HUES 6th Grade Math Choice #11 11-Apr-2000

Hollis Upper Elementary School, Hollis, New Hampshire


1. 1994-95 Annual 7th grade math contest

1.18.  Of the following, which is closest in value to 8.01 - 8, 8.1, 8.11, 9.01?

1.23.  19/19 + x/95 = 1995.  What is x?

1.30.  The product of all 6 whole number factors of 12 is what?

1.32.  What year will it be 3700 days from 30-Jun-1995?

1.33.  If a cube has side-length 2, then its volume is what % of the volume of a cube whose side-length
          is 4?

1.39.  The least common multiple of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 is what?

Source: The Math League
           http://www.mathleague.com



2.  The Big Picture!

A picture that measures 12 cm by 18 cm is enlarged to 4 times its area.

2A.  What are the new dimensions of the picture?

2B.  If a 2 centimeter wide border is to be placed around the enlarged picture before framing, what
       size frame will be needed?

Source: The Math Forum
           http://forum.swarthmore.edu/midpow/solutions/solution.ehtml?puzzle=63



 

Don Braffitt