- Order in the Court * - Claire Mead
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. How many handshakes will take place when the Supreme Court meets?
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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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- A Picturesque Pythgorean Proof - Annie Fetter
Geometry, difficulty level 3. Write a proof to go with this picture.
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- Pisa's Lean - Annie Fetter
Geometry, difficulty level 4. Explore the angle and distance at which the Leaning Tower of Pisa actually leans.
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- Plane and Simple? - Annie Fetter
Geometry, difficulty level 3. Explore splitting the plane into regions using lines.
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- Polynomial Power - Steve Risberg
Algebra, difficulty level 3. Given the value of one variable expression, can you use it to find the value of others?
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- Pumpkin Carving for Charity - Suzanne Alejandre
Pre-Algebra, difficulty level 1. How much money did each of the six friends raise by carving pumpkins
to auction off at a
local charity event?
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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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- She Counts Seashells * - Claire Mead
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. How many shells does Marcia have in her collection?
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- Shelvin's Scores - Suzanne Alejandre
Pre-Algebra, difficulty level 2. How many of each kind of question did Shelvin get right?
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- Shopping at the School Store - Claire Mead
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. How much does a pencil cost at the school store? How much does an eraser cost?
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- Shortcut Savings - Suzanne Alejandre
Pre-Algebra, difficulty level 2. Find a rule to tell how much distance I will save when I take the shortcut.
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- The Shortest Possible Side - Annie Fetter
Geometry, difficulty level 2. Find the shortest possible side length of a triangle with a given
perimeter.
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- Sierpinski Stages - Steve Risberg
Algebra, difficulty level 2. Find and use patterns to determine the total perimeter of an interesting shape.
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- Sketchley Names That Negative - Suzanne Alejandre, Steve Risberg
Pre-Algebra, difficulty level 2. Use five given negative numbers to form an expression that equals the
target number.
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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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- Stina's Hike - Annie Fetter
Pre-Algebra, difficulty level 2. Choose the graph that best represents Stina's hike.
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- Sundaes - Claire Mead
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. How many children had no topping on their ice cream?
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- Swapping Marbles - Lillian Ray, Steve Risberg, and Steve Weimar
Algebra, difficulty level 3. Three kids swap marbles in an interesting way. After the swapping, which of the three had gained the most marbles? How many did they gain?
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- Tied in Knots - Annie Fetter
Geometry, difficulty level 2. How many triangles can be made from the knotted rope?
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- Trisecting a Square - Annie Fetter
Geometry, difficulty level 2. Explain how to use the given method to trisect the area of a square.
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- Tunnel Time - Annie Fetter, Ian Underwood, Suzanne Alejandre
Pre-Algebra, difficulty level 2. At what time does the end of the train emerge from the tunnel?
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- Two Heads Are Better Than One - Lillian Ray
Pre-Algebra, difficulty level 3. Given the combined number of heads and legs of ostriches and
pushmi-pullyus, will
Raquel and Esperanza be able to know for sure how many ostriches and
pushmi-pullyus
are on the farm?
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- Two Toss - Suzanne Alejandre
Pre-Algebra, difficulty level 3. What's the probability that Max scored a point in the Two Toss Game?
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- Unknown Numbers - Suzanne Alejandre and Lillian Ray
Pre-Algebra, difficulty level 2. Use the four equations to figure out which numbers the quadrilateral
and the circle
represent.
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- Val's Value - Suzanne Alejandre
Pre-Algebra, difficulty level 2. Who has paid more for their jackets, Amir or Val?
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- Waste Not, Want Not - Suzanne and Richard Alejandre
Pre-Algebra, difficulty level 2. Explain what you know about the number of bananas the store had at the
beginning of the
week.
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- Watch Where You Step! - Suzanne Alejandre
Pre-Algebra, difficulty level 2. Using statistics about slugs, about how many might be in a certain sized yard?
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- Well, Well, Well - Annie Fetter
Geometry, difficulty level 1. Figure out the diameter of my cousin Frank's new well.
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- Where's Juanita Walking? - Lillian Ray and Annie Fetter
Geometry, difficulty level 4. Help Juanita figure out how many possible ways she could walk to work.
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- Whodunnit? - Annie Fetter
Geometry, difficulty level 4. Determine which quadrilateral the witnesses saw running from the scene of the crime.
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- You Think Your Teacher is Tough!* - Claire Mead
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Use Mr. Garcia's scoring system to find out how many problems Tyler
got correct on his test.
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- Zelma's ZIP Code - Claire Mead
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Find Zelma's Zip Code by ordering pairs of digits that are products of one-digit numbers.
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- Zelma's ZIP Code - Claire Mead
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Find Zelma's Zip Code by ordering pairs of digits that are products of one-digit numbers.
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