Elementary POW, January-March 1996


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  1. January 8-12, 1996: How many squares of different sizes are there in a 7x7 square?

  2. January 22-26, 1996: There were 3 dogs and 3 cats on an island. ... How did they all get to the mainland?

  3. January 29-February 2, 1996: We have a large jar of jelly beans. The number of jelly beans is a 3-digit number ... How many jelly beans are there?

  4. February 5-9, 1996: A spy has secretly bugged your calculator with a bomb. In order to debug the bomb, you must solve the calculation below...

  5. February 12-16, 1996: Find the dimensions of all rectangles whose areas are equal numerically to twice their perimeters, where both the length and the width are whole numbers.

  6. February 19-23, 1996: You have two empty jugs. One will hold 5 gallons of liquid, and the other will hold 3 gallons of liquid. You need exactly 4 gallons.

  7. February 26 - March 1, 1996: There are six people at a party. Each person shakes hands with each of the other guests. How many handshakes take place?

  8. March 4-8, 1996: There are 3 boxes. One contains 2 pennies, another contains 2 nickels ... what is the smallest number of drawings needed to determine the contents of each box?

  9. March 11-15, 1996: Roberta, Steve, Thelma, and Vince each have two jobs. Use the clues below to figure out each person's two jobs.

  10. March 18-22, 1996: Dan can throw a ball 5 meters. Joe can throw a ball 4 meters ... how far apart would they have to stand to have the ball land in the same spot?

  11. March 25-29, 1996: During one game Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan both scored 20 points ... figure out how many foul shots, 2 point shots, and 3 point shots each player scored.

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