- Algebraic Expressions and Equations
- Plane Geometry
- Problem Solving (Misc.)
May is National Bike Month, so here are a few problems related to bicycles. Brenden is riding an old-time bicycle that has a back wheel with a diameter of 1 foot and a front wheel with a radius of 1.5...
- General Math
- Percents and Fractions
- Proportional Reasoning
- Solid Geometry
A town in South Dakota decides to have an “End of the Summer” pool party and invites all of the households in the town that have school aged children. Twenty-seven households are invited to the party...
- Algebraic Expressions and Equations
- Plane Geometry
- Problem Solving (Misc.)
Bethany and her family are attending the Funville Town Fall Festival, and the first thing they do is get in line for the Maize (corn) Maze. When Bethany gets to the entrance of the Maze she is facing...
- General Math
- Percents and Fractions
- Plane Geometry
- Problem Solving (Misc.)
- Proportional Reasoning
In preparation for Thanksgiving dinner, Mrs. Cobble decided to get a new tablecloth for the dining room table. Her rectangular table measures 3.5 feet by 6 feet, and she would like the tablecloth to...
- Plane Geometry
- Problem Solving (Misc.)
- Sequences, Series and Patterns
Now that 2024 is finally here, let’s see what we can do with this new number! If the perimeter of a particular square is 2024 inches, what is the area of the square, in square inches? Express your...
- General Math
- Proportional Reasoning
In the summer months, a common problem people suffer from is dehydration – not enough water in their body. Waiting until you feel thirsty is not a good indicator that it’s time to drink water. In fact...
- Algebraic Expressions and Equations
- General Math
- Percents and Fractions
- Problem Solving (Misc.)
When Riya’s alarm went off on the first day of her senior year in high school, she hit the snooze button and slept for another 10 minutes. When the alarm sounded the next time, Riya got up 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...
- General Math
- Probability, Counting and Combinatorics
- Problem Solving (Misc.)
- Sequences, Series and Patterns
In 1998, Nkem Chukwu gave birth to the first set of surviving octuplets. The eight babies weighed from 11.3 ounces to 28.6 ounces at birth. Leonard Weisman, the Texas Children’s Hospital’s chief of...