Question: Eleanor is at a party where they are serving shrimp. She eats 5 shrimp at the beginning of the party. At the end of the party, she eats 7 more shrimp. She also takes a number of shrimp home with her. If Eleanor takes a total of 20 shrimp at the party, then how many does she take home?
Question: Moana sails her boat for 30 minutes a day, 7 days per week. How many hours per week does Moana spend sailing?
Question: A protocol droid and a utility droid are both trying to reach an escape pod so that they can get away from an evil imperial spacecraft. The protocol droid walks at a speed of 2 mph. The utility droid rolls at a speed of 5 mph. If they start from the same place, then which one will reach the escape pod first? How can you tell?
Question: On his way to Sector 12, a space ranger crashes on a strange planet. The alien life forms on the planet have 2 eyes each. If the space ranger sees 12 eyes, then how many aliens are there?
Question: Willow spends 11/2 hours per day in the school library. How many hours does Willow spend in the library from Monday through Friday?
Question: Dorothy is riding her bicycle from a fortune teller’s caravan to her house. She can ride 8 miles in a whole hour. If it takes Dorothy half an hour to get home, then how far is it from the fortune teller’s caravan to her house?
Please be advised that there will be no new Problems of the Week for the week of July 23 as the Education Department will be at the 14th annual Mathnasium Convention. You may use this as an opportunity to explore the extension worksheets if you haven’t already, or revisit an old set. We hope to see you in DC!
Question: Alice the librarian has a cart of 3 dozen books to put back on the shelves. She puts 3 of them away before she’s startled by a ghost and runs away. How many books does Alice leave on her cart?
Click right here for the Problem Extension Worksheet version of the Problems of the Week.
Click over here for the Canadian Problem Extension Worksheet version of the Problems of the Week.
Question: Charlotte and Chuck have tickets to a movie that starts at 7:30 PM. If it’s 6:42 PM now, then how much time do Charlotte and Chuck have to get to the movie theater before the show starts?
The Canadian POTWs are now available here for the Extension Worksheet and here for the MS Word version.
Question: What are the next 4 numbers in the pattern below?