Problem of the Week - Upper Elementary - April 18, 2021 to April 24, 2021

Upper Elementary: 

Question: In New York City's Central Park, there is a statue of Balto, the sled dog who helped deliver medicine in the middle of a blizzard to Nome, Alaska and saved the town from a dangerous diphtheria outbreak. Balto arrived in Nome on February 2, 1925. The statue of Balto was erected on December 17, 1925. How many days passed between Balto arriving in Nome and his statue being erected? (Hint: 1925 was not a leap year.)

Answer: 317 days

Solution: Since we're looking for the number of days between those two dates, we will not include those days in our answer. After February 2, there are 28-2=26 more days in February. Adding the days in March through November gets us 26+31+30+31+30+31+31+30+31+30=301 days. Adding the first 16 days of December brings our total up to 317 days.