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    -D Vision
    When you fold up the given net of a cube, what shape is formed by the segments on the faces of the cube?
    Pre-Algebra 6th to 8th
    A -for- Lunch
    Two boys had lunch on a two-for-one coupon, plus taxes and tips. What was their percentage of savings on the transaction?
    Algebra, Financial Education 6th to 8th, High School
    A Carpenters Trisection
    Explain whether or not the given method of trisecting an angle, using only a carpenter's square, really works.
    Geometry 6th to 8th, High School
    A Championship Season
    The Algenauts just finished a great season, winning 40 more games than they lost. Can you figure out what their final record was?
    Algebra 6th to 8th, High School
    A Coat of Golden Angels
    Show how to do scientific notation problems on an 8-digit, four- function calculator.
    Algebra 6th to 8th, High School
    A Cranberry Craving
    Use the pattern to find out how many cranberries Carissa ate on Thanksgiving Thursday.
    Pre-Algebra 6th to 8th
    A Day at the Fairs
    A merchant went selling and buying at three city fairs. Did he make a profit or take a loss?
    Algebra, Financial Education 6th to 8th, High School
    A Day in the Park
    Use a rectangular coordinate map of the recreation area to answer various questions.
    3rd to 5th, 6th to 8th
    A Dog, a Hog, and a Frog
    Three animal friends want to cross a big swamp. How wide is that swamp?
    Algebra 6th to 8th, High School
    A Gardening Puzzle

    If a rectangular garden were 2 feet wider and 3 feet longer, it would be 64 square feet larger. If it were 3 feet wider and 2 feet longer, it would be 68 square feet larger. What are the dimensions of the garden?

    Geometry 6th to 8th, High School
    A Happy New Year Wish
    Explain how time differences are calculated and understood using longitude.
    Pre-Algebra 6th to 8th
    A Holiday Gift for Grandmother Brown
    Determine the cost of the dishwasher and the contribution from each of five children.
    Financial Education, Pre-Algebra 6th to 8th
    A Line of Reflection
    Find the equation of the line of reflection for triangle ABC and its image, A'B'C'.
    Geometry 6th to 8th, High School
    A Million Penny Project
    Students use a spreadsheet to show when they will have collected their million pennies.
    tPoW 6th to 8th
    A Minor Problem
    A chord of a circle is one side of an equilateral triangle. The other two sides of the triangle are radii of the circle. Find the length of the minor arc subtended by the chord.
    Geometry 6th to 8th, High School
    A Parallelogram Dissection
    Cut the given parallelogram along the dotted lines and rearrange the three resulting triangles to form what seems to be a square. What needs to be true of the original figure in order for the resulting figure to actually be a square?
    Geometry 6th to 8th, High School
    A Phone-y Deal
    Compare two cell phone pricing plans to determine for how many gigabytes per month each one is the better deal.
    Algebra, Financial Education 6th to 8th, High School
    A Pound of Valentines Chocolates
    How long should a one pound box of chocolates last if Isolde eats it alone?
    Pre-Algebra 6th to 8th
    A Product-Plus-
    The product of any four consecutive integers, increased by one, is always a square number. Give at least three instances of that statement and prove that this will always occur by finding an algebraic expression for that "square number."
    Algebra 6th to 8th, High School
    A Quickie Triangle Puzzle
    Find the length of the unknown side of this triangle using knowledge of special right triangles.
    Geometry 6th to 8th, High School
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