Problem+of+The+Day


 * Here are 20 questions of the day. Pick a couple and answer them on the discussion page.**

1. A checkerboard has eight squares per side. How many __black__ squares are there on a checkerboard?

2. What is the smallest number of coins to equal 40 cents?

3. In a movie theater there are 20 rows of 12 seats and 20 rows of 10 seats. All but 30 of the seats are full. How many people are in the theater?

4. Which is longer, 4 feet 3 inches or 53 inches?

5. Three clocks show these times: 1:20, 2:15, and 12:30. One clock is fast, one is slow, and one shows the correct time. What time is it?

6. List as many animals as you can that begin with the letter H.

7. List all the prime numbers between 1 and 30.

8. What is the greatest possible sum when adding three numbers with two digits?

9. List as many animals as you can that are spelled with three letters.

10. Which is warmer, 100 degrees Fahrenheit or 100 degrees Celsius?

11. The sum of two numbers is 10. Their product is 24. What are the numbers?

12. Make up a sentence where every word begins with the letter B. Try to make the sentence as long as possible and still make sense.

13. Which costs less? A. a calculator that is reduced by 30% or B. a $15 CD that is 50% off?

14. If A + B = 12 and 2A + B = 13, then what do A and B equal?

15. Name two states in the United States that end in the letter T.

16. Which holds more? Box A is 3cm by 4cm by 5cm. Box B is 2 cm by 8cm by 4cm.

1`7. Name four different brass instruments.

18. If A + B = 20 and 3A + B = 50, then what numbers do A and B represent?

19. Name two states east of the Mississippi River that begin with the letter N.

20. Calculate: Five to the third power minus thirty divided by five.