Elem POW, October-December 1995

Elementary POW, October-December 1995

October 2-6, 1995: The Philadelphia Eagles are down by 15 points.
October 9-13, 1995: Explain to your second grade neighbor what multiplication means.
October 16-20, 1995: Plan a travel route for Simon so that he can see as many cities as possible without spending more than $8000.
October 23-27, 1995: I am a four-digit number. My tens digit is even ... What number am I?
October 30 - November 3, 1995: In the year 97 B.C., a man is born ... This daughter marries when her grandfather is 47 years old. How old is she and what year is it?
November 6-10, 1995: Eight marbles are all the same size, shape and color. Using a balancing scale, could you find the heavy marble in only two weighings?
November 13-17, 1995: Although the Pacific Ocean, the Baltic Sea, and the Arctic Ocean are only three bodies of water, they add up to the seven C's. Substitute a different digit for each letter.
November 20-24, 1995: The favorite colors of Patty, Jenna, Matt, and Tom are brown, blue, red and purple ... Find each person's favorite color.
November 27 - December 1, 1995: Two different number puzzles, plus a fun bonus puzzler, all submitted by elementary students!
December 4-8, 1995: If the letter a=1 cent, b=2 cents, c=3 cents, and so on up to z=26 cents, how many $1.00 words can you make?
December 11-15, 1995: Arrange all the integers from 1 to 9 in such a way that the numbers total 100 exactly.
December 18 - January 5, 1996: This is a three-digit number. The hundreds digit ... What is the number?

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