Mathnasium of Tallahassee Weekly Updates and Session Scheduling Reminder

 

Mathnasium of Tallahassee 
Weekly Updates

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Reminder: The calendar is open to schedule sessions through July 27.

Updates for the Week Ending July 14:

• ​​Question of the Week

Schedule Sessions

The calendar to schedule sessions is open and can be scheduled through July 27. As a reminder, each Friday, we open a new week on the calendar.

 

 

 

Question of the Week

Mathletes can earn a full Reward Card if they are able to complete our Question of the Week.  See below for this week’s problems.  They can share their answers during sessions either at the center or @Home. 

Lower Elementary: 
Jack’s suitcase can hold twice as much as Wendy’s suitcase. Wendy’s suitcase can hold twice as much as Danny’s suitcase. Danny’s suitcase is exactly big enough to hold 12 sweaters. How many sweaters can fit inside all three suitcases?

 

Upper Elementary: 
A family is driving 40 miles from their home in Boulder, Colorado, to a resort in the mountains. They use 3 gallons of gas to get there. How many miles do they travel for each gallon of gas?

 

Middle School:
A writer types 36 words per minute. Two hundred forty words fit on a page. If the writer types an hour straight, how many pages does he write?

 

Algebra and Up:
Jack is running through a maze with a total of 6,000 yards of passages. Jack runs through 40% of the passages, and he retraces 25% of his progress through the maze. If Jack runs for 10 minutes before he stops, then what was the average speed at which he ran through the maze? Give your answer in yards per second.