MATH PROBLEM OF THE WEEK

SAILING THE OCEAN BLUE

In 62 days at sea, Ferdinand’s boat traveled 5580 miles. What was the average speed of Ferdinand’s boat, in miles per hour? Express your answer as a decimal to the nearest hundredth.

In 62 days at sea, Christopher’s boat traveled a distance that was 1/3 farther than the distance Ferdinand’s boat traveled during the same amount of time. If 1 nautical mile is about 1.15 miles, approximately how many nautical miles did Christopher’s boat travel in 62 days at sea? Express your answer as a decimal to the nearest hundredth.

A knot is a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour. What was Christopher’s average speed, in knots, during his 62 days at sea? Express your answer as a decimal to the nearest hundredth.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Thanksgiving is sometimes referred to as “Turkey Day.” Last year in the United States 240 million turkeys were produced. The majority of those Turkeys were produced by just nine states. Minnesota produced 1/5 of those turkeys, the most of any of the nine states. Combined, the next three largest producers of turkeys, Arkansas, North Carolina and Indiana, accounted for 1/3 of those turkeys. Missouri, Virginia, California, Pennsylvania and Ohio rounded out the group of nine states, producing a combined 1/4 of those turkeys. Together, the remaining 41 states produced x million turkeys last year. What is the value of x?

USED CAR

The Wheel Shop

The Wheel Shop two kinds of vehicles. There are bicycles and go-carts in the shop. Each bicycle has only one seat and each go-cart has only one seat. There are a total of 21 seats and 54 wheels in the shop.

How many are bikes and how many are go-carts?

12 Comments to

“MATH PROBLEM OF THE WEEK”

January 29th, 2015 at 8:55 pm Reply Kiara K. Says:
Our class thinks that math is hard but i enjoy math so much because it is easy not hard what do you think math is hard or easy. 🙂
- February 2nd, 2015 at 6:15 pm Reply Dog man Says:
  We appreciate your comment. Thankyou for commenting. I sometimes find math difficult too. But most of the time math is easy for me.
February 2nd, 2015 at 6:06 pm Reply American boy Says:
Super easy beacause math is my favorite subject.
February 2nd, 2015 at 6:14 pm Reply Baseball Kid Says:
It depends on what kind of math problem it is because I think math word problems are hard but an algebra problem is not that hard for me.
March 2nd, 2015 at 10:11 pm Reply Dominik H.(Mrs.Rutschke's Class) Says:
If I have done the math correctly I believe that I can answer the valentines day one. There are 22 people in her class including herself,because if 2/3 were from girls then 1/3 were from boys and 1/3 represents 7 so 7×3+=21+1+ 22!! As you can tell I like math a little.
March 20th, 2015 at 5:41 pm Reply Dominick G (from Mrs.Rutschke's class) Says:
I think this are cool and they make u think witch was hard for me but aver all good job on the problems the one I found really hard was the last one
March 20th, 2015 at 5:41 pm Reply Dayton M. Says:
I like the problems there were my class and I were having lots of troubles with the Valentines Day one.
March 20th, 2015 at 5:42 pm Reply Blain P. (Caroline) Says:
I liked it because it stretched your brain and our class could not find the answer to the second one of the valentines day. I liked the first one.
March 20th, 2015 at 5:42 pm Reply Jessica Says:
This was really fun but I did not get valentines day pleases continues making theses
March 20th, 2015 at 5:42 pm Reply Jared F. ( Mrs. Rutschke's class) Says:
I know the answer to the tower high math question. You time 19 by 2 and get 38.
May 5th, 2015 at 8:13 am Reply Michael Says:
These are really tricky Math questions! 🙂
- May 5th, 2015 at 1:48 pm Reply Mrs. Gillum Says:
  Which problems did you try, Michael? The class in Canada tried some together as a class. If you tell me which problem you like best, I will post the answer. Or I will just give you a hint on how some of my students solved it. We love math!