1. BOUNCE, BOUNCE ... Fay's rubber ball bounces exactly half the height from which it is dropped. She drops the ball from the top of a building that is 64 meters tall. How high will the ball bounce on its elghth bounce?DOUBLE YOUR TREASURE A goblin miner ears 1 cent the first day, 2 cents the second day, 4 cents the third day, 8 cents the fourth day, and so on, doubling the amount each day. How much will the miner earn in 30 days?CROSS SUM In each cross puzzle below, place the numbers 1, 2,3, 4, 5 in the squares, so that the sum of three numbers in a vertical or horizontal line equals the sum given above that puzzle. sum = 8 sum = 9 sum = 102, SUM OF THIRTEEN Place the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 in the eight circles so that the sum of the numbers in any line equals 13.2. MAGIC SQUARE Make amagic square by placing the digits 1 through 9 in the square below so that the sum of the three numbers in any vertical, horizontal, or diagonal line equals 15.2. SUM OF THIRTEEN Place the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,8 inthe eight circles so that the sum of the numbers in any line equals 13.3. SUM PATTERN Find the following sum: 13+15+174+13415417413+15+174 134154174194 15+17+13+15+17 Look for patterns. (No calculators allowed.)3. SUM FUN Find a quick and easy method to compute the sum of the first 100 counting numbers. (No calculators allowed.) 1+24+34+4+5+--.+97 + 98 + 99 + 1003. TRIANGULAR NUMBERS A triangular number is a number that can be represented by dots arranged in a triangular shape as shown below. The first four triangular numbers are 1, 3, 6, 10. What is the 10th triangular number? The 20th? The 100th? Triangular Numbers 1st 2nd 3rd 4th e e ee e ee eee e ee eee ee ee4. DIAGONAL COUNT4. ALL SHAKE Eight people meet at a party. They all exchange handshakes. How many handshakes are exchanged? Sea ool4. JODY’S WARDROBE Jody's favorite clothes include four T-shirts, three pairs of designer jeans, and two pairs of sandals. How many days in a row could she wear a different outfit using her favorite clothes?5. RED PAINT There are 27 small cubes arranged in a3 by 3 by 3 cube. The top and sides of the large cube are painted red. How many of the 27 small cubes have 0 faces painted? 1 face? 2 faces? 3 faces? 4 faces? 5 faces? 6 faces?5. RED AND WHITE CUBE A3by 3 by 3 cube can be built with red cubes and white cubes so that no white faces touch and no red faces touch. How would you do this? How many small red faces and how many gmail white faces will be visible on the large cube?5. MULTICOLORED CUBE Arrange 9 red cubes, 9 blue cubes, and 9 white cubes in a large 3 by 3 by 3 cube so that no row or column of cubes contains two cubes of the same color.6. DIGIT ALICE How many different three-digit numbers can be written using the digits 4, 5, 6, and 7? (Use each digit only once in a number.) 3-DIGIT NUMBERS.6. ONE-TWO-THREE How many different two-digit numbers and how many different three-digit numbers can be 2-DIGIT 3-DIGIT written using the digits 1, 2, and 3? (Use each digit only once in a number.)6. WIN, PLACE, AND SHOW ‘Eight runners are entered in the 1000-meter run. How many different first, second, and third place finishes could possibly occur?7. FIRST FOUR Using all four of the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 and the operations +, —, x, +, make equations that equal 0 through 10. (You may use the numbers and operations in any order, and you may use an operation more than once.) Example: (2 x 3)-4+1=3 Ul “API8. STAR STITCH How many different triangles are in this star?7. EQUATION PUZZLE Using all four of the numbers 8, 4, 2, 1 in that order, make equations that equal 0 through 10. (You may use the operations +, —, x, + in any order and any number of times.) Example: 8 — 4+ (2x 1)=67. FOUR FOURS Using exactly four 4s and the operations +, —, x, and +, make equations that equal 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9.8. FRAME GAME How many different rectangles can you count in this figure?8. FIND THE RULE Discover the rule for finding the number of different rectangles in a square grid containing c¢ columns and r rows.9. FOUR SQUARES Find the five different shapes that can be made using four squares which share at least one edge with another square. Note: These squares share an edge. These squares do not share an edge. LJ9, PAINTOMINOES There are 12 different shapes that can be made using five squares with common edges. The shapes are called pentominoes. Example: \) ® Can you find all 12 pentominoes? ‘9. POLYGON PARADE Show how four identical isosceles right triangles can be placed together to form . a rectangle that isn't a square. . two different parallelograms that aren’t rectangles . a square . a triangle . @ trapezoid moO Op lsosceles right triangle10. DRAW ONE What are the chances of drawing a red card from a regular 52-card deck of playing cards? What are the chances of drawing a spade? A 5? A black 3? A 7 of clubs?10. PASCAL’S TRIANGLE The triangle shown