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Waste in our World  - August 09
   
A Visit to Your School  - May 09
 
Where Is The Center?  - April 09
 
The Library Problem - Mar 09  
Multiplication along the Silk Road - Feb 09  
   
The Barn Quilt Problem - Dec 08  
Flags by the Numbers
(patterns and numbers and operations) - Nov 08


The AquaDom - One Large Aquarium
(geometry and measurement) - Oct 08


Measuring the "Grand" in the Grand Hotel
(problem solving and measurement) - Sep 08
 
Touring Washington DC
(problem solving) - Aug 08
Solution 

Walk for the Paws 
(algebraic thinking, problem solving and reasoning) - May 08
Solution 

Coloring Maps
(problem solving and reasoning) - Apr 08
Solution 

Using Your (Number) Sense of Balance
(number sense, problem solving and reasoning) - Mar 08
Solution
Creative Arithmetic (problem solving and reasoning) - Feb 08 Solution
   
Rock-Paper-Scissors (probability) - Dec 07 Solution
How Many Triangles? (geometry, patterns, algebraic reasoning) Solution
Height in Coins (measurement, estimation) Solution
Stained Glass Window Designs (geometry, fractions) Solution
From Leaks to Liters: Estimating Water Loss (measurement, data collection and analysis) Solution
Characteristics of Shapes (geometry) Solution
Knights in Armor (probability, ratio and proportion) Solution 
Sharing Cookies (algebraic reasoning, problem solving and reasoning) Solution 
Nine Jumping Numbers (patterns, algebraic reasoning) Solution 
The Broken Calculator (number sense, arithmetic) Solution 
Shoes for a Pen Pal (data collection and analysis) Solution 
Making Brownies (fractions, arithmetic) Solution 
Hummingbird Migration (data collection and analysis, measurement, multiplication) Solution 
Terrific Trapezoids (geometry, problem solving and reasoning) Solution
Dicey Situation (probability, data collection and analysis) Solution
Counting Counts! (number system) Solution
More than a Guess (ratio and proportion) Solution
Patterns Galore! (patterns) Solution
Cheerio Count (data collection and analysis, estimation, multiplication) Solution
Talking Turkey (data collection and analysis, fractions, arithmetic) Solution
The Better Box (measurement, geometry, multiplication) Solution
Miniature Zoo (problem solving and reasoning) Solution
What's the Overlap? (geometry) Solution
Candy Conundrum (measurement, problem solving and reasoning) Solution
Risky Allowance (probability) Solution
Measuring Up (measurement, fractions) Solution
Make It 36 (geometry, multiplication) Solution
A Word to the Wise (arithmetic, problem solving and reasoning) Solution
Winning Strategy (problem solving and reasoning) Solution
Postage Due (arithmetic, algebraic reasoning) Solution
Pocketful of Coins (money, fractions) Solution
Egg Dilemma (problem solving and reasoning) Solution
Triangular Bicycle Flags (geometry, geoboards) Solution
Just a Second (time, multiplication) Solution
Catching Growing Night Crawlers (geometry, algebraic reasoning) Solution
Muffin Mania (algebraic reasoning, fractions, problem solving and reasoning) Solution
Decorative Plate Hanging (arithmetic, problem solving and reasoning) Solution
Holiday Fun (algebraic reasoning) Solution
Building a Box (geometry, problem solving and reasoning) Solution
Seymour Skwares (geometry, multiplication) Solution
Pattern-Block Quilts (geometry) Solution
Farmer MacDonald (data collection and analysis, graphs) Solution
Shape Search (geometry) Solution
March Mathness (statistics and data analysis) Solution
Picasso Masterpiece (geometry, mathematical connections--art, technology) Solution
Perfect-Square Geometry Partners (arithmetic, problem solving and reasoning)  
Package Puzzle (algebraic reasoning) Solution
The Shopping Spree (estimation, algebraic reasoning) Solution
Fractionberry Pie (fractions)  
A Walk in the Park (problem solving and reasoning, geometry) Solution
Marble Mayhem (data collection and analysis, problem solving and reasoning, arithmetic) Solution
Bike Trike (data collection and analysis) Solution
Average Days of Spring (arithmetic, patterns) Solution
Have a Heart (geometry, measurement) Solution
Measuring Hot Chocolate (fractions, problem solving and reasoning) Solution
Great Garlands (patterns) Solution
Football Frenzy (problem solving and reasoning, arithmetic) Solution
Pumpkin Puzzler (estimation, arithmetic, fractions) Solution
Turning the Tables (data collection and analysis, geometry) Solution
Everyone's Playing Basketball (time, problem solving and reasoning) Solution
Puzzling Prices (money, patterns) Solution
Painting Tiles (geometry, systematic counting) Solution
How Big Was the Cat? (measurement) Solution
Coloring Tetras with Two Colors (systematic counting, patterns) Solution
Tiles and Sides (geometry, data collection and analysis) Solution
Patterns in Squares (geometry) Solution
No Pegs Allowed (geometry--triangles, geoboards) Solution
Nets and Polyhedra (geometry, patterns) Solution
Three-Way Sharing (systematic counting, problem solving and reasoning) Solution
Stair Skipping (patterns, arithmetic) Solution
Which Graph Is Which? (graphs, data analysis) Solution
What Can You Measure? (measurement, data collection and analysis, systematic counting) Solution
Marbles (problem solving and reasoning) Solution
The Mathematics of Motion (geometry, spatial sense) Solution
Fair Share (geometry--geoboards, congruence) Solution
The Talking Club (patterns, systematic counting) Solution
How Many Towers? (patterns, systematic counting) Solution
Darts, Anyone? (problem solving and reasoning, arithmetic) Solution
Orange Game (arithmetic, exponential growth, geometry) Solution
Counting Cubes (skip counting, division, multiplication) Solution
What Shapes Can You Make? (geometry) Solution
Take Two: Fair or Unfair? (probability, problem solving and reasoning) Solution

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