When the letters of the alphabet are assigned their integer values (A = 1, B = 2, C = 3, …, Z = 26), the word-product for JULY is the product of the letter-values for each of the letters in JULY. When...
Here are a few problems to keep your number sense sharp during the summer months. What is the greatest positive three-digit integer that is divisible by 5, 7 and 9? We know that any three-digit number...
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...
In June, MATHCOUNTS joined the Data Science 4 Everyone Commitment Campaign to build capacity for K-12 data science education. As part of this commitment, MATHCOUNTS will create and share additional...
Mother's Day is a holiday honoring mothers and is celebrated on the second Sunday in May in the United States. In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson declared the first national Mother's Day. Mother's Day...