Spartan Mathletics

Problem of the week Teachers Classes Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 Math Help Math Fun Past Mathletes Solved Problems Unsolved Problems	Mathlete of the week: Brandon Bourcier & Melody Fraser
		“We love math because no matter how much we do it, there is ALWAYS more to learn. There are an endless amount of problens with and endless amount of solutions.”

Problem of the week

Beginner:

John has 400 spaghetti strands, each 15 cm long, on his lunch plate. If he joined them end to end (using sauce as glue) to form one long strand, the lenght of his lunch would be

a) 6 km b) 60 m c) 600 cm d) 6 000mm e) 60 000cm

Intermediate:

While waiting for the school bus, Sally plays a counting game. After taking two steps forward, she must take one step backward. She wishes to reach a tree which is seven steps away from her. Using this rule, what is the least number of steps she must take to reach the tree.

Expert:

One year a basketball team played 180 games. they never lost more than 3 games in arow and never won more than 5 games in a row. The number of games the team won must have been.

a) no more than 36 b) no more than 45 c) no more than 135 d) no more than 150 e) 111

Submit your solutions to your math teacher. First correct solutions will receive a prize.

This weeks questions are courtesy of Canadian Mathematics Competition

Click here to see past problems of the week which have not yet been solved

Your Spartan math teachers are
Taylor, D.	Baxter, D.	Beer, J.	Duranleau, R.
Paul, J.	Sheppard, T.	Tilston, W.

This year’s math classes
Grade 9 - First Semester Applied - MFM 1P0 Paul, J. Beer, J. Academic – MPM 1D0 Taylor, D. Grade 9 Preparation – GLS 1O0 Tilston, W.	Grade 9 - Second Semester Applied - MFM 1P0 Tilston, W. Sheppard, T. Academic – MPM 1D0 Taylor, D. Locally Developed Paul, J.
Grade 10 - First Semester Applied – MFM 2P0 Duranleau, R. Baxter, D. Academic – MPM 2D0 Beer, J. Locally Developed Tilston, W.	Grade 10 - Second Semester Applied – MFM 2P0 Baxter, D. Paul, J. Taylor, D. Academic– MPM 2D0 Beer, J.
Grade 11 - First Semester College – MBF 3C0 Baxter, D. Paul, J. University / College – MCF 3M0 Paul, J. University – MCR 3U0 Taylor, D. Workplace – MEL 3C0 Beer, J.	Grade 11 - Second Semester College – MBF 3C0 Sheppard, T. University / College – MCF 3M0 Sheppard, T. University – MCR 3U0 Taylor, D.
Grade 12 - First Semester College – MAP 4C0 Baxter, D. University – MHF 4U0 Taylor, D. University – MDM 4U0 Sheppard, T.	Grade 12 - Second Semester College – MAP 4C0 Baxter, D. University – MCR 4U0 Taylor, D.

Need help with math?

Math teachers are available before school, at lunch and after school to help you with any math issues.

Free tutoring! Please feel free to visit the Homework Club which is held every Wednesday after school in the library.

Free tutoring! Please feel free to visits the Sagamok Homework Club which is held every Thursday at 4:30 in the Sagamok Anishnawbek Adult Education Centre.

There are many math help websites available online here are a few that we recommend

Math.com

Webmath

Ask Dr Math

Calc101

Winplot

Cool sites

If you are looking to brush up on your math skills here are a few site to check out.

Fun Brain – Math Arcade

Cool Math for Kids

Sheppard Software

Space Time Arcade

Cram Web

Kakuro

More to come! Check back each week!

Past Mathletes
	Sheila Giroux, EHS Vice Principal “Math is great because it's always a puzzle. Something to ponder and reason about that can essentially be made sensible. It is the only truly exact science.”

Solved Problem of the week

Beginner:

Solved by Courtney Leclaire - grade 12

A bag contains 5 red, 6 green, 7 yellow, and 8 blue jelly beans. A jelly bean is selected at random. What is the probability that it is blue?

a) 5/26 b) 3/13 c) 7/26 d) 4/13 e) 6/13

Intermediate:

Solved by Olivia Labellev - grade 9

In the board game “Silly Bills”, there are $1, $2, $3 bills. There are 11 more $2 bills than $1 bills. There are 18 fewer $3 bills that $1 bills. If there is $100 in total, then how many $1 bills are there in the board game?

a) 11 b) 14 c) 22 d) 33 e) 40

These questions are courtesy of Canadian Mathematics Competition

Unsolved Problem of the week

Submit your solutions to your math teacher. First correct solutions will receive a prize.

Expert:

An increasing sequence is formed so that the difference between consecutive terms is a constant. If the first four terms of this sequence are x, y, 3x + y, and x + 2y + 2, then the value of y – x is

a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5 e) 6

These questions are courtesy of Canadian Mathematics Competition