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?

Week 8 - #2

This is the last blog post before the Christmas break. See you back on January 9th!!

Referring to the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas", how many presents did "my true love" give to his or her love?

To get you started...

On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...a partridge in a pear tree.

On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...two turle doves...

Good luck!

Happy Holidays from the students and teachers from Room 5 at George Fitton School in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada!

Week 8 - #1

It is time to do your Christmas shopping and you have saved up all year. You saved $2 in January, $4 in February, $8 in March, and $16 in April. How much money do you have to spend?

Week 7 - #2

Hannah, a hurdler, slept 8 hours 30 minutes on Monday night.

She slept 7 hours on both Tuesday and Friday night.

She slept 6 hours 20 minutes on Wednesday night.

She got up at 6:30 am on Thursday.

How much sleep did she get in the 3 nights before Thursday's meet?

Week 7 - #1

The Riddler has left a clue for Batman to follow at the scene of each crime. These are the clues that Batman has found:

(1) There is a 1 in the thousands place.

(2) The digit in the tens place is 9 times the digit in the thousands place.

(3) Multiply the digit in the thousands place by 2.

(4) The digit in the ones place is a hand without a thumb.

(5) The digit in the hundreds is 2 less than the number in the tens.

Solve the riddle to find the number and help Batman stop the Riddler.