Problem+of+the+Week

While problem of the week is assigned on Monday, sometimes the skills needed to solve the problem are not covered until later in the week. They are due Friday.



I have a 5 scoop ice cream cone. Each of my 5 scoops is a different flavor of ice cream. The five flavors are blueberry, chocolate, strawberry, vanilla and bubble gum. You don't know what order my ice cream flavors are from top to bottom. However, here are some clues to see if you can figure out what flavors are from top to bottom: 1. The bottom flavor has 10 letters.2. The vanilla scoop touches both the chocolate and blueberry scoop.3. Vanilla is below the chocolate scoop but above the bubblegum scoop. Can you apply some logic to figure out the order of scoops by flavor?

Mrs. Bub baked apple pies for her family. Mr. Bub ate 1/2 of a pie and the girls ate 1/8 of a pie. How much more pie did Mr. Bub eat than the girls?  6 and 5/6 mini pizzas were left in the fridge. Ben ate 1 and 2/3 of them. How much pizza is left for Mr. Bub?

Odin, Anika, and Anthony had a contest to see whose paper airplane could fly the farthest. Odin’s went 8.6 meters, Anika’s went 8.245 meters, and Anthony’s went 8.35 meters. Who won the contest?

Kolby painted 76 eggs. He made up baskets with 11 eggs in each to give away to his friends. He gave the rest to his brother Sean. How many eggs did Sean get? How many baskets were made?

 Bella had 30 cookies to bring to school for her birthday. Three students wanted two cookies each. Then, a new student came to the school that day and he wanted three cookies. How many cookies did Bella have left to pass out after giving those cookies out? Your favorite aunt is flying to your house next month. She’s coming in from New York and it’s a five hour flight. She lives 3060 miles away from you. How fast is the plane going(on average)?

Mr. Bub found 43 crayons in his cabinet. He found some more in his desk. He counted a total of 72 crayons. How many crayons did he ﬁnd in his desk? He wanted to distribute an equal amount of crayons for 6 of his students. How many crayons would each student get? You must write an equation to solve.

Kolby wanted to bulk up for the upcoming football season. He began lifting weights. Below is a chart of   how his progress went. How much could he lift on the fifth month?

1 75.25   2 80.5    3 85.75    4 91    5 ?

Kaitlyn was assigned a lot of conversions to complete over the weekend. While completing them she wondered which system of measurement was easier to convert. Complete the conversions below. Write two things you notice about converting in metric and in customary. State which one you think is easier. Be sure to support your answer with at least 2 reasons.

Jordan is going to climb the hill behind the school on Saturday with his best friend. They are going to begin their hike at the school. What would be the best metric measure to determine the distance they will travel during their adventure? His best friend, Enzo, is bringing along water to drink. If each boy drinks several cups of water each time they stop for a drink, which metric measure should they use to be sure they have enough water? Jordan and Enzo are each going to carry a backpack on the trip to place little things they find on their adventure in and to hold their lunches. What metric measure would be best if you were going to weigh each backpack? Write a short summary describing the metric measure you selected for each question above. Remember to explain why it is the best choice.

Tyana rents a movie that is 1 hour and 24 minutes long. She starts watching the movie at 5:15 P.M. Explain what time will the movie end? Please show all your work.

Anika baked 8 dozen cookies to sell at Festival Pride Day. Kendall also baked some cookies for the bake sale. Kendall baked half as many cookies as Anika. How many cookies did Samantha bake?

James earned 3 dollars a week for eight weeks. Dominique earned some money as well. James earned four times as much as Dominique. How much did Dominique earn?

Mrs. Jones wants to fence her garden and lay carpet in her living room. The length of her garden is 6 feet and the width is 4 feet. How much fencing will Mrs. Jones need to enclose her garden? If her living room is a square that is 5 feet in length, how many square feet of carpet will she need to cover the living room?

Nathan got a brand new bag of marbles for the holidays. He told Odin that he could pick any 2 marbles from his bag. What are all of the possible outcomes that Odin could pick out of the bag? red, red, red, blue, blue, yellow, green 

Sean has a red shirt, blue shirt, and a yellow shirt. He also has blue jeans, shorts, and pants. How many possible outfit combinations can Sean make from the two sets of items?

