Elementary POW, September-November 1996


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  1. September 16-20, 1996: Determine what word, numbers and letter should be on the blank face of a cube.

  2. September 23-27, 1996: Invent mathematical games for teachers to play with fortune cookie numbers.

  3. Sept 30 - Oct 4, 1996: Each traveler eats a third of the remaining potatoes. How many were there to start with?

  4. October 7-11, 1996: If you doubled your car's efficiency, how much money & carbon dioxide would you save?

  5. October 14-18, 1996: 3 people climbing stairs in different ways. When do they tread on the same steps?

  6. October 21-25, 1996: The difference between the # of legs and ears was 40. How many cows were there?

  7. October 28 - November 1, 1996: Find the 10-digit # containing every digit from 0 -9 with the properties ...

  8. November 4-8, 1996: Help the Emperor's Lackey attend the banquet without having oats poured on his head.

  9. November 11-15, 1996: Help Carrie make equal-sized pens for her 6 ponies with 12 toothpicks.

  10. November 18-22, 1996: Figure out how many students are in a class, given information about where Masaki sits.

  11. November 25-29, 1996: How could the empress determine which coin was fake in only 2 weighings on a scale?

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