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Catching Up! - Kristina Lasher
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Marika is catching up to her father's age. How can that be? ... more>>

Cool Cubes - Heather Cool and Lisa Lavelle
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Can Jackie really mark her cubes so that each sum from 1 to 36 is possible? ... more>>

Eating Grapes - Claire Mead
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. How many grapes did Angela eat on Monday? ... more>>

Fish in a Barrel - Claire Mead
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Find out how many fish Jake, Herman and Luke each took home from their fishing trip. ... more>>

Growing Worms - Claire Mead
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Find a pattern to predict the growth of worms made of triangles. ... more>>

I Like to Palindrive! - Kristina Lasher
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. How many palindromic numbers will appear on Kristina's odometer in October, 2003? ... more>>

Lighting the Menorah - Lillian Ray and Claire Mead
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 1. How many candles are used during Chanukah? ... more>>

Mini-Movie Theater Seating - Chrissy Stewart (adapted)
teacher support active problem Elementary, difficulty level 3. How many rowdy kids can sit in the Mini-Movie Theater? ... more>>

Monmouth Mountain Bikes - Kristina Lasher
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 1. How many mountain bikes will have the highest level of safety testing? ... more>>

More Mowing Madness - George Miller and Lisa Lavelle
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 4. Where should Matt and Georgette change places to evenly split their "Matt-mowing" work? ... more>>

Mystery Numbers - CanSchoolNet - revised
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Fill in the missing numbers on an ancient scroll. ... more>>

Olympic Rings Repair - Lisa Lavelle
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Help answer Jellybean's question about the Olympic rings. ... more>>

Pirate Treasure * - Claire Mead
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. How many trips will it take to get the pirates and their treasure back to the ship? ... more>>

Pondering Palindromes - Mary DeYoung & class
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 1. Explore 4-digit palindromes and find something else they have in common. ... more>>

Set a Date - Lisa Lavelle (with help from Judy Ann Brown)
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Explore an interesting detail about a given date, and find six more dates with the same quality. ... more>>

Stained Glass Window - Jackson First Year Algebra Class
teacher support active problem Elementary, difficulty level 5. Find the size of a stained glass window for my front door. ... more>>

Teresa's Tiles - Kristina Lasher
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. How many square tiles does Teresa need to cover her bathroom floor? ... more>>

Tricky Triangles - Lisa Lavelle
teacher support active problem Elementary, difficulty level 3. Arrange six toothpicks to create special triangles. ... more>>

Video Trading - Joyce Hoellein & Class
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Determine the number of trades necessary for each of the 4-H members to see each of the video tapes. ... more>>

Zoo Train - Claire Mead
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. How many passengers boarded the zoo train? ... more>>

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