🍦 Ice Cream Bonanza Problem of the Week Challenge! 🍦

May 4, 2025 | Center City

🍦 Ice Cream Bonanza Problem of the Week Challenge!

🍨🧠 Get Ready for a Brain-Freezing Burst of Fun!


Mathnasium’s Ice Cream Bonanza Problem of the Week Challenge is here — where solving math could win you ice cream for 20 people!

From June 1 to August 15, families across the neighborhood are invited to join this exciting summer math challenge designed to show that math is everywhere—essential, exciting, and definitely not optional!

Here’s How It Works:

Each week, we’ll post new math problems at four levels:
🔹 Lower Elementary
🔹 Upper Elementary
🔹 Middle School
🔹 High School

Just scan the QR code, pick your level, and solve the problem!

✨ All correct entries (with your name and work shown!) will be entered into a weekly raffle for an Ice Cream Bonanza Party for 20 people right here!

📝 Incorrect answers? No problem!
We’ll drop off the answers at this location the following week so you can see where you went wrong and try again.
You’re welcome to come back each week—and every correct entry earns you another shot at the raffle!

📅 Challenge Details:

  • Runs weekly from June 1 to August 15

  • Winner announced Monday, August 18

  • 🎯 Goal: 20 unique challengers each week — let’s do this!

📌 Quick Rules:

  • ✅ Solve the problem & show your work

  • 🎟️ Correct entries = 1 raffle ticket

  • 📛 Be sure to write your name clearly

  • 🔄 Come back to this location to see your corrections

  • 🚫 No cheating (yes, we know when you Google 👀)

Whether you're solving alongside your kids or jumping in yourself, this summer’s coolest challenge is all about fun, learning, and a little sweet reward.

Are you ready to solve for scoops? 🍦 Let’s make math delicious!

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PROBLEM OF THE WEEK - Week 1 of 10 - June 1st - 7th


Lower Elementary:

Question: An octopus lives in an underwater garden that is shaped like a rectangle. The fence around the garden is 7 feet on the long sides and 5 feet on the short sides. Draw a picture of the garden on graph paper. How many 1-foot squares are in the octopus’s garden, and how many feet of fence go around it?


Upper Elementary: 

Question: John has a manuscript that is 1,040 pages long. If it took him 2 years to write, then how many pages did John write per week on average?



Middle School: 

Question: A blackbird starts singing in the middle of the night, exactly between sunset and sunrise. If the sun sets at 5:37 pm and rises at 6:47 am, then at what time of night does the blackbird sing?


Algebra and Up: 

Question: There is a hole in Paul’s ceiling where rain drips in at a rate of 15 milliliters per minute. As Paul fixes the hole, the rain that gets through decreases linearly. It takes him 2 minutes and 36 seconds to complete the task. How much rain gets in as Paul fixes the hole?


Questions: Text Mathnasium at 215-358-6284





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