Try your hand at these weekly challenges!
Your name will be placed on the All Star Team and have your name on the team webpage and in class on the Super Solvers Scoreboard if you are successful.
Brain Busters is open to all of Ms. Straus' students who wish to add a new wrinkle to their brain. Each weekend a new Brain Buster will be posted on this webpage. Simply work out the challenge and turn in the solution with your name and brain buster number to Ms. Straus by Friday at noon - you can email it or write it on a piece of paper. Students with the correct answer will get their name on the Super Solvers page and have it posted in the classroom. Good Luck and may you use your brain to its full potential!
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Brain Buster |
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There
are 8 players in a tennis tournament. In every round the winners
of each tennis game progress (move onto) to the next round, but the
losers are knocked out of the tournament. This continues until there is
an overall winner of the tournament. How many games must be played
to find the overall winner?
[HINT: Draw a tree diagram] |
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Answer to Last Week's Brain Buster |
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Coming Next Week! |
Ms. Straus will display a new jar with objects in it every 1-2 weeks. Simply try to guess the number of objects in the jar. Then write your estimate on an estimation jar answer sheet, available in class and give to Ms. Straus by Friday at 8:00 a.m. The student with the closest answer will be deemed the estimation jar winner for that week and will get their name on the Super Solvers Page and have it posted in class.
How "Where in the World is Ms. Straus" Works
Each weekend a new paragraph of clues about a geographic location in the world will be posted on this webpage. Use any reference material you wish to work out where Ms. Straus is in the world. Turn in the solution with your name to Ms. Straus by Friday at noon - you can email it or write it on a piece of paper. Students with the correct answer will get their name on the Super Solvers page and have it posted in the classroom. Good Luck and may you use your brain to its full potential!
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Where in the World is Ms. Straus? |
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Yesterday, I decided to get on a plane and take a trip. I found myself in a wonderful place. One of the most amazing things I saw was a huge white building that looks like a palace -- but it's really a tomb for a dead woman! Seems when the man's wife died, he was so upset he wanted to build her the most beautiful tomb in the world. The architect who designed it was "rewarded" by having his eyes pulled out! (Some people say his hands were crushed too.) Whatever really happened, it was done so the man couldn't build another building to rival this one. I am in a city called Agra.
Can you tell what famous tourist place and country I am visiting? |
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Each weekend a new set of clues about a state in the United States will be posted on this webpage. Use any reference material you wish to work out what state is being discussed. Turn in the solution with your name to Ms. Straus by Friday at noon - you can email it or write it on a piece of paper. Students with the correct answer will get their name on the Super Solvers page and have it posted in the classroom. Good Luck and may you use your brain to its full potential!
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Mystery State |
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Clue 1: This state has the world's longest floating bridge. Clue 2: This state is the top producer of apples in the United States. Clue 3: The first-ever revolving restaurant opened in this state in 1961. Clue 4: This state is the only state named after a U.S. president. Clue 5: This state is the home of Mount St. Helen's, a semi-active volcano that erupted in 1980. |
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Coming Next Week! |
Click here to go to the All Star Team Page
Still looking for MORE challenges? Check out these websites:
Centennial School's Math
Problem of the Week for Grade 5/6 (Manitoba, Canada)
University of
Massachusetts Dartmouth Elementary Brain Teaser
Mystery State