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Math Fair Category: Number Operations

Sword of Knowledge

The Dragon of Ignorance has three heads and three tails. You can slay it with the Sword of Knowledge, by chopping off all its heads…

Stair Climber

The LCD numbers on a stair climber or alarm clock or microwave are made up of straight sections arranged either horizontally and/or vertically. That is,…

Snow Day Phone Chain

On Thursday January 20th the Pocono Mountain region experienced the first big snow storm of the new millennium. Many schools closed because of the slippery…

Snazzy Triangle

There is a number 6 on the tip of the triangle. Arrange the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 such that the sum of…

Snake in a Box

Equipment: Pieces numbered 1 through 25 and a 5×5 board. Number of Players: 2 (a cobra player, and a snake charmer) Time: 10 minutes How…

Rocket-Propelled Coyote

Coyotes demarcate their territory by peeing on bushes, rocks, shrubs, cacti, trees, and anything else that is lying around. It is tiring, never-ending work. That…

Robot Utopia

Human cities, especially newer ones are usually organized with orthogonal (right-angled) streets and avenues. Here is an example from Gaza: Robot cities are similar to…

Ring of Threes

Write 1’s and 2’s in the circles so that no three consecutive numbers sum to a multiple of three. Extensions: There are four solutions to…

Quinton the Quick Quilter

The Queen was upset. During her gold-hilted sword practice she had missed the target and ended up impaling her favourite quilt to the wall. Although…

Pointy Spaghetti

Once upon a time there was a plain chef that lived on the prairie. People came from far away to eat his pointy spaghetti which…