- Percents and Fractions
- Statistics and Data
Mathletes will analyze frequency tables, histograms, stem-and-leaf plots and other visual representations to solve problems about sets of data. In the extension, Mathletes will analyze a set of data...
- Algebraic Expressions and Equations
- Proportional Reasoning
- Solid Geometry
Melrose’s hot air balloon is a sphere of diameter 100 feet. How many cubic feet of air will Melrose’s hot air balloon hold when completely filled? Express your answer as a decimal to the nearest tenth...
- Percents and Fractions
- Solid Geometry
For the following problems, assume that the snowballs are perfect spheres. Chiquita and Rhonda are each building a snowman. Rhonda tells Chiquita that she is making each of her 3 balls of snow 20%...
- Problem Solving (Misc.)
- Proportional Reasoning
- Solid Geometry
A 6-inch tall flower casts a 4-inch shadow at 5:00pm. One month later, when the sun was at the same position in the sky as it was at 5:00pm one month earlier, the shadow cast was 5 1/3 inches long...
- Sequences, Series and Patterns
In this practice plan, Mathletes will recognize visual patterns and practice defining them numerically in order to find the number of elements in the pattern after a large number of repetitions.
- Algebraic Expressions and Equations
- General Math
- Problem Solving (Misc.)
Using the commutative, associative and distributive properties, Mathletes will arrange arithmetic problems in a different order that allows them to be solved more readily.
- Sequences, Series and Patterns
- Statistics and Data
Video by Art of Problem Solving's Richard Rusczyk.
- Algebraic Expressions and Equations
- Sequences, Series and Patterns
Video by Art of Problem Solving's Richard Rusczyk.