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    2018-2019

    Archived Problems of the Week   

     Solutions

    POW #1: Caravan of Camels

    The camel caravan had 61 camels.

      POW #2:  What Time is It? The sum of the digits will equal six at total of 72 times in 24 hours. (36 times from noon to midnight)
     POW#3: Building Blocks  There will be 26 white blocks around 10 black blocks. 
    POW #4:  Handshakes After the Red Sox game, there was a total of 91 handshakes (13+12+11+10...+1)
    POW #5: Elevator Ride The cafeteria is on the 19th floor.
     
    POW #6: An Odd Sum
    The 3 consecutive odd numbers with a sum of 111 are: 35, 37, 39.
    POW #7: You Go Girls
    10 Girls are not on any team.
    POW #8:  Happy New Year: 2019!
    Yes, the students will count to 2,019 before noon. They will finish counting before 8:34 am.
    POW#9:  100th Day Potato Challenge
     There are many possible solutions.
    POW #10: Fruit Stand
    Alex spends 30 cents in total (apple costs 11 cents, pear costs 14 cents and a banana costs 5 cents).
    POW #11: Boxed In
    There are 52 small cubes that touch the box (64 cubes - 12 cubes in center on top 3 rows = 52).
    POW #12: That's a Lot of Nickels
    One meter of nickels would be worth about $25.00
    POW #13: Coin Star
    The coin that belongs in the center of the bottom row is a quarter, or 25 cents.
    POW #14: Folded Square
    The perimeter of the original square piece of paper was 48 inches.
    POW #15: Tangram Money
     It would cost $4.00 to make the whole tangram puzzle if one small triangle costs 25 cents to make.

     

     
     

John Pierce School

​​Pierce at OLS (K-5)
194 Boylston Street
Office: 617-730-2580
Fax: 617-264-6468
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Pierce at Fisher Hill (6-8)
150 Fisher Ave
Office: 617-730-2581
Fax: 617-265-6468
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Brookline, MA 02445

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