Friday, December 9, 2011

Week 6 - #3

Using only + signs, make this statement accurate:
9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 = 99

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Week 6 - #2

During summer vacation, Parker is planning to take his fourteen cousins to a water park near his house. The entrance fee for the park is $24.00. How much will it cost for all of them to get into the water park?

In Manitoba, patrons of the water park must pay 5% PST and 7% GST. How much PST and GST will Parker and his cousins pay?

Friday, December 2, 2011

Week 6 - #1

Ethel made a list of all the whole numbers between 1 to 100. How many times
did she write the number 2?

Week 5 - #3

In the first year of production a play sells 1572 tickets, in its second year it sells 1753 tickets, in its third year it sells 152 less than in its second year. How many tickets are sold in 3 years?

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Survey Results

The correct answer to the survey question that has been up for a while is 6.
For example, using digits 1,2, and 3, they can be arranged in the following ways:
123
132
213
231
312
321
Thanks for voting!

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Week 5 - #2

Drew gave Kendra half of his pogs. Kendra gave Nash half of the pogs
she received from Drew. Nash kept 8 of those pogs and gave the remaining 10
to Rose. How many pogs did Drew give Kendra?

Sunday, November 27, 2011

Week 5 - #1

If you saved $2.00 on January 1, $4.00 on February 1, $6.00 on March 1, $8.00 on April 1, and so on, how much money would you save in one year?