- Percents and Fractions
- Plane Geometry
Today is Pi Day! Below are a few questions to celebrate. If June ate 1/4 of 2/3 of 1/2 of a pie, what fraction of the whole pie did she eat? Express your answer as a common fraction. To determine what...
- Algebraic Expressions and Equations
- Percents and Fractions
- Plane Geometry
Here is a look at some of the problems our Mathletes solved on this year’s Chapter Competition in February! 2022 Chapter Competition, Sprint Round, #11 A nonzero number of goats, each with four legs...
- General Math
- Percents and Fractions
At the first four stops, the number of students that board Mr. Edler’s school bus is 4, 6, 12 and 2 students, respectively, and no students exit the bus. After these four stops, the number of students...
- General Math
- Percents and Fractions
- Problem Solving (Misc.)
Every year on the third Monday of January, we celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Dr. King was a civil rights activist whose passion and leadership led to great cultural changes in America. On Aug...
- Percents and Fractions
- Plane Geometry
- Probability, Counting and Combinatorics
- Solid Geometry
Ariel, Ollie and Eden are going trick-or-treating for Halloween, but first their parents are taking them to a costume store to pick out costumes. The store has 9 different costume options available –...
- Probability, Counting and Combinatorics
- Problem Solving (Misc.)
- Proportional Reasoning
- Sequences, Series and Patterns
Chantel is going to a new school this year and will be in the 8th grade. She has learned that there are 11 7th graders and 13 8th graders (including herself) in her homeroom. If the desks in her...
- Plane Geometry
- Probability, Counting and Combinatorics
- Problem Solving (Misc.)
- Proportional Reasoning
With the 2022 Chapter Competition coming up next week, here are some problems from the 2021 Chapter and Chapter Invitational Competitions for extra practice! (Note: The structure of the 2021...
- Probability, Counting and Combinatorics
- Proportional Reasoning
- Solid Geometry
Last Thursday, March 17 was St. Patrick’s Day when, typically, more people than usual wear some article of green clothing. Patrick has a leprechaun hat that looks like a tall, green top hat. The main...
- Probability, Counting and Combinatorics
- Problem Solving (Misc.)
- Proportional Reasoning
The 2022 Raytheon Technologies MATHCOUNTS National Competition is coming up next weekend, and there has been lots of preparation going on behind the scenes! For example, T-shirts had to be ordered...
- Probability, Counting and Combinatorics
Small Town Ice Cream Shoppe carries five kinds of ice cream: vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, lemon custard and caramel swirl. They also have three types of toppings: sprinkles, chopped nuts and hot...