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: When a new student starts at Mathnasium, they receive a Level 1 punch card that has 24 punches on it. Kiki sees a toy in the cabinet that is worth ‘3’ cards that she would like to save for. Kiki finished 13 pages on her workout plan including one Mastery Check on her very first day at Mathnasium. If she also got one punch for her Last Punch of the Day, how many punches are need for Kiki to finish the first three Level 1 Punch Cards? (Clue: A typical Mathnasium page earns one punch per page and a Mastery Check gets 3 punches).
Problem of the Week for Grades 5 and 6: Saadat spent $13.92 to buy 6 cookie cutters. The cookie cutters all cost the same price. How much did Saadat spend on four of the cookie cutters?
Problem of the Week for Grades 7 and 8: Bode used 1/10 of his monthly salary for groceries, and 3/18 of his remaining money for his car payment. He also paid twice as much money for rent as he did for his car payment. If Bode has $1620 left after paying for groceries, car payment, and rent, how much is Bode’s monthly salary?
Problem of the Week for Grades 9 and above: Julia is pouring water into a bucket that already has 10ml in it. After one minute, she opens the tap and pours in 5ml. After another minute, she opens the tap and adds 2.5ml. Julia keeps adding water in this sequence. What is the maximum amount of water we can expect to be poured into the bucket? (Clue: the answer is a Natural Number)
LAST WEEK WINNERS OF PROBLEM OF THE WEEK:
Grades 3 and 4: A fairly good week of successfully solving the problem presented at this grade. Sienna successfully solved the problem and was the first correct ballot to be drawn. Well done Sienna, now come and choose a Fabulous $10 Gift Card of your choice. Also solving the problem was Hudson, Mary, Ellis 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: A pretty good week of participation this past week as everyone worked hard on solving the problem! Cooper again correctly solved the problem and was the first correct ballot to be drawn and he wins a Wonderful $10 Gift Card of his choice. Well done Cooper! Also solving the problem was Teng, QQ, and Yousif 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 better week dealing with the problem this past week at this grade level. Garvit correctly solve the problem and was the first correct ballot to be drawn. Great work Garvit, now come and choose a Fantastic $10 Gift Card of your choice. Also solving the problem was Nixon, Ziang, Cooper and Henry 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 struggle dealing with the problem posed this past week for our Mathletes. Julia managed to solve the problem and was the only correct ballot to be drawn. Fantastic work Julia, now come and choose an Awesome $10 Gift Card of your choice. Everyone try again next week. Show What You Can Do as a Mathlete!
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