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Math Fair Category: Transformations

Sticky Tabs

To create the five Platonic solids, you can cut paper and then fold it. One of the best ways to do this is to cut…

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,…

Sally the Sleepwalker

Sally is a sleepwalker. Each night she gets up without knowing it, puts on her slippers and coat, and wanders around her village for an…

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…

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…

Quilt Mending

The Queen has left Quinton with a palace full of quilts she damaged during sword practice. In each case what is the fewest number of…

Progress Reaches Asteroid

The headline read: “Progress Reaches Asteroid” And it was true… a Trojan asteroid had been landscaped into a cube, painted green to simulate grass, and…

Once is Enough

The Strong Men of Titan from Saturn’s largest moon, consider repetition to be a sin. However, they only have 3 sounds that they can make…

Mongol Men & Maidens

Long ago in central Asia there lived 4 beautiful Mongol maidens, and 4 strong Mongol men. Each morning the men woke with the intention of…