Friday, August 28, 2009

SWIM SCORES

The swim teams of Danville, Union City, Turner, and Baldwin all competed in a two-part relay race. The team with the fastest total time won the race.
Danville's swimmer took the least time in the first leg but took longer than Baldwin's swimmer in the second leg of the race.
Turner's team came in behind Union City's in the first leg but was fastest in the second leg.
Baldwin had the slowest time in the first leg but took second place in the second leg.
Union had the slowest time in the second leg of the relay.


What was each team's total time and in which order did each team place?

Sunday, August 23, 2009

KITTY CORNER




Question
Nicki and her brother Lee went shopping to buy supplies for their cat. Lee contributed $5.00. Nicki brought all the money she'd earned that week to cover the rest of the cost.
They bought 3 bags of litter, 10 cans of cat food, and 2 bags of cat treats.
They returned a hamster exercise wheel and got a credit of $5.69 to help pay for the cat supplies.
After they made their purchases, they had $2.74 left.


How much money had Nicki earned that week?

Monday, August 17, 2009

MILLION MYSTERY






What's the mystery number?


It's greater than one million but less than ten million.
It's an even number.
None of the digits is less than 3.
No digit is used more than once.
The sum of the digits in the ones period is 12.
The digit in the ten thousands place is equal to the sum of the digits in the tens and hundreds places.
The digit in the millions place is 2 more than the digit in the thousands place.
The digit in the hundred thousands place is twice the digit in the tens place.




What is the mystery number?

Monday, August 10, 2009

Rainfall Records














Anna, Marty, Gina, Dwayne, Emily, and Randy each researched the average rainfall for January and July for the city where they live.



1. Anna's city has more rainfall in January than July.
2. Dwayne's city receives three tenths of an inch more rain in January than Emily's city does.
3. Randy's city gets 3.69 inches more rain in July than in January.
4. The January rainfall in Marty's city is 2 inches more than the rainfall in Emily's city.
5. There is less than 0.5 inch of rain in July where Gina lives.

Where does each of the record-keepers live?