Math Problem of the Week

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(Source: Noetic Learning)

We have partnered with Noetic Learning to bring you the "Problem of the Week" program! Use these interesting and non-routine creative math problems to help your students think logically, creatively and mathematically.

Week 1

Sam the Squirrell finds a basket of pine cones
Grade Level: 4 through 6

Week 2

Place a number in each of the following boxes
Grade Level: 4 through 7

Week 3

Which one has the nine of hearts?
Grade Level: 4 through 6

Week 4

Mario is trying to figure out the following puzzle
Grade Level: 4 through 5

Week 5

The following are 5 keys for the following 5 locked padlocks
Grade Level: 6 through 8

Week 6

What is the distance between their home and the beach?
Grade Level: 3 through 7

Week 7

Measuring distance between 5 adjacent houses
Grade Level: 4 through 6

Week 8

Barbara, Becky, and Beth dressed up as princesses for Halloween
Grade Level: 3 through 4

Week 9

How many diagonals does an octagon have?
Grade Level: 4 through 6

Week 10

Determining price for 36 students visiting an amusement park
Grade Level: 3 through 4

Week 11

How many games did team D lose in baseball tournament?
Grade Level: 4 through 5

Week 12

What digit does the letter A represent?
Grade Level: 5 through 6

Week 13

Summer Olympic Games
Grade Level: 4 through 6

Week 14

How many Fiction vs Non-fiction Books
Grade Level: 4-6

Week 15

How many distinct triangles can be drawn using point P and two other points?
Grade Level: 4 through 5

Week 16

Criss Cross Math Problem
Grade Level: 4 through 5

Week 17

Two elves can make 5 toys in 10 minutes
Grade Level: 4 through 5

Week 18

Carl is using popsicle sticks to build some grids
Grade Level: 4 through 5

Week 19

There are as many red marbles as blue marbles in a pouch
Grade Level: 3 through 4

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