Mathnasium of SW Calgary - Problem of the Week!
Solve the problem of the week below for your grade level. During your @HOME session, be sure to tell your instructor or email the Math Centre your answer so your ballot can be deposited into your grade level entry box before closing time on Friday. Students attending "in-Centre" sessions can deposit their ballots in their grade level entry box any time they are in the Math Centre during the week. On Friday afternoon (1:00pm), a ballot will be drawn from each Problem of the Week Entry Box and the first “correct” solution drawn from each box will win a Fabulous $10 Gift Card. All other “correct” Mathlete solutions entered will receive “2” extra punches on their Reward Card at the start of their next session in the Math Learning Centre.
Give your brain a workout!!
Be sure to enter at the start of your next session at the Math Learning Centre.
Problem of the Week for Grades 3 and 4: A baby T-Rex weighs 3 pounds when it hatches. After a week, it weighs 6 pounds. At two weeks, it weighs 12 pounds. At three weeks, it weighs 24 pounds. If the pattern continues, how much will the baby T-Rex weigh when it is 5 weeks old?
Problem of the Week for Grades 5 and 6: A paleontologist found five triceratops nests. The first nest had 12 eggs. The second nest had 14 eggs. The third nest had 12 eggs. The fourth nest had 16 eggs. The fifth nest had 21 eggs. What is the average number (Mean) of eggs in a triceratops nest?
Problem of the Week for Grades 7 and 8: A pterodactyl’s wingspan is 30 feet. Its height is 6 feet. If a twelve-year-old kid is 5 feet tall, then how wide would their “wingspan” (the length from fingertip to fingertip with arms spread out) be if it were proportional to that of a pterodactyl?
Problem of the Week for Grades 9 and above: The Pachycephalosaurus was a dome-headed dinosaur that fought by running into its competitors head-first like a bighorn sheep. If two pachycephalosaurs run toward each other, each traveling 30 miles per hour, from a quarter mile apart, then how long will it take for them to collide?
LAST WEEK WINNERS OF PROBLEM OF THE WEEK:
Grades 3 and 4: A pretty good week of participation for the problem presented at this grade level! Anaya solved the problem and was the first correct ballot to be drawn. Well done Anaya, now come and choose a Fabulous $10 Gift Card of your choice. Emilia, Anthony and Lilac also read the question carefully and provided the correct solution to the problem and they will each receive "extra punches" on their Reward Card. Well done everyone!! Everyone try again this week! Come on, give your brain a workout!
Grades 5 and 6: Our Mathletes at this grade level worked hard to solve the problem posed this past week. Like correctly solved the problem and he wins a Wonderful $10 Gift Card of his choice. Well done Luke! Also solving the problem was William, Beba and Mary and each of them will receive "extra punches" on their Reward Cards. Great effort put forward by everyone! Everyone be sure to devote time this week to solving the problem!! Become a Mathnasium Mathlete!
Grades 7 and 8: A very good week of submitting the correct solution to the problem posed. Kyla solved the problem and was the first correct ballot this week to be drawn after managing to solve the problem. Fantastic work Kyla, now come and choose a Terrific $10 Gift Card of your choice. Also solving the problem this past week was Leah, Ananya, Vasisht, Beba, Shayaan and Suheera and each will receive "extra punches" on their Reward Cards. Outstanding effort by everyone! Everyone work on the problem again this week!! Mathnasium – Home of the Power Math Workout!
Grades 9 and above: AGAIN A WINNER - Shayaan solved the problem and he wins an Awesome $10 Gift Card. Come and choose whatever Gift Card you like Shayaan. Well Done!! Everyone try again this week. Show what you can do as a Mathlete!
