The holidays are here, and it’s not uncommon for offices and classrooms to do a gift exchange. These often work as follows: the names of all participants are put into a hat, and everyone draws a name...
The weekend has just begun, and Derek wants to build a snowman either on Saturday or Sunday, but he can only build a snowman if it snows. There is a 1/2 probability that it snows on Saturday, and a 1...
Troy, Elliott and Shaun are three contestants on a game show. In one of the rounds of the game show, the 3 contestants have a chance to spin a wheel up to two times in a row to try to get the highest...
Sun City earned its name because it rarely rains there. In fact, it rains only 54 days each year there, on average. What percent of the days in 2023 is it expected to rain in Sun City? Express your...
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...
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...
In the video arcade game Asteroid Blaster, there are a total of five rounds on the first level. During each round, asteroids appear on the screen and players must blast as many as possible before time...
Our friends at Brilliant post fun, daily challenges on math, science and engineering topics every day. Try out a few of these challenges on their website by clicking the links below! If you do not yet...
Did you know that October 8 was National Chess Day? Try out these Chess puzzles to celebrate! Thank you to the folks at ChessKid.com for sharing these great problems with us and supporting kids' love...
Due to timekeeping confusion on the American railroads in the mid-19th century, a system of standard time zones was proposed. In 1918 the Standard Zone Time and Daylight Saving Time were established...