Problems of the Week - April 19 to April

Rewards for Problems of the week:

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

Lower Elementary:

Question: Morgan’s scout troop is having a pizza party. They order 2 each of 3 varieties of pizza, then cut each pizza into 8 slices. How many slices of pizza does Morgan’s scout troop have?

Upper Elementary: 

Question: Lily orders a pizza with black olives on top and cuts it into 4 slices. The first slice has 6 olives. The second slice has 11 olives. The third slice has 7 olives. The last slice has the average number of olives of all the slices.  How many olives are on the last slice?

Middle School:

Question: Jessie orders a pizza that costs her $14.50. She tips the pizza delivery person 15% and rounds up to the next dollar. By how much did she round her tip? (Jessie lives in Delaware, where pizza isn’t taxed.)

Algebra and Up: 

Question: Jack and his family are having a pizza for dinner that weighs 2 pounds. Jack takes a 40° slice. How much does the remaining pizza weigh?

Challenge problem to take home. 20 points for the correct answer. 

An ant sitting in a ceiling corner of a cube-shaped room notices some honey in the opposite corner on the floor.

The ant may only walk on the walls, floor, and ceiling — no flying or falling — to get the honey.

If the room is 3 meters on each side, what is the length of the shortest path the ant can take?