Problems of the week - October 12 to October 17

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: Laura and Harold are repotting orchids. They plant 2 orchid plants in each pot. When they’re done, they have 3 rows of 5 pots of orchids. How many orchid plants did Laura and Harold repot?

Upper Elementary:

Question: Christine has a cube-shaped box that is 1 foot wide that is completely filled with 1-inch cube-shaped blocks. She takes three-quarters of them out. How many blocks are left in the box?

Middle School:

Question: Noah ate ⁵/₁₂ of a bowl of ice cream. Brooklyn ate ⁶/₁₄ of the same ice cream. Who ate more ice cream? How much more.

Algebra and Up:

Question:  In the figure below, AG is a line and the measure of x is two times the measure of y. What is the value of y?

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

Heiko, Julio and Lilo have distributed these 8 tiles among themselves.

The sum of Heiko's tiles is 24.

The product of Julio's tiles is larger than everyone else's, but the sum is not.

What is the product of Julio's tiles?