Problem of the week - 20th August 2024

Aug 20, 2024 | Upper Mount Gravatt

Level A (Year 1 - 3)

Question: Ethan is making a friendship bracelet with colored beads. The beads follow the pattern red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, and so on. What color is the 26th bead on the bracelet?

Level B (Year 4 - 6)

Question: A small bowl can hold 12 apples. A large bowl can hold 20 apples. If Benjamin has 132 apples and already has 6 small bowls, how many large bowls does he need for the rest of the apples?

Level C (Year 6 - 9)

Question: Laura K has six less than three times the number of marbles that Laura P has. Laura P has two more than half as many marbles as Laura W. If Laura W has 12 marbles, then how many marbles does Laura K have?

Level D (Year 9+)

Question: Bryan has two snow globes. The glass sphere of the larger snow globe has a radius 3 times that of the smaller snow globe. If the larger snow globe’s glass sphere has a volume of 972π cubic centimeters, then what is the volume of the smaller snow globe’s glass sphere?

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