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: Lilac owns and operates a pie shop where she makes lots of different types of delicious pies. At the end of the day, Lilac has the following portions of each pie remaining in her shop: 0 Pumpkin Pie, 1/2 Chocolate Pie, 4/7 Cherry Pie, 4/11 Lemon Meringue Pie, 9/19 Blueberry Pie, 1 Pecan Pie, and 8/9 Banana Cream Pie. Arrange the fractional parts of pie left over in Lilac’s pie shop, from smallest to largest, at the end of the day.
Problem of the Week for Grades 5 and 6: Cooper and his sister take turns walking their neighbour’s dog over the course of a month. Cooper walks the dog 15 times, and his sister walks the dog 6 times. They are paid $105 for doing such a good job at taking care of the dog. How should they divide the money so that they each get a fair share for the work they put in for walking the dog?
Problem of the Week for Grades 7 and 8: Inaya has a bag of marbles containing 4 red, 2 blue, and 7 green marbles and a 6-sided regular die. Inaya randomly pulls one marble from the bag and then rolls the die. What is the probability of not pulling a red marble and rolling an even number on the die?
Problem of the Week for Grades 9 and above: Jada has 7 more cups of coffee than Charlie. Isabelle has half as many cups of coffee as Jada. Altogether, they have 23 cups of coffee. How many cups of coffee does each person have?
LAST WEEK WINNERS OF PROBLEM OF THE WEEK:
Grades 3 and 4: Not too bad of a week of participation for the problem presented at this grade!! 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. Also solving the problem was Luoran, Amelia, Sydney and Niam who will each receive "extra punches" on their Reward Cards. Well done everyone!! Everyone try again this week! Come on, give your brain a workout!
Grades 5 and 6: A tough question this past week as everyone struggled when tackling the problem! Teng correctly solving the problem and was the only correct ballot to be drawn and he wins a Wonderful $10 Gift Card of his choice. Well done Teng! Everyone be sure to devote time this week to solving the problem!! Become a Mathnasium Mathlete!
Grades 7 and 8: A little better week with a limited number submissions this week at this grade level. Ziang managed to solve the problem and was the first correct ballot to be drawn. Fantastic work Ziang, now come and choose a Terrific $10 Gift Card of your choice. Also solving the problem was Nixon, Garvit and Adam who will each receive "extra punches" on their Reward Cards. Everyone work on the problem again this week!! Mathnasium – Home of the Power Math Workout!
Grades 9 and above: A difficult problem but a great effort put forth by our Mathletes. No correct solutions were submitted! Everyone try again this week. Show what you can do as a Mathlete!
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