Problems of the Week - April 18 to April 24

Rewards for Problems of the week:

5 stars for the correct answer at your level; 10 stars for the next level; 20 stars for 2+ levels up.

Lower Elementary:

Question: Martin rolls a fair, standard, six-sided die. Match each outcome with its likelihood.

• Martin rolls an even number.                                  • Impossible

• Martin rolls an 8.                                                     • Unlikely

• Martin rolls a number less than 10.                         • As likely as not

• Martin rolls a 1.                                                       • Very likely

• Martin doesn’t roll a 6.                                            • Certain.

Upper Elementary:

Question: Tara gets to draw one bill at random from either of two buckets. One bucket has 30 $1 bills and 2 $100 bills. Another bucket has 80 $1 bills and 4 $100 bills. Which bucket should Tara choose? Why?

Middle School:

Question: The ratio of apples to oranges in a box is 7:18. What is the percent chance that a fruit drawn at random from the box will be an orange?