Monday, August 10, 2009
7th - 10th grade
An iphone screen is 3.5" measured diagonally at a ratio of 3:2. Jennie's TV is 31.5" measured diagonally and at a ratio of 16:9. How many iphone screens would it take to make a picture the size of Jennie's TV?
Labels:
10th grade,
7th grade,
8th grade,
9th grade,
Pythagorean Theorem,
ratios
4th - 6th grade
Saibu plays video games for 90 minutes every day. After one year, how many days(use fractions if necessary) has he spent playing video games?
5th - 7th grade
Road Trip Math:
Peter is going on a road trip with two friends. The total length of the trip is 368 miles each way. Gas costs $2.49 per gallon, and Peter's car gets 31 mpg. How much should each friend give Peter for gas money?
Peter is going on a road trip with two friends. The total length of the trip is 368 miles each way. Gas costs $2.49 per gallon, and Peter's car gets 31 mpg. How much should each friend give Peter for gas money?
5th - 7th grade
Mathnasium has a "perfect page day" whenever a student correctly guesses the roll of a 6 sided die. There is one chance per day. If Mathnasium is open 5 days per week, on average how many perfect page days will there be per year?
Labels:
5th grade,
6th grade,
7th grade,
average,
probability
5th - 7th grade
Nate and Peter had a counting contest. Whoever could count past 100 first won. They each counted a number every 2 seconds. Nate counted by 5s, Peter counted by prime numbers. Who won, and by how many seconds did he win?
Labels:
5th grade,
6th grade,
7th grade,
counting,
prime numbers
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