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This week's PoW is a bit of a stumper! You're given a square divided into smaller square, some of which contain circles. Your goal is to divide this into four equal regions, each with the same size, shape, and number of circles. It might seem easy at first, but I'm guessing you'll realize otherwise very quickly. Good luck!
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This week's PoW is a student submitted one and it certainly lives up to its name. Some brainteasers and riddles are difficult and tricky to figure out. Attention to detail and considering all options is sometimes the anchor you need to get somewhere with them. Good luck!
We're back! A new school year... a new semester... time for new Problems of the Week. This week's PoW gives us a taste of the are of topology in mathematics. Two little problems in creating continuity. Give it a try!
And just like that we are on our last PoW of the year! It's crazy how the time flies by. This week's PoW requires you to figure out how many passengers are on a cruise ship and how many are in each age group. There are four clues to guide you to the answer. Good luck!
This week is our second last PoW of the year. How the time flies! Speaking of time flying, this week our PoW focuses on figuring out which school and what place four athletes are connected to. Can you decipher which school each was running for? Can you determine what place each runner came in? Good luck!
This week's PoW is another student submitted problem and is certainly interesting. A friend is practicing to become the world hopscotch champion and has been given a few practice courses to work on. To move from space to space requires a player to follow certain rules. Can you find a path through each course? Good luck!!
This week's PoW is another student submitted problem. In it, Sam is trying to figure out what 0.9 repeating could be since he can find fractions to represent all other repeating decimals like 0.1 repeating. He thinks it might be the same thing as 1. Do you? Use mathematical reasoning to support your answer. Good luck!
This week's Problem of the Week is a student submitted problem from a recent PoW Hand-in. In it, you are challenged to determine which thief is guilty based on truths and lies told by five suspects. Give it a try and good luck!
Welcome back from Spring Break everyone! Time is flying by and the next few months will be gone before we know it. This week's PoW is an interesting one that was not as easy as I thought when I came across it. You must place 4 coins at the vertices of a square and then create a smaller square by only moving two of the coins. Many questions have been asked, but here's what counts as a square: all four sides must be the same length and all four corners must be right angles. So no, a rectangle will not solve this one. Sorry! Give it a try and good luck!!
This week's PoW is a classic style of problem. Traditionally you may have seen it in the form of "If train A leaves town A at this time going this speed..." This problem is a twist on that usual scenario with a walker and jogger leaving the same town at the same time while a cyclist leaves the second town. Put your thinking caps on for this one! Good luck!
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What are PoWs?Problems of the Week are puzzles, problems and questions I give out in a 4 week cycle. The first three weeks are new problems for students to try. The fourth week is a chance for reflection and an opportunity for students to choose one of the three PoWs to hand in as a showcase of their problem solving abilities. Hand-in OutlineArchives
October 2015
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