From Lisa: Billy Club was assigned the task of putting numbers on
all the playground balls used during daily recess. Billy
will number the balls using the following rules:
1. It will be a 4-digit number.
2. The digit in the thousands place will be a 1 or a 2.
3. The digit in the hundreds place will be a 2, 4, or 6.
4. The digit in the tens place will be an odd number.
5. The digit in the ones place will be greater than six.
How many balls can Billy number if he follows these rules? Answered by Robert Dawson.
From Peggy Allan: My son has been challenged with "the problem of the week" and I am unable to assist him in finding a reasonable solution.
Problem 1,
Julio needs to draw a line segment 15cm long. He does not have a ruler. He does have some sheets of letter size paper 28 X 21.5 cm. Describe how Julio can use the paper to measur 15 cm. Answered by Claude Tardif.
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