Problem of the week sept 4

Sep 6, 2018 | Westford Chelmsford

Lower Eleamentary:

Question: A bakery is having a half-price sale on donuts. A half-dozen donuts are only $3.00! How much do a dozen donuts cost at their regular price?

 

 

Upper Elementary:

Question:Eric has $31.00 to spend on groceries. He has 4 boxes of cookies that cost $2.85 each and a half-gallon of milk that costs $3.50 in his cart already. How much money does Eric have left to spend on his other groceries?

 

 

Middle School:

Question Russell’s new diesel car gets 41 miles per gallon. He wants to take a road trip from Los Angeles to Dallas, a distance of 1,435 miles. The average price of diesel for the whole trip is $3.73 per gallon. How much will the fuel cost for the whole trip, there and back?

 

 

Algebra and Up:

Question: Shiv has two fish tanks. One is shaped like a rectangular prism that measures 25 inches long by 10 inches wide by 15 inches high. The other tank is shaped like a cylinder with a 10-inch radius and a 12-inch height. Which tank can hold the most water? How much more water can it hold than the other tank? (Round π to 3.14)