Before the Flood...

Tyson lives on a farm, and the nearby river is due to flood his farm after the upcoming storm.  Tyson needs to transport his animals and food across the river before the flood.  Jacob has a small rowboat that has only enough space for Tyson and either his dingo, his bunny, or his basket of carrots.  Tyson has a problem.  If he leaves the bunny alone with the carrots, the bunny will eat the carrots.  If Tyson leave the bunny alone with the dingo, the dingo will eat the bunny.

How can Tyson get his dingo, his bunny, and his carrots across the river?

How many one-way trips will Tyson have to make to accomplish this?

Week 25

Two numbers N and 16 have LCM = 48 and GCF = 8. Find N.

Week 24

Tian went to the store 4 times last month. He buys 53 bottle caps each time he goes to the store. How many bottle caps did Tian buy last month?  How many bottle caps will he have in six months?

Week 23

There are 5 students in Mr. Parker's art class. He would like to give each student 6 stickers to use in a project they are doing. Mr. Parker looked in his desk drawer and found that he had 2 blue stickers, 3 times as many red stickers as blue stickers, and 4 more green stickers than red stickers.

Does Mr. Parker have enough stickers for everyone? If not, how many more does he need?

Imagine that Mr. Parker had 40 stickers all together. How many stickers would each student be able to get then?

Week 22

The city stocked West Lake with 455 fish. If they allow a total of 27 fish to be caught each day, how many days will it take for all the fish to be caught?

Week 21

The Williams family came to the game with $12. They bought 4 bags of popcorn at $0.75 each and 3 drinks at $1.00 each in the first half. At half time, Morgan found 6 quarters under the bleachers. The family went home with $3.45. How much did they spend in the second half?

Week 20

This is an open-ended problem, which means it has more than on solution.

The gas tank on Drew's boat holds 26 gallons. Drew filled it up by carrying gas to his boat in a 3 gallon can and a 2 gallon can. Tell 3 different ways he could have filled his tank using these 2 cans to carry gas.

Week 19

Four skiers - Dennis, Colton, Corbin, and Tyson - want to practice today. Practice sessions are from 8 to 10:40 A.M. only. Skiers must start the course 10 minutes apart and no more than 3 skiers may be on the course at once. Each skier is allowed to stay on the course for only 30 minutes. Can all 4 skiers practice today and finish before 9:40 A.M.?

Week 18

The Thunderbirds Basketball team is having a celebration meal after winning the big game against their rivals, the Mustangs. They're not thinking about it now, but the cost is adding up! Look at the bill for each player. Figure out how much each will spend by totaling the bill and adding a 6% tax and 15% tip. (Figure the tip on the food total only, not the total after tax is added.) What is the total bill for the team?

Rose
Nachos $4.00
Ham Sandwich $4.70
Chocolate Shake $1.85

Eden K.
Egg Rolls $3.00
Rice Plate $3.50
Chow Mein $2.50
Iced Tea $1.00

Rylie
Pizza $7.00
Salad $3.25
Breadsticks $2.50
Coke $1.00

Coach Coulter
Spaghetti $5.50
Garlic Bread $2.00
Salad $3.25
Iced Coffee $2.75

Be sure to show your work! Subtotal each member of the team and then find the tax, tip and grand total. Good luck!

Week 17

Dennis had $450. He spent 2/5 of it on a DVD player. He then spent 1/3 of the remaining money on a jacket. How much money did Dennis have left?

Week 16

What is the number you started with?

Week 15 Answer

44 and 66

Week 15 - #1

Our math challenge is changing a bit. Instead of participating in groups, you will now solve these problems individually. On Monday, we will read over the question together on the blog. As the week goes on, it will be your responsibility to work through the question. Then on Friday, we will find the answer together and those who had the answer correct will get a special prize.

Happy Problem Solving!

Here is the problem for this week:

Divide 110 into two parts so that one will be 150 percent of the other. What are the 2 numbers?

Week 14 - #1

There are sixteen students in Ms. Greig's class. One-eighth of them don't want to have a Valentine's Day party. How many students do want to have a party? What fraction of students do want to have a party?

Week 13 - #1

Nash bought four boxes of candy hearts for Valentines Day. He spent $1.69 per box of hearts. If he gave the clerk a $20.00 bill and there is no sales tax, how much change should he get back?

Week 12 - #1

While golfer Fred was searching for his ball, he found 24 coins totaling $2.40. Tell two different combinations of coins he might have found.

Week 11 - #2

Only one of the cheerleaders at George Fitton has brought a pet to the game. The pets that aren't here are a tarantula, a llama, an iguana, and a pig. The cheerleaders' names are Tori, Tom, Tad, Tish, and Tara. Their ages are 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18. Which cheerleader owns the poodle, and how old is she (or he)?

• Tad is 4 years older than Tara
• Tish hates dogs and Tom hate pigs
• Tom's mom won't allow a large pet
• Tara owns the iguana
• Tad is afraid of arachnids
• Tori is older than Tom
• Tara does not own the pig
• Tori is allergic to dogs
• Tish is 2 years younger than Tori
• Tad is 1 year older than the tarantuala owner
• The pig owner is 3 years older than the llama owner

Week 11 - # 1

On an average day, Canadians spend $958904.00 buying video games. Of this
total $767123.00 is spent on Nintendo games. In one week how much do Canadians
spend on Nintendo Games. How much do they spend on other video games in a
week?

Week 10 - #3

The grade 5/6s at Reston School would like to take a trip to the Museum of Man and Nature in Winnipeg to see the boat that Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez ate on. There are 95 students in total and the school says that they need to have one adult chaperons for every 10 students. How many chaperons will they need?

Week 10 - #1

Hot Shot Surfer Tyson catches 4 great waves every half hour. At this rate, how long will it be before he has ridden 44 waves?

Week 9 - #2

Beach Bum Brynne is 75 m from the shore at 9 A.M. Every hour she moves forward 18 m and is pulled backword 7 m. What time will she reach the shore?

The First Problem in 2012

              SALE                     
       Celtic Bakery Sale                
White Bread   -   2 for $1.25               
Rye Bread     -   2 for $1.35               
Onion Rolls   -   6 for $1.00              
Hamburger Buns -   6 for $0.85               
Hot Dog Buns  -   6 for $0.69

Stephanie and Cameron are going shopping for their mom at the Celtic Bakery. They were told to buy 15 onion rolls, 10 hamburger buns and 2 loaves of rye bread. How much will it cost them?