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Strickland’s Math Challenge

Strickland’s Math Challenge. “I love me, some me.”. Introduction. You will be presented with a problem In your group, answer the question Look at your choices A vote will be taken Each group gets one vote The winning choice is the answer Click the gray button next to the selection.

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Strickland’s Math Challenge

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  1. Strickland’sMath Challenge “I love me, some me.”

  2. Introduction • You will be presented with a problem • In your group, answer the question • Look at your choices • A vote will be taken • Each group gets one vote • The winning choice is the answer • Click the gray button next to the selection

  3. Question Number 1: A: Kim has 1 person in front of her B: Kim has five people in front of her C: Kim has 3 people in front of her • Three girls are the caboose for their respective lines. There are three more people in front of Kim than in front of Sharon, and twice as many in front of Camille as in front of Sharon. The total people in front of the girls is 11. How many people are in front of Kim?

  4. Correct • If Sharon has two students, then Kim would have five, and Camille would have four, giving a total of eleven students.

  5. Question #2 • Finish this pattern • 0, 0, 1, 4, 10, 20, 35, ___, ___ • A (55, 84) • B (56, 85) • C (56, 84) • D (55, 85)

  6. Correct: • Look at the difference between the numbers • 0 , 0 , 1 , 4 , 10 , 20 , 35 • 0 , 1 , 3 , 6 , 10 , 15 • 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,… …continue the pattern on the third level then work your way back up.

  7. Final Question: A: 24 Horses B: 50 Horses C: 74 Horses D: 122 Horses • One day, a person went to a horse race. Instead of counting the number of human and horses, he counted 74 heads and 196 legs. Yet he knew he could figure out how many humans and horses there were. How could he do it? How many horses are there?

  8. Correct! • 24 Horse (heads) X 4 legs = 96 legs • 50 human (heads) X 2 legs = 100 • = 74 Heads & 196 Legs • You have completed Strickland’s Challenge!

  9. Oops! Wrong Answer • You have failed Strickland’s Challenge. • Maybe next time.

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