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: Olivia had an excellent fishing day. She caught 4 snappers, 6 mackerels, 1 grouper, and 1 soggy boot. She threw half the snappers and half the mackerels back into the ocean. How many fish did she take home?
Problem of the Week for Grades 5 and 6: Harvey goes to a theme park where tokens cost 75 cents. A roller coaster ride costs 2 tokens. A ride on the Ferris wheel costs 3 tokens. Harvey rides the roller coaster and the Ferris wheel 7 times each. How much did Harvey spend on rides?
Problem of the Week for Grades 7 and 8: One out of every 250,000 alligators is born white. If there are an estimated 1,750,000 alligators in the state of Florida, how many of them are likely to be white?
Problem of the Week for Grades 9 and above: It costs $20 to rent a jet ski, plus $1.50 for each hour of use, plus the cost of gas. James rents a jet ski for 2 hours. He uses 2 ½ litres of gas, which costs 89.9¢ per litre. Write an expression to find the total cost of the rental. How much did the jet ski rental cost altogether?
LAST WEEK WINNERS OF PROBLEM OF THE WEEK:
Grades 3 and 4: A very good week of participation for the problem presented at this grade resulted in TWO WINNERS being declared!! Carter and Sloan solved the problem and were the first TWO correct ballots to be drawn. Well done Carter and Sloan, now come and choose a Fabulous $10 Gift Card of your choice. Also solving the problem was Kiki, Emily, Niam, Liam, Kaan, Brianna M., Jayden, Adelynn and Luoran and each will 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 much better effort this week tackling the problem posted this past week which resulted in TWO WINNERS being declared! Liam K. and Brianna C. correctly solving the problem and were the first TWO correct ballots to be drawn and they each win a Wonderful $10 Gift Card of their choice. Well done Liam and Brianna! Also solving the problem was Kiki, Saadat, Teng, Jenna, William, Aaliya, Samara, Cooper, Braxton and Ethan Z. and each will 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 tough week of submissions this week at this grade level. Jenna managed to solve the problem and was the only correct ballot to be drawn. Fantastic work Jenna, now come and choose a Terrific $10 Gift Card of your choice. 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. Drazen managed to solve the difficult problem and he wins an Awesome $10 Gift Card of his choice. Fantastic work Drazen! Everyone try again this week. Show what you can do as a Mathlete!