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Problem of the Week

Problem of the Week (#3):  Jeremy had this problem on his first mathematics examination.  He was having big problems with answering the question.  Replace each letter with a different number.  Identical letters should be replaced with the same number.
 
                                  S P A R T
                               x             4
                                  T R A P S
 
Can you help him?  Show all work and explain what you have to know in order to solve this problem.  Good luck!
 
 
 
Problem of the Week (#4): 

Middle School Madness

Total Middle School Students

There are 7 middle schools in the town of Newtonville.  Each school has a different total number of 7th grade students.  School A has three fewer students than school B; school B has three fewer than school C; school C has three fewer than school D; school D has three fewer than school E; school E has three fewer than school F; school F has three fewer than school G.  If there are 2,037 7th graders in the town of Newtonville, how many 7th graders are in the school with the least amount of 7th graders?
 
Problem of the Week (#6):
Worldwide News!
 

Suppose a baby was born at midnight, and you told one person about this new baby.  Then that person told two others within 10 minutes.  And then those two each told two others in 10 minutes.  And this continued all night long, with every person telling two others every 10 minutes who hadn’t yet been told.  At this rate, how many people would know by 8 o’clock in the morning?

 

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