Weekly+Math+Challenge

You may answer any Math Challenge at any time. In order to get credit for a Math Challenge, your work must be COMPLETE, NEAT and ORGANIZED. Your work and your answer must be CLEARLY LABELED. Your answer must show clear and reasonable MATHEMATICAL THINKING. Good luck, and have fun!   May 29th Car Wash Blues Sam works at the car wash. On Monday he earned a certain amount of money. On Tuesday he earned twice as much as he did on Monday. On Wednesday he earned half as much as he did on Monday. The three days total earnings was $70.00. How much did he earn on each day?

May 21st Savvy Saving Michelle wants to buy a telescope that costs $300.00. She has saved half the amount she needs. She gets a $3.00 allowance each week. Will it take more or less than a year to save for the telescope?  May 14th Candy Math At the candy shop, two peppermint patties and a lollipop together cost the same as two gumdrops and one peppermint patty. You can buy one of each for $.09 (9 cents) all together. If gumdrops cost 1 cent less than peppermint patties and 1 cent more than lollipops, how much does each kind of candy cost?

May 7th Bills for a Bike <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">A boy paid $59.00 for a bike. He paid with FOUR bills. What were the bills?

<span style="color: #ff0c00; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #ff0c00; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #ff0c00; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">Click on the links below to find previous months' challenges: <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">@September Challenges <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">October Challenges <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">November Challenges <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">December Challenges <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">January Challenges <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">February Challenges <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">@March Challenges <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">@April Challenges