February+Challenges

February Challenges  February 27th --Stickers for Papers

Anthony loves to put stickers on his papers. He has 15 insect stickers, 21 bird stickers, and 47 fish stickers. Anthony has 40 papers to decorate. He decided to put a fish sticker on each paper. He decided to put a bird sticker on every fourth paper, and an insect on every fifth paper. When Anthony gets done putting stickers on the papers, ow many papers will have ALL THREE kinds of stickers on them?

February 13th -- Moon Mission

You are having a very strange dream. You are jogging to the moon in a commercial for some new sneakers. The moon is about 239,000 miles from the Earth. Your jogging speed is 10 miles an hour. You are now 10 years old. How old will you be when you arrive at the moon? Pretend you never have to rest, stop, sleep, or eat. (Remember, there are 24 hours in a day, 7 days in a week, 4 weeks in a month, and 12 months or 365 days in a year.) YOU CAN USE A CALCULATOR!

February 6th -- Hoop Dreams

You and a friend are shooting baskets. You tried 15 shots and your friend tried 16. 1/3 of your shots went in and 1/4 of your friend's shots went in. If your brother is giving you a nickel for each shot that you and your friend make, how much does he owe you altogether?