below is called Pascal's triangle. What numbers are in the next row of this triangle? What patterns can you find in the rows and diagonals of the triangle?10. WIN A TRIP? Three students will represent your school ata conference at the state capitol. A drawing will be held to select the three representatives from a group of five finalists. If you and your friend are both finalists, what are the chances that both of your names will be drawn?11. PRIME SEARCH The sum of the digits of an odd two-digit prime number is 11. The tens digit is greater than the ones digit. What is the number?11. CANOE SOLVE THIS? A woman wants to take her fox, chicken, and bag of corn across the river in her canoe. The canoe can hold only one thing in addition to the woman. If left alone, the fox would eat the chicken, or the chicken would eat the corn. How can the woman take everything across the river safely?Last Tuesday on flight #196 to Denver, Mrs. Jones, Miss Smith, and in row 13. Atone Particular time, all of the following were true: A B. Cc. D. E. - 11. PLANE LOGIC Mr. Bond were seated together . Mrs. Jones had her traytable down. - The person sitting in the window seat was to the left of the other two. . Mr. Bond was sitting next to Mrs. Jones. The lady in the center was reading a magazine. . Miss Smith was reading a book. . Miss Smith was the stepdaughter of the person on Mr. Bond's left. Who was sitting in the aisle seat?12. BRETT’S AGE Brett's father is four times as old as Brett is now. In four years, Brett’s age will be one-third of his father’s age. How old are they now?12. FERDINAND’S FOUNTAIN Ferdinand has a three-liter unmarked container, a five-liter unmarked container, and an unlimited supply of root beer. How can he use them to measure out four liters of root beer?12. FOOL’S GOLD A jeweler has four small bars that are supposed to be gold. He knows that one is counterfeit. The counterfeit bar has a slightly different weight than a real gold bar. Using only a balance scale, how can the jeweler find the counterfeit bar?13. FOUR WEIGHTS Using a balance scale, you must be able to balance every whole kilogram amount from 1 kg through 15 kg. You may choose four standard weights to use, each a different number of kilograms. Which weights should you choose?13. CHAIN REACTION How can a chain with 63 links be cut in three places so that you could hand a person any number of links from 1 to 63? (A cut link is still counted as a link.)13. IT’S MAGIC If you know how to use the “magic cards” below, you can ask a friend to think of a secret number between 1 and 31. Then ask your friend to answer “yes” or “no” to each of the following questions: “Is the secret number on card #1? On #2? On #3? On #4? On #5?” After your friend has answered each question, you can say what the secret number is. Before you learn the “magic trick,” can you figure it out? card #1 card #2 4 5 6 7 12 13 14 15 20 21 22 23 28 29 30 31 card #3 card #4 card #514, FAST DRAW Form exactly two squares by drawing five lines. By drawing six lines. By drawing seven lines.14. ONE FOR ALL What is the greatest number of Pieces you can cut a cake into by making four straight cuts with a knife?14. SQUARE SHARE Lines can divide squares into smaller squares. The table below shows the number of lines required to divide a square into a certain number of smaller squares. Can you see a pattern that would tell you how many lines would be required to divide a square into 100 smaller squares? Into 400 smaller squares? Into n smaller squares? Number of Number smaller squares of lines 4 2 9 4 | Ohi Ag . lines 25 ie 8 36 10 100 400 n (J 4 lines 9 smaller squares15. PRIME TIME A prime number is a number that has no factors except for one and itself. Can you list the first ten prime numbers? (The number one is not considered a prime number.)15. GOLDBACH’S CONJECTURE Itis believed that every even number greater than four can be expressed as the sum of two primes. Examples: 68 = 7 + 61 12=547 Can you find sums for all of the two-digit even numbers? \ \ H15. FUNDAMENTAL THEOREM The Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic states that every natural number can be expressed as the product of prime numbers in only one way. Find the prime factorizations of 357 and 10,780. ... factorizations of land 10,780?16. ROLL-A-SUM Roll a pair of dice 36 times. Record the sums. Which sum appeared most often? Which sum appeared least often? Do you think the chances are the same for rolling any sum from 2 through 12? Why?Apair of regular dice, one green and one red, are rolled. Make a list of all the combinations that could come up. For each possible sum, what are the chances that the sum will be 16. TUMBLERS rolled? Red die | Green die | Sum] [Red die | Green die [Sum 1 1 2 4 1 2 3 4 1 3 4 1 4 4 1 5 4 1 6 4 2 1 3 5 2 2 4 2 3 2 2 | 2 | 3 1 | 3 | 3 3 3 3 6 6 1216. DICE THRICE Rolling three regular dice, what is the smallest sum that could be rolled? What is the largest sum? How many different ways could a sum of ten be rolled?