Problem of the Month - May 2023
Can you find four consecutive numbers which add up to 10?
How about four consecutive numbers that add to 22? How about 110?
Solution
1+2+3+4=10; 4+5+6+7=22; 26+27+28+29=110.
Can you find four consecutive numbers that add to 298?
Problem of the Month - April 2023
Where on this number line would you place the number 1 billion?
Solution
Problem of the Month - March 2023
You are ordering round pizzas.
If you want more pizza, would it make sense to order two 12 inch diameter pizzas or one 18 inch diameter pizza?
Solution
If you wanted more pizza, it would make sense to order one 18 inch pizza.
What if you wanted more crust?
Would it be better to order two 12 inch diameter pizzas or one 18 inch diameter pizza?
February 2023 - Problem of the Month
This Month’s Problem
Consider the following pattern.
January 2023 - Problem of the Month
In the puzzle below, the value of a square in any of the top three levels is the sum of the two squares directly beneath it. What will be the value in the top square?
December 2022 - Problem of the Month
How many squares do you see in this picture? (There are more than 20)
Answer
There are 30 squares. What if instead of a 4x4 grid, we started with a 5x5 grid. How many squares would there be?
November 2022 - Problem of the Month
74 means 7x7x7x7 which is equal to 2401 so when 74 is expressed as an integer, the last digit is a 1.
What is the last digit of 711 when it is expressed as an integer?
Solution
The last digit is a 3. What is the last digit of 7200 when it is expressed as an integer?
October 2022 - Math Problem
This Month’s Problem
Consider this list of numbers
1, 1, 1, 4, 4, 4, 7, 7, 7, 10, 10, 10
Pick any 3 numbers from the list and add them together.
Repeat the process with a new set of numbers from the original list.
What do you notice about the sums?
Solution
The sum is always a multiple of 3.
Can you increase the list by six numbers so that selecting three of them will always result in a sum that is a multiple of 3?
September 2022 - Math Problem
The Mayan Mathematics Page on The Story Of Mathematics website includes this chart that shows how to convert numbers from the Arabic system that we normally use to the Mayan Base 20 Number System.
June 2022 - Math Problem
Use this Scratch program to play "High-Low". Click on the green flag to start.
Try to come up with a strategy to minimize the number of guesses that it takes to come up with the number.