Look at the number sequence below. Explain the rule and fill in the blanks below. 3, 6, 12, 24, 48, _, 192, _ What is the rule? Cinnabon sold 497 cinnamon rolls this weekend. It takes about 4 tablespoons of cinnamon to make each cinnamon roll, about how many tablespoons of cinnamon were used?

Adrian invited 530 people to his birthday party. The benches at his house fit 4 people. How many benches will Adrian need? How many people will sit on benches that are not full?

Noelle’s older sister is in college. Her sister and her three roommates want to buy a new stereo that costs $764. If they split the cost of the stereo evenly, how much should each student pitch in?

 10-24-11: Four swimmers were competing in a race. Kellyn swam in 13.085 seconds, Leo finished in 13.11 seconds, Odin in 13.009 seconds, and Trevor in 13 seconds exactly. Which swimmer won the race? Who came in second? Who came in third place? Who was the last swimmer in the race? Mr. Bub has 22 students in his class. He needs to order pencils for his class. He wants to buy 12 dozen per student for the school year. How many pencils does Mr. Bub need to purchase? Kaitlyn baked some cookies for the talent show. She was able to put 12 cookies (or 1 dozen) on each cookie sheet. If she baked 45 dozen cookies, then how many total cookies did Kaitlyn have for the talent show? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #f90606; direction: ltr; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 37px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.3in; margin-top: 6.24pt; text-indent: -0.3in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;">Jordan got a brand new quiz game for his birthday. It was called “Shiny Frog”. When you get a question right one of the frogs light up. If you get it wrong, it stays unlit. He played one round. What fraction of the questions did he get right? What fraction did he get wrong? Convert these two fractions to decimals and percents. You should have 6 total answers (2 fractions, 2 decimals, 2 percents). <span style="direction: ltr; display: block; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.3in; margin-top: 6.24pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.3in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="direction: ltr; font-size: 160%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.3in; margin-top: 6.24pt; text-indent: -0.3in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;">4 are lit 6 are not

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<span style="direction: ltr; display: block; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.3in; margin-top: 6.24pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.3in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="direction: ltr; display: block; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.3in; margin-top: 6.24pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.3in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="direction: ltr; display: block; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.3in; margin-top: 6.24pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.3in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #f21818; direction: ltr; display: block; font-family: constantia; font-size: 33pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.3in; margin-top: 6.24pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.3in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;">9-12-11Keylln bought 2.61 pounds of ground beef, 4.1 pounds of tomatoes and 1.96 pounds of chicken. How much did these three items weigh altogether? <span style="direction: ltr; display: block; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.3in; margin-top: 6.24pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.3in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="direction: ltr; display: block; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.3in; margin-top: 6.24pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.3in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="direction: ltr; display: block; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.3in; margin-top: 6.24pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.3in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="direction: ltr; display: block; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.3in; margin-top: 6.24pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.3in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #800000; direction: ltr; display: block; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 28pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.3in; margin-top: 6.24pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.3in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;">Olivia is sending out a holiday card with a picture on it. How long of a card would be needed to mount a picture 6 1/2 inches in width, leaving a margin of 3 1/2 inches on each side? <span style="color: #ee1717; display: block; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 30pt; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">8-29-2011Chloe went to the supermarket. She bought 8 dozen eggs, 7 six-packs of Coca-Cola, 6 ten-packs of Capri-Sun, 20 cartons of milk, and 9 pairs of paper towels. How many individual items did Chloe purchase? Will she be able to give 18 different households at least one of every individual item? 8-21-11 Noelle found a treasure map. The map was broken up   into a grid that had 10 points on it’s x axis and 10 on its y    axis. She found a gold coin at 2,3. She found a diamond at 3,4 and a gold crown at 4,5. Show Noelle’s map locations on a 10 by 10 grid. Where do you think Noelle should look next?

Kendall loves watching television. She was so into it that he decided to find out what was the most watched show in the 4 th and 5 th grades. She found that:12 kids like to watch Phineas and Ferb, 16 kids watch I Carly, 11 kids like Sponge Bob, and 13 kids watch Most Extreme. Help Kendall out by putting this in an appropriate graph for her.