Sixth+Grade

Problem for Jan. 5, 2012- TV Problem

For a school Project, Ron recorded how much TV he watched in one weekend and what kinds of programs he watched. This chart shows the time he watched TV:

**SATURDAY: 9:30-10:30AM; 1:00-3:30PM; 8:00-10:00 PM**
 * SUNDAY: 1:00-2:30PM; 8:00-10:00PM **

Ron watched sports programs for one half of the time. He watched movies for one third of the time. He watched cartoons with his sister, Ronnette, the rest of the time. How many minutes did Ron watch cartoons? Make sure you explain all of the steps and label your answers.

-- Problem for Jan. 12, 2012- Scale Balance


 * The sides of the following scale balance. Each shape is worth an amount from 1 to 10. Each shape has its own unique value that stays the same wherever the shape appears in the diagram. The total weight of the whole diagram is 32. What weight does each shape represent? **

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Problem for Jan. 19, 2012- Pigs & Chickens

A farmer looks out into the barnyard and sees the pigs and chickens. He says to his daughter, "I count 169 heads and 398 feet. How many pigs and chickens are out there?"
February 9, 2012 Let’s say you’re building a patio in your backyard. You have decided to make the patio 12 feet by 9 feet. The local building supply store sells bricks that are 6 inches by 4 inches for 25ȼ each. How much will the patio cost?

___ March 22, 2012 There are cows in each of these pastures. The pastures are connected by bridges. The number on each bridge tells the total number of cows in the 2 connecting pastures. Hint: no pasture has more than 20 or less than 10 cows.

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April 12 **__ Frisbees of All Sorts __** The “Frisbees of All Sorts” company is making frisbees for a new game called “Stripe-O”. The frisbees travel down a conveyor belt. Station 1 paints a red stripe on every 3rd frisbee. Station 2 paints a blue stripe on every 4th frisbee. Station 3 paints a green stripe on every 6th frisbee. a) If 100 frisbees traveled on the conveyor belt yesterday, how many frisbees had a red stripe? b) If 100 frisbees traveled on the conveyor belt yesterday, how many frisbees had both a red and a blue stripe? c) Would the 25th frisbee that traveled down the conveyor belt yesterday have stripes painted on it? If so, how many and what color are they? d) If 100 frisbees traveled down the conveyor belt yesterday, how many frisbees will have all 3 colors painted on them?

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April 19 **__ Cube __**

Imagine a large cube made up of one-inch fluorescent pink cubes. Each side of the large cube is 5 inches.

Imagine dipping the large cube into a pot of white paint so the whole outer surface is covered, and then breaking the cube into small cubes.

How many of the one-inch cubes will have white paint on 3 sides? 2 sides? 1 side? No sides?