Data Processing
Finding a Procedure
Chioces and Decisions
Various Problems
Grab Bag
100
As a rule, the number of children coming to a birthday party must be equal to the age of the child. 7 kids for a 7 year old. each guest brings one present each time. our kids are now 3, 6, and 7. How many presents have been recieved in total for all of them?
55 presents
100
At the golf course lee works at it costs $11 for most people to play a game. Seniors however only have to pay $9. golfers who arrive early put the money in an honesty box. this morning there was $124 in the box. How many players were seniors this morning? A 2 B 3 C 4 D 5
C
100
There must be some reason why Hot Dogs are sold in packs of 10 but the rolls are sold in packs of 12. I bough just enough to have the same amount of each. How many items did I buy?
11
100
Three pears weigh the same as a quince. A quince weighs the same as eighteen raspberries. How many Raspberries weigh the same as one pear?
6 Raspberries = 1 Pear
100
Next leap year my birthday is on a friday the 13th What is the chance that the month it is in has 5 sundays?
100%
200
If three scores and ten is equal to seventy then one and two scores is equal to...
41
200
Jack and Jill Live five miles from each other. both live on the main road in jupiter. They both left home at 11:05 to meet at the hill which is 2 miles froms jacks house. They both walk at the same pace. jack spent 4 minutes in a coffe shop on the way but still arrived 7 minutes before Jill. When did Jack and Jill meet?
11:38
200
Katie had been given $25 to buy snacks for her friends. she bought cheetos at $1.40 each and Cheeze Whizz at $3.30 a can. She spent as much as possible without exceeding $25. How much money was left over?
ten cents
200
2 6 18 54 162 What is the 7th number in the sequence?
1458
200
A painter is given the task of painting numbers on the doors in a street. There are 100 houses. How many times does he need to paint the number 7?
20
300
If Billy walks for 25 minutes into the woods at 4.6 mph. the forest is made up of 32% redwood and the rest oak. how far can billy walk into the woods?
Halfway.
300
Bobs commute from work ivolves travelling by subway to Boston. it takes him 30 minutes to change platforms. the ride is 32.5 miutes and then he rides his horse back to his barn which takes 29 minutes unless his horse stops for s drink which takes an extra 15 minutes. Which problem solving strategy best fits this problem? A) Accounting for all possiblities B) Adopting a diffrent point of view C) considering extreme cases D) finding a procedure
D) finding a procedure
300
Photos of students are taken and offered for sale in various packages as follows: 2 large and 3 small: $8 3 large and 2 small: $9 4 large and 2 small: $11 These include the standard rate of shipping. What is the cost of shipping?
$1
300
The numbers on Center Street are numbered consecutively from 1 to 150. How many house numbers contain at least one digit 4?
33
300

I overheard part of a conversation today in which one person said "in my 4 digit PIN the first two digits are my house number, the middle two digits are a prime number and the last two digits are a square number. What is the last digit of this persons PIN?

6

400
I have 36in rims on 45in grappler wheels which i put on my 350hp mud truck. I want to drive 60 miles to my favorite mud hole. My truck does 120mph at full speed. If i get 8 mpg at 75mph how long will it take me to get to my favorite mud hole at half of my max speed?
1 hour.
400
Bill advertises and recieves orders for Tee shirts through his website. He buys blank shirts for $1 and uses $1 worth of paint to make the designs. He pays himself $6 per hour. He also pays himself 20% of the profit of the selling price. If it takes 90 minutes to make a shirt how much will he sell a shirt for?
$13.75
400
Ali Akbar was given 1050mL of a mysterious liquid. He wanted to divide it up entirely with his cult. Mohumad was given the smallest portion which was half of Osamas. Osama was given half of Ahmeds share. How much was Mohumads share.
300mL
400
Suppose you buy a rare stamp for $15 then sell it for $20 buy it back for $22 and finally sell it for $30. How much money did you make or lose in buying and selling this stamp?
You made $13
400
Tops and tips are the only two ways of scoring points in t-ball. The Eagles beat the Panthers 48-47. The panthers took the lead in the 3rd minutes scoring the only top of the day.They led the game until the last play where the Eagles claimed victory with a tip. Which is not the way the T-Ball scoring system works. A) TIP IS 2 TOP IS 5 B) TOP IS 5 TIP IS 3 C) TOP IS 7 TIP IS 2 D)TOP IS 7 TIP IS 4
C) TOP IS 7 TIP IS 2
500
An online book shop sells books for whole numbers of dollars and has an added cost for postage and packing as follows: $1 up to and including $10 $4 over $100 up to $1000 $4.75 over $1000 and up to $2000 for $101 of books it is cheaper to buy in two parts such as $50 and $51 and pay only $2 instead of $4 for shipping. what ranges is is cheaper to split an order into 2 or more parts? A $50-200 B $100-400 C $101-399 D $104-475
C
500
A group of 5 men load 90 logs on a truck in 15 minutes. About how long does it take a group of 3 men to load 120 log?
33 minutes.
500
The Fruit plants in my garden do not bear fruit in the first summer. The fruits are picked for the next two years and then the plants become too woody. Sometimes they die over winter. The last five years i had fruit on the following amount of trees. 0 11 20 27 19 Assuming no plants die this winter what is the fewest that i could have next summer.
0
500
5 oranges and a banana cost 87 cents. An orange and 5 bananas cost 99 cents. What is the total cost of two oranges and two bananas?
62 cents
500
Polly and Dolly have the same parents. Pollys son Wally is married to Dollys daughter Molly. They have one daughter Holly. Holly is making a family tree. What is the largest possible number of great great grandparents Holly will discover?
12
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