- Probability, Counting and Combinatorics
- Proportional Reasoning
When packing for her family’s trip, Miranda didn’t want to bring a lot of extra clothes, so she packed 4 shirts, 2 pairs of shorts and 1 skirt (all of which coordinate). If an outfit consists of a...
- Probability, Counting and Combinatorics
The Walton and the Brady families plan to vacation together in an 8-bedroom vacation home. John and Olivia will bring six children — boys, Jason, Ben and Jim-Bob, and girls, Mary Ellen, Erin and...
- Percents and Fractions
- Probability, Counting and Combinatorics
- Proportional Reasoning
The date of the beginning of the school year has long been a topic of debate in many areas across the United States, but the trend is leaning towards starting school earlier rather than later...
- Percents and Fractions
- Plane Geometry
- Probability, Counting and Combinatorics
It’s Autumn, and that means leaves are falling! Amber’s house occupies 2650 ft2 in the middle of a 50-foot by 80-foot parcel of land, and the leaves that fall cover the ground all around her house. If...
- Probability, Counting and Combinatorics
The letters of the words GHOST, GHOUL, TRICK, TREAT and CANDY were written on 25 index cards, one letter per card. If the cards are shuffled and one card is selected at random, what is the probability...
- Algebraic Expressions and Equations
- Probability, Counting and Combinatorics
- Problem Solving (Misc.)
- Sequences, Series and Patterns
Abby, Brenda, Celia, Denise and Elizabeth are going to their town’s annual hayride. Tickets cost $8.00 for people 12 years old and older but only $5.00 for people 11 years old and younger. The total...
- Probability, Counting and Combinatorics
Sam, Pam, Ken and Jen are exchanging gifts for the holiday. Each name is written on a slip of paper and placed in a bowl. Sam is the first to randomly select a name from the bowl. What is the...
- Percents and Fractions
- Probability, Counting and Combinatorics
- Proportional Reasoning
The Sprint Round of the MATHCOUNTS Chapter Competition has 30 questions and students are given 40 minutes to complete the round. Though it isn’t expected that most students will finish all 30...