Showing posts with label 7th grade. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 7th grade. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
6th - 8th grade
Last year the Vikings had a 12-4 record. The Twins play 162 games per season. If they have the same winning percentage as the Vikings, how many games will they win?
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7th grade,
8th grade,
percents,
proportions
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
5th - 12th grade
Continue the pattern
1, 2, 10, 11, 12, 20, 21, 22, 100, 101, ...
1, 2, 10, 11, 12, 20, 21, 22, 100, 101, ...
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11th grade,
12th grade,
5th grade,
6th grade,
7th grade,
8th grade,
9th grade,
patterns
6th - 8th grade
Megan's summer job pays either minimum wage ($7.25 per hour) or 20% commission on what she sells. If megan works for 8 hours and sells $450 worth of stuff, should she be paid minimum wage or commission?
Bonus: If she takes the commission, what is the equivalent hourly rate?
Double Bonus: If she takes the hourly wage what is the equivalent percent commission?
Bonus: If she takes the commission, what is the equivalent hourly rate?
Double Bonus: If she takes the hourly wage what is the equivalent percent commission?
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
5th - 8th grade
Bill has 7 students in his basketball team. Only 5 can play at once. How many different groups of 5 students can have on the court at a time?
Hint: it's easier to think of the reverse of this questions - how many different groups of 2 students can sit on the bench.
Hint: it's easier to think of the reverse of this questions - how many different groups of 2 students can sit on the bench.
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5th grade,
6th grade,
7th grade,
8th grade,
combinations,
permutations,
probability
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?
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10th grade,
7th grade,
8th grade,
9th grade,
Pythagorean Theorem,
ratios
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?
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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?
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5th grade,
6th grade,
7th grade,
counting,
prime numbers
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
4th - 7th grade
Pick any number
Double it
Add 16
Cut it in half
Subtract your original number.
Did you get 8?
Double it
Add 16
Cut it in half
Subtract your original number.
Did you get 8?
6th - 10th grade
Vani Dug a hole 3 feet deep, 2 feet wide, and 4 feet long. How much dirt is in her hole?
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10th grade,
6th grade,
7th grade,
8th grade,
9th grade,
trick question,
volume
4th - 10th grade
Christina has two jars of marbles. The red jar has 100 red marbles. The blue jar has 100 blue marbles. Christina takes 20 marbles from the red jar and stirs them into the blue jar. Then she takes 20 marbles from the blue jar and stirs them into the red jar. Which jar has the most marbles of the opposite color?
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10th grade,
4th grade,
5th grade,
6th grade,
7th grade,
8th grade,
9th grade,
critical thinking,
trick question
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
4th - 7th grade
Peter's seeds say to start planting indoors 6-8 weeks before average last frost date. Peter went online and found that the average last frost date is April 29. When should he plant his seeds indoors?
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Count the rectangles.