Problem of the Week for May 18th to May 22nd

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:  Anaya has a large orchard with 80 Apple Trees. She divides her orchard into 4 equal sections. One day a storm hits and damages a quarter of the trees in one of the sections. How many trees does Anaya have that are not damaged in her orchard?

Problem of the Week for Grades 5 and 6:  Claire is cooking enough lentils for lentil soup and lentil salad. The lentil soup recipe calls for 3/4 of a cup of dried lentils. The lentil salad recipe calls for 1 ½ cups of dried lentils. Claire only has a  1/8  of a cup scoop. How many scoops of dried lentils will Claire need to have enough to make both dishes?

Problem of the Week for Grades 7 and 8:  Ella wants to rent a bicycle and ride along-side the Bow River. The cost of renting a bike at a local bike shop can be represented by the equation y=2x+2, where y is the total cost and x is the number of hours the bike is rented. Which of the following ordered pairs would be possible for the number of hours rented, “x”, and the corresponding total cost, “y”? 

                     A) (0,-2)

                     B) (2,6)

                     C) (6,2)

                     D) (-2,-6)

                     E) (7,15)

Problem of the Week for Grades 9 and above:  Alex takes a school trip to Egypt where he gets to go horseback riding amongst the pyramids. Initially, standing at 146.7 meters tall, the Great Pyramid of Giza was the world’s tallest man-made structure for more than 3800 years. Alex discovers the dimensions of the Pyramid has a base length of 230.6 meters. Assuming the Pyramid is a square based pyramid, find the Volume of the Pyramid in m2. (Give exact answer to the thousandths place value).

LAST WEEK WINNERS OF PROBLEM OF THE WEEK:

Grades 3 and 4:   A very good week of successfully solving the problem presented at this grade.  Mary successfully solved the problem and was the first correct ballot to be drawn.  Well done Mary, now come and choose a Fabulous $10 Gift Card of your choice.   Also solving the problem was Anthony, Niam, Liam and Fiona 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:  Another great week of participation this past week as everyone worked hard on solving the problem!  TWO WINNERS were declared with Luke and Cooper 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 Luke and Cooper!  Also solving the problem was Teng, Japnoor, Anthony, Samara, Bennett, Aaliya, Luoran, Ethan, Kaan and Sloan and they 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 difficult week dealing with the problem this past week at this grade level.  Teng was the only one to correctly solve the problem.  Great work Teng, now come and choose a Fantastic $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 struggle dealing with the problem posed this past week for our Mathletes.  Inaaya managed to solve the problem and was the first correct ballot to be drawn.  Fantastic work Inaaya, now come and choose an Awesome $10 Gift Card of your choice.    Sam, Drazen and Teng also solved the problem and they will each receive "extra punches" on their Reward Cards.  Well done you hard working Mathletes.  Show What You Can Do as a Mathlete!