Elementary POW, December 4-8, 1995
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****************************************************** Elementary Problem of the Week, December 4-8, 1995 Pat Comerford-Haley, 4th grade teacher at Court St. School Lancaster, NY writes, "POW is one of the highlights of our week and we all look forward to receiving the problems and solutions.Since holiday catalogs are so plentiful at this time of the year, we will be doing a catalog math unit. I wonder if you have any money problems up your sleeves..." This one comes from Caroline Brennan, Drexel Hill School of the Holy Child, Drexel Hill, PA. She shared it with me several years ago when I was looking for problems for our annual "Math Week" celebration. If the letter a= 1 cent, b= 2 cents, c= 3 cents, and so on up to z= 26 cents, how many $1.00 words can you make? ***************************************************** This week's Bonus Puzzler was submitted by Katie Walder, Grade 9, Mount St. Joseph Academy, Flourtown, PA. Numbers occur in just about everything we do. Here are some common phrases with numbers in them. Example: 26 = L of the A Answer: 26 = letters of the alphabet Have fun and good luck! And remember, answer as many as you can. It doesn't matter if you're wrong, at least you tried! 1. 9 = P in the S. S. 2. 13 = S on the A. F. 3. 200 = D for P. G. in M. 4. 5 = D in a Z. C. 5. 10 = D in a T. N. (including the A. C.) ******************************************************
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Hi Problem Solvers,
Wait until you see the number of $1.00 words that were submitted for this
week's problem. My students and I were amazed. Special congratulations to
Mr. Philips' Sixth Grade Class--Heights Elementary School Sharon,
Massachusetts. They came up with 116 different words! Luckily, my students
were learning how to write programs for their TI-82 graphing calculators,
so they wrote a program to make checking the words easier. Have a great
week, and keep up the good work!
--Ruth
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1. The Bagnall School
Groveland, MA
Ms.Hilary Seager
Grade 4
MeaghanR., Meaghan L., Nick S., Julia C., & Mike D.(POW)
2. Georgetown Day School
Washington D.C.
Joan's 4th Grade
David M. Driscoll, Kevin Ohashi, and Cyrus Kharas (POW)
*3. Heights Elementary School
Sharon, Mass.
Mr. Philips' 6th Grade Class (POW & Bonus)
4. Jefferson Road School
Pittsford, NY
Ms. Pat Gaborski
Michelle, Sherri, Katie, Dan, Peter, Krissy, and Jesse. (POW & Bonus)
5. Lincoln Elementary School
Burlingame, CA
Mrs. Kaye's 3rd Grade
Christopher, Mike, Brian, Ryan & Shane (POW & Bonus)
Alexandra Haderer (Bonus), Ashleigh Behravesh (Bonus),
6. Munsey Park School
Manhasset, NY
Mrs. Hirn's 4th Grade Class
Andrew Abbott, Ryan Drago and Anita Minakyan (POW)
7. St. Mary's School
Tinconderoga, NY
Mr. Hoop's 4th & 5th Grade
Jenna Weilacher,Grade 4 (POW), Suzanne LeBarron, Grade 4 (POW &
Bonus), Jamie Burris, Grade 4 (Bonus), Keri Ott ,Grade 4 (Bonus), Shylah
Ross , Grade 5 (POW), Sarah Leclaire, Grade 4 (POW &Bonus), Emily Hoops,
Grade 5 ((POW &Bonus), Lindsay Hurlburt, Grade 4, (POW & Bonus)
8. Center School
Stow, MA
Mrs. Pensa's 3rd Grade
Chaz Rosenberg (POW & Bonus)
9. Whitehouse Elementary
Jacksonville, Florida
Mr. Roberts' 5th Grade
Jessica Pounds & Megan Klaas (POW & Bonus)
10. William Howard Taft Elementary
Boise, Idaho
Ms. Coles/ Mrs. Crisp 4th Grade
Chris and Adam (POW)
* Ms. Coles/ Mrs. Louie 4th Grade
Aaron (POW)
Ms. Coles/ Muram-McCaw 4th Grade
Robert (POW)
11. Underhill School
Maidstone, Kent, England
Mr. Grant Whitaker's class Form 4
