- 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...
- Problem Solving (Misc.)
- Proportional Reasoning
- Solid Geometry
A 6-inch tall flower casts a 4-inch shadow at 5:00pm. One month later, when the sun was at the same position in the sky as it was at 5:00pm one month earlier, the shadow cast was 5 1/3 inches long...
- Algebraic Expressions and Equations
- Problem Solving (Misc.)
- Sequences, Series and Patterns
Final exams often accompany the final days of school. Sherry has had four tests so far in her science class, each worth 1/6 of her final grade. She scored 87%, 89%, 92% and 91% on these tests. Her...
- 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...
- Algebraic Expressions and Equations
- Problem Solving (Misc.)
- Sequences, Series and Patterns
Cara was born on January 1, 2010, and her mother, Sydney, was born on January 1, 1982. In what year will Sydney’s age be twice Cara’s age? If we let Cara’s age be C, then Sydney’s age is S = C + 28...
- 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...
- General Math
- Measurement
- Probability, Counting and Combinatorics
- Problem Solving (Misc.)
The Iditarod sled-dog race is run on a trail that was originally a mail-supply route. In 1925, part of the trail became a lifesaving highway for the children who lived in Nome. The Iditarod is...