Problem of the Week 1/1/2013
A man always complained he did not have enough money. One day a Goblin met him on a bridge of …
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Problem of the Week 12/24/2012
Are you one of the 2%?
Problem of the Week 12/17/012
Ms. Hershey rewards students with a piece of chocolate (approximately 60 calories) for every day that they hand in an …
Problem of the Week 12/10/12
Alexis has two cats, Sister and Sushi. If she takes 3 fewer than 5 times Sister’s age and doubles this …
Problem of the Week 12/3/2012
Some fun with geometry: 1) A rectangular container is 3/4 filled with oil. The length, width, and height of the …
Problem of the Week 11/26/2012
Somehow missed this week, so here’s a Cyber Monday problem set courtesy of MathCounts: This year, Xavier purchased a new …
Problem of the Week 11/19/2012
Debs baked a total of 144 chocolate chip cookies and peanut butter treats. Initially the ratio of chocolate chip cookies …
Problem of the Week 11/12/2012
A teacher needs to purchase jellybeans to use as manipulatives for a math activity in his class. A store offers two …
Problem of the Week 11/5/2012
How many squares of any size are there on a checkerboard? Post solutions to the Questions/Comments/Solutions link at the …
Problem of the Week 10/29/2012
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