Problems of the Week - February 28 to March 6

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: Layla takes her dog for a 20 minute walk each morning. On Monday, she takes the dog out for a walk at 7:55 am and walks the dog for 8 minutes longer than the usual amount of time. At what time do they get back to their house?

Upper Elementary:

Question: Spot the dog can jump 3¾ feet into the air. Can Spot catch a frisbee that flies 44 inches over his head?

Middle School:

Question: A box of dog biscuits is 10 centimeters long, 5 centimeters wide, and 18 centimeters tall. Each dog biscuit takes up 2 cubic centimeters of space in the box. How many dog biscuits can fit in the box?

Algebra and Up:

Question: Steven uses the equation below to find the average change in weight by his dogs after a month of feeding them Such Healthy Very Dog Wow brand dog food.

(2 – 3 + 1 + 5 + 4 + 6) ÷ 8 = x

What is the data set demonstrated by the equation?

Challenge problem to take home. 5 stars for the correct answer. 

Is it possible to arrange five square tiles numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 into a "plus" so that the sum of the three-tile column and the sum of the three-tile row are both equal to 9?