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?

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?

4th - 12th grade

Count the rectangles.

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?

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?

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

3rd Grade thru 5th Grade

Using only pennies, dimes, and nickels, name 21 coins that have a total value of exactly $1. You must use at least one coin of each type.