Welcome to Mrs. Raude's
Brain Busters!
Brain Busters is an exciting new class project open to anyone that wants to add another wrinkle to their brain! Participating is a snap! Just work out the weekly problem and turn in your solution on a piece of paper with your name, date, and problem number to Mrs. Raude before Friday afternoon. *Look for the Brain Buster envelope near our classroom library.
**Those students with the correct solution will receive their name on the Brain Busters Super Solver Page!
Good luck and may the "BRAIN" force be with you!
Brain Buster #5: Week of October 5th
For their fall book reports, Brooke, Carla, Tony, and Nadine each read 4
of the books shown above. Their teacher told them that each book had to be from
a different category. Nobody read the same combination of books.
All four students read a mystery, but Brooke and Tony both read the
longer mystery. Everyone except Tony read a book from a series. Nadine was the
only one to read the longer of the two choices. Tony and Carla read the longest
book. Nadine read the biography and the classic that no one else read. Carla
did not read a biography. Brooke read the longer historical fiction but the
shorter biography. Tony and Carla read the shorter historical-fiction book. (Use
the books to help you solve the problem).
How many pages did each person
read?
Brain Buster #4: Week of September 14th
On the planet Teegradd, Lauren, Nicholas, and
their native friend Aly are running through a cave to reach the treasure.
Suddenly, they come to three iron doors. "Quick!" screeches Aly,
"You can get through the door with the greatest number on it!"
Door
1 says:
three times the sum of three hundreds, six ones, and five tens
Door 2
says:
zero times the sum of 1 ten thousand and 3 thousands
Door 3 says:
eight
ones, one thousand, five tens, and six hundreds
Which door will open to the
treasure?
Brain Buster #3: Week of September 8th
John's mother got a $10.00 roll of quarters from the bank for
lunch money for John. He spends 75 cents every day on lunch. How many days will
the roll of quarters last? Will there be any quarters left over?
Brain
Buster #2: Week of August 31st