Dawn is planning a vacation. The dates of her vacation are September 18 through September 24, which will require her to take five 8-hour vacation days off from work. She accrues three-and-a-third...
Per the American Pie Council, January 23 is National Pie Day! This is not to be confused with Pi Day, which celebrates mathematical symbol π. National Pie Day is a celebration of a beloved tasty treat...
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...
The lunchroom workers at Guffey Middle School can move a total of 600 students through 5 lunch lines in exactly one hour. How many students move through each lunch line per minute? With 600 students...
Now that the 2022 School Competition has been released, here are some problems from the 2021 equivalent to the School Competition for extra practice! Sprint Round, #18 Jan and Jerome are mixing red...
Did you know that May 20th is the official birthday of “blue jeans”? It was on May 20, 1873 that Levi Strauss and David Jacobs received patent number 139,121 from the US Patent and Trademark Office...
Temi’s analog clock, shown here, has an hour hand of length 9 in and a minute hand of length 15 in. When Temi’s clock strikes 3 o’clock, what is the length of the segment drawn from the end of the...
When paying for her back-to-school clothing purchase, Kristal learned that it was the final day of her state’s tax-free holiday. Kristal decided to purchase a pair of earrings using the $15 she would...
Mrs. Marble refers to the three students named Ashley in her 3rd period gym class as Ashley G., Ashley E. and Ashley V. Mrs. Marble needs to divide the class to make 6 teams of 5 players for the dodge...
The second round of the Major League Baseball play-offs is “best out of 5,” meaning that two teams will play each other until one team wins three games. How many different ways could this play-off...