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Problem of the Week for November 5th 2007

Grade 6 Follow the Numbers -
Determine the third missing number in the following pattern.
3, 7, 10, 17, 27, 44, 71, _____, _____,[ _____]

Grade 7 Halloween Is Freaky -
If the following pattern of letters is continued, which letter would be in the 1002nd place?
HALLOWEENISFREAKYHALLOWEENISFREAKY ………………..

Grade 8 Square Roots To Five -
The sum of the square roots of two positive integers is five while the difference between the numbers is also five. Find the sum of the squares of these two positive integers.

Grade 9 Forty-Eight -
Sets of distinct (different) positive integers are created such that the product of each set of integers is forty-eight. What is the least possible sum obtained from one of these sets of distinct positive integers?
Grade 10 B x DE = ABC -
A, B, and C are consecutive digits. D and E are also consecutive digits. A, B, C, D, and E are all different digits. If B x DE = ABC, find the sum of A + B + C + D + E. (Note: C and D are not necessarily consecutive digits.