Problem of the Week: October 8th, 2007
E-mail your solutions by Friday October 12th to tubbsjac@nbed.nb.ca

Grade 6: Basketball League Schedule
There are six teams in a basketball league. Each team plays each other team only once during the season. How many total games will be played in the league during the season?

Grade 7: Find the Product

. ABC is a three-digit whole number while DE is a two-digit whole number. Substitute the numbers 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8 once and only once for each letter A, B, C, D, and E to obtain the least possible product of ABC x DE. Remember, A, B, C, D, and E must be different numbers. Find this tiny product. ABC x DE=

Grade 8: Find the numbers
How many whole numbers less than 1000 contain at least one 2 but no 3?

Grade 9: What’s for Lunch?
You are standing in line for lunch at school. There are 5 more kids ahead of you in line than are behind you. Four times as many students are in line as the number of students who are behind you. How many students are ahead of you in line?

Grade 10: Algebra Jungle
Given a + 1 = b + 2 = c + 3 = d + 4 = a + b + c + d + 5 find the value of a + b + c + d.