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 Thursday. 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 Thursday evening (8:00pm), 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 sheepdog has a litter of 7 puppies and 1 adopted piglet. Each puppy eats 2 cups of food per day. The piglet eats twice as much as a puppy. How many cups of food do the baby animals need each day in total?
Problem of the Week for Grades 5 and 6: One farmer sleeps through his alarm clock 3 times every 12 days. Another farmer has a duck that wakes him up 2 out of every 3 days by quacking. Which wakeup method is more effective, the alarm clock or the duck? Explain why?
Problem of the Week for Grades 7 and 8: Esme makes a dollhouse that is a perfect miniature of her own farmhouse. The farmhouse is 11 metres wide. The dollhouse is 55 centimetres wide. What are the dimensions of a miniature refrigerator that goes inside the dollhouse if the real-life refrigerator in the farmhouse is 9 decimetres wide, 6 decimetres deep, and 15 decimetres tall?
Problem of the Week for Grades 9 and above: A pig and a border collie are competing in a sheep herding competition. When the pig approaches the sheep at a rate of 11 km/h, the sheep walk away at a rate of 3 km/h. When the border collie chases the sheep at a rate of 25 km/h, the sheep run away at a rate of 20 km/h. Which animal catches up to the sheep faster? Explain How You Know!!
LAST WEEK WINNERS OF PROBLEM OF THE WEEK:
Grades 3 and 4: A great week of attempting to successfully solve the problem presented at this grade. Arran successfully solved the problem and was the first correct ballot to be drawn. Well done Arran, now come and choose a Fabulous $10 Gift Card of your choice. Also solving the problem was Keaton, Allie, Kiki, Anaiah, Finley, Nickan and Emilia who will each receive "extra punches" on their Reward Cards. Everyone try again this week! Come on, give your brain a workout!
Grades 5 and 6: Also a much better week of tackling the task solving the problem this past week with everyone having worked hard on solving the problem! Maddy correctly solved the problem and was the first correct ballot to be drawn and she wins a Wonderful $10 Gift Card of her choice. Well done Maddy! Also solving the problem was Soren, Zayd, Allie, Brianna C., Fiona and Claire Z. who will each receive "extra punches" on their Reward Cards. Everyone be sure to devote time this week to solving the problem!! Become a Mathnasium Mathlete!
Grades 7 and 8: A little better week striving to successfully solve the problem presented at this grade. Tom successfully solved the problem and was the first correct ballot to be drawn. Well done Tom, now come and choose a Terrific $10 Gift Card of your choice. Also solving the problem this past week was Omar M., Aarya and Japnoor who will each receive "extra punches" on their Reward Cards. Everyone try again this week! Mathnasium – Home of the Power Math Workout!
Grades 9 and above: NO WINNER this past week. Everyone try again this week!! Show What You Can Do as a Mathlete!
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