Problem of the Week
Extra Credit Problem-of-the-Week: (Solving it can change a quiz grade to an 100)
Each week, a problem will be posted here. Submit a
written solution to Mr. Ramme by the end of the day Friday of the week
the problem was posted for extra credit. Be sure to do your own work.
Joint solutions should be noted and extra credit will be divided
between the solvers.
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Geometry
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Physics Problem
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| September 17 - 21, 2007 |
Chicken
nuggets come in packets of 6, 9, or 20. What is the largest number of
nuggets
that you cannot buy when combining various packets? For example, you
cannot make combinations of 16, but what is the largest number you
can't make?
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The
ancients found the distance to the moon without "modern" instruments.
Describe how they did it and show a sample calcualtion. |
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