- 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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- 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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- 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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- Pondering Palindromes - Mary DeYoung & class
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 1. Explore 4-digit palindromes and find something else they have in common.
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- Porky Pig's Popcorn Diet - Terry Trotter
Algebra, difficulty level 4. Porky is put on a special diet plan so that he can enjoy his favorite snack: POPCORN!
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- Price Tag Repair - Teaching the Young Learner Group
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Can you use the clues to help Cathy repair the price tags for the family yard sale?
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- Prime Probability - Lisa Lavelle
Pre-Algebra, difficulty level 3. Given the expression n^2 - 5, what is the probability that the result is prime for integers between 2 and 12?
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- A Product-Plus-1 - Terry Trotter
Algebra, difficulty level 3. The product of any four consecutive integers, increased by one, is always a square number. Give at least three instances of that statement and prove that this will always occur by finding an algebraic expression for that
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- Rabbit's Run - Lisa Lavelle
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 1. Help Regina develop options for building her rabbit's run.
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- Radical Darts - Steve Risberg
Pre-Algebra, difficulty level 2. How did Andruw get his total score playing Radical Darts?
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- Reversal of Ages - Terry Trotter
Pre-Algebra, difficulty level 2. Using the clues given in the problem, how old are my dad and I today?
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- Roses, Roses, Roses - Larry Sue
Discrete Math, difficulty level 1. Bob must bring his girlfriend roses to say he's sorry. Explore some of the ramifications of combining modular arithmetic and interpersonal relationships.
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- Sam and Teri Revisited - Terry Trotter
Algebra, difficulty level 3. A bank account deposit-withdrawal problem with a difference.
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- Santa's Little Helpers - Judy Ann Brown
Pre-Algebra, difficulty level 3. Help Santa to solve the puzzle created by the clever elves.
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- The Scientific Notation Game - Suzanne Alejandre
Pre-Algebra, difficulty level 3. Help Jay think about how points are calculated in the Scientific Notation Game.
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- Scientific Sums - Judy Ann Brown
Pre-Algebra, difficulty level 2. Find the sum of a set of numbers written in scientific notation.
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- Simple Arithmetic - Judy Ann Brown
Middle School, difficulty level 2. Titles can be deceiving - this is a simple arithmetic problem but you need to find the numbers.
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- A Simple Reversal - Judy Ann Brown
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 1. The product of 3 and 24 is 72. The sum of 3 and 24 is 27, which is the reverse of 72. Can you find other pairs of numbers such that their product is the reverse of their sum?
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- Square Dancing - Judy Ann Brown
Pre-Algebra, difficulty level 2. The sum of each couple's numbers is a perfect square. Use other information in the problem to find the number of Ashley's partner.
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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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- The Straggler Shakes Hands - Melissa Kennedy, Susan Rose, Ethel Breuche
Algebra, difficulty level 3. There were one hundred forty-one handshakes in all. How many people did the straggler know? This puzzle involves a quadratic expression and triangular numbers.
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- Super Bowl XXXIII - Judy Ann Brown
Pre-Algebra, difficulty level 2. Based on the winners and points scored during the past 15 Super Bowl games, which team should win Super Bowl XXXIII?
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- Super Bowl XXXII - Judy Ann Brown
Middle School, difficulty level 2. The Super Bowl committee has decided to create a plaque to hang in the NFL Hall of Fame. Your job is to determine how many of each letter or symbol must be made in gold.
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- Tatianna and the Troll - Terry Trotter, revised
Elementary, difficulty level 3. Tatianna tests the troll... and neither loses nor gains.
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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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- Timber! - Steve Risberg
Pre-Algebra, difficulty level 3. A tree breaks three-eighths of the way up the trunk, and the tip hits the ground 40 feet from the base of the trunk. How tall was the tree?
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- The Tower of Hanoi Puzzle - Roya Salehi
Pre-Algebra, difficulty level 4. Tower of Hanoi: What is the minimum number of moves it will take to transfer 25 disks from one post to another?
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- Treasure Hunt Math - Judy Ann Brown
Pre-Algebra, difficulty level 3. Use clues to find the mystery palindrome.
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- Triangular Number Identities - Terry Trotter
Algebra, difficulty level 3. Prove two famous theorems of ancient number theory: the sum of any two consecutive triangular numbers is a square number, and the product of 8 and any triangular number, increased by 1, is a square number.
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- Valley Springs Snow Cream - Kelly Crisp
Pre-Algebra, difficulty level 3. Compare the volume of a sphere, cone, and cylinder using ice cream.
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- A Very Special Number - Lisa Lavelle
Elementary, difficulty level 2. Find a number with some interesting divisibility properties - can you put them all together?
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- Wondering about Water - Annie Fetter
Pre-Algebra, difficulty level 3. Find the surface area of an Olympic-size ice hockey rink.
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- Wordy Problems - Lisa Lavelle
Elementary, difficulty level 4. Convert these word addition problems into numbers.
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- Zero Dates - Stephen Maurer
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Travel in time to think about dates with zeros.
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