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: Madison needs to set up 85 chairs for a school concert. She wants to put the same number of chairs in each row, have as few rows as possible, and not have any chairs left over. How many chairs could Madison put in each row? How many rows will there be?
Problem of the Week for Grades 5 and 6: At the school Cafeteria, Jenna purchased food for herself and 3 friends. Jenna purchased 3 Hot Dogs, 2 orders of Nuggets, 2 Hamburgers, a slice of Pizza, and 2 containers of milk. If she uses a $20 bill to pay for her order, how much change will she receive?
Menu
• Hot Dog - $1.75
• Hamburger - $2.25
• Chicken Nuggets - $2.25
• Pizza Slice - $3.00
• Milk - $0.50
Problem of the Week for Grades 7 and 8: A circular pool with a radius of 20m has a circular walkway around the pool with a width of 2m. Meher wants to buy wood chips to lay down and cover the path completely. A bag of wood chips can cover 5 square meters of area. How many bags of wood chips should Meher buy to have enough to cover the walkway?
Problem of the Week for Grades 9 and above: In the Kingdom of Numeria, there is a magical vault that can only be opened with a secret numerical code. Legend has it, that the code is hidden in the relationship between four numbers a, b, c, and d. a, b, and c must be found first to unlock the mystery number d. The relationship between the numbers is given as a^3+b^3+c^3=d^2.
Sophia has a set of clues to help her solve the combination:
Find the values of a, b, c and d to unlock the vault.
LAST WEEK WINNERS OF PROBLEM OF THE WEEK:
Grades 3 and 4: A very good week of attempting to solve the problem presented at this grade!! Luoran solved the problem and was the first correct ballot to be drawn. Well done Luoran, now come and choose a Fabulous $10 Gift Card of your choice. Also solving the problem was Sloan, Emily, Anaya, Hudson and Liam and each will receive "extra punches" on their Reward Cards. Everyone try again this week! Come on, give your brain a workout!
Grades 5 and 6: A great week of participation this past week as everyone worked hard on solving the problem! With so many correct solutions, TWO WINNERS were declared with Alice and Anthony being the first TWO correct ballots to be drawn and they each win a Wonderful $10 Gift Card of their choice. Well done Alice and Anthony! Also solving the problem was Teng, Sloan, Kaan, Brianna C., Claire, William, Eli, Liam, Yousif, Harper, Helena, Cooper, Japnoor and Dale 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 difficult time with the problem this past week with a limited number submissions this week at this grade level. Adam managed to solve the problem and was the only correct ballot to be drawn. Fantastic work Adam, 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 fantastic set of solutions to the problem were submitted with a great effort put forth by our Mathletes. Zane R. managed to solve the problem and was the first correct ballot to be drawn. Fantastic work Zane, now come and choose an Awesome $10 Gift Card of your choice. Also solving the problem was Sam, Zane A., Nicholas, Kareena, Lily L. and Jada who will each receive "extra punches" on their Reward Cards. Show What You Can Do as a Mathlete!
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