Richard Gibson (POW & Bonus)
12. Marzoff elementary School
Pittsburgh, PA
Mr. Monteleone Grade 5
Brittany Kress (POW)
13. Immaculate Heart of Mary School
Phila., PA
Lisa Simmons Grade 6
Mr. Philips' Sixth Grade Class--Heights Elementary School Sharon,
Massachusetts
Based on the premise that each letter of the alphabet has a monetary value
( a=1 cent , b=2 cents, and so on until z=26 cents), we found the following
words that are worth $1.00. Our source of confirmation for any questionable
words was "WEBSTER'S NEW WORLD DICTIONARY" SECOND COLLEGE EDITION,
copyright 1986
QUARTER ELEPHANTS ADULTHOOD TRACTION
AWFULLY CULTURE WEDNESDAY REPRESS
TUMMIES UNDERLAY WRITING
SOOTHER
LIGHTNING TELEPHONE RAINCOATS BOOZERS
ASBESTOS WATCHDOGS SQUARES RESHOOT
NOSEBLEEDS COSTUMED SHATTERED SETTLES
COMPANION ARRIVALS WASHINGS THIRTY
SERVICES CARPENTER RESTORE PLUMULE
SELECTIVE DISCIPLINE RESEACHER TURKEY
JUNKETS CONGRESS FOUNTAIN
STARLING
PRESSER PLASTERED SHADOWING SHIVERS
RESPONDED PRACTICING ANALYSIS SPARKLER
BEGINNINGS RICOCHET PUMPKIN STATUS
KISSERS LANDSCAPING SCREWIER STYLES
COURSES OVERBOARD TOILETS
OUTFLANK APPLYING APPOINTED
ADDRESSING OUTTALK TWISTED
SWIMMER PROBLEMS ATTITUDE
SIMULATE SHOOTER TOOTING
SYNDICATE VARIETY STRANGLED
NUTTY HOOTERS WHOLESALE
EQUALIZED EXPLAINS TRIPLET
FRIENDLIER PERMITS SQUAWS
THICKENING PERSONAL UNEQUALED
RETIRING HIGHWAYS PROCURED
SPIRITED TELEGRAMS GOVERNS
CHIMPANZEE VACUUMS TWISTED
ELSEWHERE DELIVERY HOSPITAL
SOURCES TALLYING STOOLS
GLITTERED ROCKIEST FRESHEST
MOURNS PRINTER REPRINT
EXCELLENT SWIRLS GENERATING
GROUPER POURING POUNDING
STOOGES SMIRKING SQUINT
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>From Richard Gibson, Mr. Whitaker's class Form 4 , Underhill School,
Maidstone, Kent, England
Starting with a list of all the letters and numbers a=1, b=2 etc. I
discovered the following words
useless
21+19+5+12+5+19+19
weavings
23+5+1+22+9+14+7+19
pussy
16+21+19+19+25
traction
20+18+1+3+20+9+15+14
towers
20+15+23+5+18+19
ornament
15+18+14+1+13+5+14+20
towards
20+15+23+1+18+4+19
posting
16+15+19+20+9+14+7
carpenter
3+1+18+16+5+14+20+5+18
stress
19+20+18+5+19+19
telephone
20+5+12+5+16+8+15+14+5
whiskey
23+8+9+19+11+5+25
companion
3+15+13+16+1+14+9+15+14
Number puzzles:
9 P in the SS= Planets in the Solar System 13 S on the AF= Stipes on the
American Flag 200 D for PG in M = Dollars for passing go in Monopoly ( in
England!) 5 Digits in a Zip Code
10 D in a TN (including AC) Digits in a Telephone Number (including Area
Code)
Grant Whitaker
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I can make 10 one dollar words:
telephone
pumpkin
turkey
elephants
telegrams
wizards
highways
telescope
Wednesday
ornament
Brittany Kress
Grade 5
Marzoff Elementary School
Pittsburgh, PA
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Hi Ruth,
Boy, this one was a tough one for the kids to start with but they attacked
it with great gusto!
The kids are Meaghan R., Meaghan L., Nick S., Julia C. & Mike D. They are
4th graders at The Bagnall School in Groveland, MA
Words found: quarter, maximize, sunfast, geographer, excellent, squares,
writing, Wednesday, lightning.
We couldn't find any words in the beginning so our teacher told us to list
the most common letters found in words and write then down and their
values. Then when wrote down some of the letters that had high values like
y and w and u. Then we tried to make words using those letters. That' how
we found writing. We also totalled the endings like -ing, -ed,-es, and -ly.
If we found a word that didn't add to one hundred, we tried to make 100 by
adding one of the endings on it.
