- 'Ace' Trotter - Terry Trotter
Algebra, difficulty level 1. A problem from the sports world regarding free-throw percentages.
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- Across Australia - Lisa Lavelle
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. 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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- Across the Netherlands - Maggie Hos-McGrane
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Help sort out this bike trip through the Netherlands (requires a bit of map reading). Initially a two-week problem.
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- Across Wisconsin - Jo Wenzler
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Determine how long it will take this athletic math teacher to bike across Wisconsin (requires a little map reading). Initially a two-week problem.
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- Adrienne's Axel - Leslie Hogben
Algebra, difficulty level 2. Adrienne, an algebraically inclined figure skater, figures an interesting problem for us.
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- Baseball Attendance Figures - Judy Ann Brown
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 3. Find the difference between the greatest possible number of people at the stadium and the least possible number of paid admissions to the game.
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- Baseball Trivia - Judy Ann Brown
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. How many runs do the Phillies have to score before the base runners have covered a mile?
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- Batter Up! - Suzanne Alejandre
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 2. Use statistics to help Lee convince his manager to give him a raise.
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- Canadian Soccer - Judy Ann Brown
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 2. Find the distance a player runs to complete three "Double V" laps.
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- Chamique the Archer - Mr. Marthinsen's Geometry Class
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 3. Chamique wants to know the probability of hitting a bull's-eye with a randomly shot arrow.
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- Citius, Altius, Fortius - Suzanne Alejandre
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 2. Would record-holding speed skaters and runners break the speed limit in a residential zone?
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- Frugal Freeda - Lisa Lavelle
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 4. Help Freeda decide which store has the best buy.
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- Golf Anyone? - Phil Marchal
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Kyle needs some help in figuring out how many buckets of golf balls were hit at the Hook and Slice Driving Range.
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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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- Homerun Percentages - Judy Ann Brown
Pre-algebra, difficulty level 3. Baseball box scores give us a chance to practice percent skills.
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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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- Jack and Jill Go Jogging - Terry Trotter
Algebra, difficulty level 2. Two famous Mother Goose characters take up aerobics, running at some numerical speeds while exercising. How fast can each one jog?
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- Lucie and Daryl's Bike Ride - Terry Trotter
Algebra, difficulty level 2. A sister and brother who ride bikes provide us with a math challenge concerning distance, rate, and time.
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- March Madness! - Teaching the Young Learner Class
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Given four clues, figure out which pair of friends won a basketball game.
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- Motorcycle Daredevil - Terry Trotter
Algebra, difficulty level 4. A motorcycle stunt person needs some math equation work to calculate her most daring feat: jumping between ramps at high speeds.
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- The Olympic Distance - Shrawan Khanna & Class
Elementary, difficulty level 4. Determine how many kilometres the Russian Olympic team members will travel in attending the 2002 Winter Olympics.
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- Olympic Softball - Annie Fetter
Geometry, difficulty level 2. Should the pitcher's rubber in Olympic softball be behind the line drawn from third base to first base, or in front of it?
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- Olympic Target Shooting - Annie Fetter
Geometry, difficulty level 2. Given that a shooter is equally likely to hit any point on a 10-inch target, what are the odds that his shot will be in the 6-inch circle?
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- Ping Pong Tournament
Discrete Math, difficulty level 3. Organize a Ping Pong (table tennis) singles tournament for your class.
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- Skiing in Vermont - Leigh Nataro
Trig/Calc, difficulty level 2. How far must you ski and what does your heading need to be for you to return to your starting point?
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- Touchdown Toddlers - Terry Trotter
Algebra, difficulty level 2. Two little boys run an unusual race on a professional football field, and everybody comes out a winner!
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- What Was That Score? - Lisa Lavelle
Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Determine the football (not soccer!) score.
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- World Series Champions - Leigh Nataro
Trig/Calc, difficulty level 3. How many ways could a baseball team win a World Series of n games if it must win a majority (one more than half) of the games played?
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- World Series Snafu? - Annie Fetter
Geometry, difficulty level 2. Determine what's wrong with the "official" dimensions of "home plate" in baseball.
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