Student-Selected Math Problems

An odd number is a number that cannot be perfectly divided into groups of two. A perfect number is a positive integer that is equal to ...

Titanic and Star Wars have made the most money at the box office. Star Wars made about 76.7% of the money that Titanic made at the box o...

In the movie Honey, I Shrunk the Kids , an inventor shrinks his kids by a scale factor of about 1/240.  If his kids were about 5 feet t...

In 69 games Darrel Armstrong of the Orlando Magic had 136 steals and 144 turnovers. What is his steals per turnover ratio?  Write your a...

Many tire manufacturers guarantee their tires for 50,000 miles. If a tire has a 16-inch radius, how many revolutions of the tire are gua...

A dog is on a 15-foot chain that is anchored to the ground. How much area can the dog cover while he is on the chain?  Show your work an...

A football field is 100 yards with 10 yards at each end for the end zones. The field is 45 yards wide.  Find the length of the diagonal ...

A 12 foot-ladder is resting against a wall. The base of the ladder is 2.5 feet from the base of the wall.  How high up the wall will the...

The frame of a kite is made from two strips of wood, one 27 inches long, and one 18 inches long. What is the perimeter of the kite? Roun...

The base-path of a baseball diamond form a square. If it is 90 ft from home to first, how far does the catcher have to throw to catch so...

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In the last 150 years, the average height of people in industrialized nations has increased by 1/3 foot.  Today, American men have an a...

A brighter star has a lower magnitude.  The difference between the magnitude of a full moon and the sun is less than 15. If the magnitud...

If p is the regular hourly rate of pay, then 1.5p can be used to find the overtime rate of pay. Find the overtime rate of pay if the r...