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POW December 4, 1995
If the letter a= 1 cent, b= 2 cents, c= 3 cents, and so on up to z= 26
cents, how many $1.00 words can you make?
David M. Driscoll, Kevin Ohashi, and Cyrus Kharas from Joan's 4th grade
Georgetown Day School Washington DC.
Answers: ATTITUDE, PREVENT, TELEPHONE, SHATTERED, PERSONAL, THIRTY,,
SWIMMER, QUARTER, and TOILETS all = $1.00.
TOO, PAUL, and NAPS = $.50
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Hi Mrs. Carver,
I tried many words, but only came up with four. Her are some of the
words that I tried: computer- 111; swingset- 116; swimming-107; flowers- 98;
pansies- 89; picture- 92; cassette- 92; sweater- 91; thumbtack- 99; staples-
92; pillows- 106; adventure- 110; cartridge- 102; magnificient- 98; sneakers-
92; aquarium-101; spectrum- 112; imfamous- 97; certificate- 99; geometry-
108; wreath- 75; mathematics- 112; arithmatic- 102; monotone- 111; utility-
116; trapezoid- 114; zoology- 115; daughter- 84; and many more. (I would
type in the rest, but my hand is hurting.)
The words that added up to a dollar were Wednesday, telephone, internet*
(105), and thumbtacks* (118).
Thanks for helping me with my answer.
--- Lisa Simmons, Immaculate Heart of Mary School, Phila., PA, Grade 6
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Chaz Rosenberg - Mrs. Pensa's 3rd grade class - Center School - Stow MA
1. The words that I got were: Wednesday - Elephants - Telephone
Bonus
1. 9 = Planets in the Solar System
2. 13 = Stripes on the American Flag
3. 200 = Dollars for Passing Go in Monopoly
4. 5 = Digits in a Zip Code
5. 10 = Digits in a Telephone Number (including the Area Code)
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Hi!,
Here is the answer to the Problem of the Week: We found out that you can
only make one word that will add up to $1.00.The answer is problems.
* Bonus Puzzler*
1. 9=planets in the solar system
2. 13=stripes on the American Flag
3. We could not figure out this one
4. 5=digits in the zip code
5. 10=digits in a telephone number (including the area code.)
Problem Solvers,
Jessica Pounds & Megan Klaas
Mr. Roberts 5th grade Whitehouse Elem. Jacksonville,Florida
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Chris and Adam
Fourth grade
Ms. Coles / Mrs. Crisp
Willam Howard Taft Elementary
Boise, Idaho
We worked together and made a chart for the value of each number. Then we
just started trying words. We started with our spelling words, state names
and words from our Idaho history book. We finally came up with Wednesday
and telephone.
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Aaron
fourth grade
ms. coles / mrs. louie
William Howard Taft Elementary
Boise, Idaho
First I made a chart for all the letters. Then I started looking for words.
first I did all the days of the week. then I was on WEDNESDAY and it was
$1.00
I looked on the instruction manual and tryed WIZARDS,and it equaled $1.00
watching basketball i saw scoreboard, it equaled 1.00
i droped a quarter yesterday and thought abouT QUARTER
we were doing shapes in school and i thought of SQUARE
I looked at a piece of paper and it said SERVICES
i tried to explain this to my mom and came up with EXPLAINS
i went to Sunday School, it is called PRIMARY
i was writing a story and used the word PREVENT
i got i got and EXCELENT on my paper
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Robert
Ms. Coles/ Muram-McCaw
William Howard Taft Elementary
Boise, Idaho
I looked in the newspaper in the sports section and saw a big caps
scooreboard and I thought I should try it and I ws right. The next day I
asked Aron if he had any words yet and he said yes so I said how many do
you have? He had 2. I told him my words and he told me his. The next day I
was thinking so I tried seashells and it was 81 cents so I just added an
-s- and it equaled $1.00.
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Our names are Andrew Abbott, Ryan Drago and Anita Minakyan (We worked in a
group). We are in grade four. We are all in Mrs. Hirn's Class. And we go to
Munsey Park School.
Here are our answers ...
1. espouse
2. biography* (101)
3. telephone
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>From Jefferson Road School, Pittsford, New York
Answer to problem of the week, after many, many, tries with several long
words. We only came up with 2 words: problems and telephone. Bonus problem:
1. Planets in the solar system
2. Stripes on the American flag
Answers submitted by Michelle, Sherri, Katie, Dan, Peter, Krissy, and Jesse.
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