Sunday, November 29, 2009

Time for Basketball!


Kevin and his teammates scored 62, 59, 76, and 70 points in their first four basketball games. After 5 games their scoring average was 69 points. How many points did they score in their fifth game?

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Hooked on Books


For their fall book reports, Brooke, Carla, Tony, and Nadine each read 4 of the books shown above. Their teacher told them that each book had to be from a different category. Nobody read the same combination of books.
All four students read a mystery, but Brooke and Tony both read the longer mystery.
Everyone except Tony read a book from a series. Nadine was the only one to read the longer of the two choices.
Tony and Carla read the longest book.
Nadine read the biography and the classic that no one else read.
Carla did not read a biography.
Brooke read the longer historical fiction but the shorter biography.
Tony and Carla read the shorter historical-fiction book.
How many pages did each person read?

Saturday, November 7, 2009

What's Your Sign?

+ - x /

In the equation below, replace each question mark with one of the four mathematical signs: +,-, ×, or ÷. Each sign can be used only once. Fill in the blanks to solve the equation. (Hint: the first sign is +.)


7 ? 5 ? 4 ? 7 ? 6 = 15