Pre-Algebra, difficulty level 2. Graph six points and find the area of the resulting hexagon.
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- Growing Pains - Lisa Lavelle
Elementary, difficulty level 4. Predict the height and weight of a child after ten years.
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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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- He Ate It All! - Mr. Marthinsen's Geometry Class
Pre-Algebra, difficulty level 3. The professor ate an entire pizza in 28 minutes. Figure out the size of the pizza.
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- Heavy Hoisting - Math Forum Staff
Pre-Algebra, difficulty level 2. Using the information given in the problem, find the weight of an
average human adult.
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- Horsin' Around - Claire Mead
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. How long does it take Zachary to complete his journey on horseback and
on foot?
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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 Big? - Judy Ann Brown
Middle School, difficulty level 1. The dimensions of my classroom are consecutive multiples of ten. Find the dimensions of the room.
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- How Deep Is It? - Annie Fetter
Geometry, difficulty level 2. How deep will the water be when this container is resting its largest
face?
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- 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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- In a Pickle - Lillian Ray
Geometry, difficulty level 2. Figure out whether or not there will be enough pickle juice to make
the tartar
sauce.
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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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- It's Summer in Melbourne - Claire Mead
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. How many hours of sunlight does Melbourne, Australia, have on its
longest day of the year?
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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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- Jason's Piggy Bank - Claire Mead
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. How many nickels did Jason find in his piggy bank?
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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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- Lotsa Popcorn! - Annie Fetter
Geometry, difficulty level 1. Can the World's Largest Popcorn Ball really be 50,000 times bigger than a
normal one? Wow!
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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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- Mini-Mall Measurements - Claire Mead
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Use given measurements of the stores in the mini-mall to find the area
and dimensions of
other stores.
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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 Pages - Claire Mead
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Drew's math book is missing a page. What are the page numbers on the missing page?
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- Mr. W. Goes Across Australia - Lisa Lavelle
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 5. Help Mr. W figure out when he needs to start his trip in order to meet Mrs. W on time (requires a bit of map reading).
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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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- Part of a Rectangle - Annie Fetter
Geometry, difficulty level 3. Given the area of part of a rectangle, find the area of the whole thing.
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- Pauline the Plumber - Claire Mead
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Use the clues to find out how many widgets Pauline purchased.
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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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- Photo Wall - Suzanne Alejandre
Pre-Algebra, difficulty level 3. Find the dimensions of the large poster.
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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 Dough - Claire Mead
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. How much water does Mario need to use to make enough pizza dough for
him and his
friends?
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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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- Pooling Tips - Claire Mead
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. How much should Fran and Gloria each give Ethan so that they all have an equal amount?
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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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