Source: ABACUS International Math Challenge for 5th and 6th graders
April, 2000
http://www.gcschool.org
On a recent front page of the Philly Inquirer there was a story about
the new Sacagawea dollar coin
and the promotion it is going to get - quite different from the introduction
of the Susan B. Anthony
dollar. "The coin ... will first become available inside boxes
of Cheerios. ... In ... that promotion ...
10 million boxes of Cheerios will be packaged with a new dollar coin
in every 2000th box, and a
certificate for 100 coins in every 4400th box."
2.1. How many coins will the government give away in this promotion?
Source: The Math Forum
http://forum.swarthmore.edu
3.6. When the cost of a candy bar increased from 25¢
to 29¢, by what percent did the cost
increase, based on
the original cost?
3.19. What is the largest odd integer less than 1000 with all different digits?
3.27. If #(Y) means the number of days in the year Y, what is
the value of
#(1993) + #(1994)
+ #(1995) + #(1996)?
3.39. If the Pros won 30% of their games in the first third of
the season, what percent of their
remaining games must
they win to finish this season having won 50% of all their games?
3.40. The pattern of the first 7 letters of contentcontestcontest
...
continues to the right. The 1st
occurrence of a "t"
is the 4th letter of this pattern. The 1993rd occurrence of a "t"
is which
letter of this pattern?
Source: The Math League
http://www.mathleague.com
Don Braffitt