CM Magazine: The Little Math Puzzle Contest
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The Little Math Puzzle Contest
Man seeks order and a pattern in all things.
Puzzle #21
This week's Puzzle #21 is below:
What is the next number in this pattern?
1, 2, 4, 7, 11, ____
Send your response by 8:00 a.m., Friday, February 16 to:
math_puzzle@rwa.psbgm.qc.ca
Puzzle #19 was the following:
What is the next number in this pattern?
8, 27, 64, 125, ______ ?
The answer to Puzzle #19 is below:
These numbers are the cubes of the numbers 2, 3, 4, 5, ...6 so the answer is
6X6X6 = 216
The Winners -- Solvers of Puzzle #19
- James Fothergill-Brown grade 6
St. Michael's School - Low, Quebec
- Shawn Andrews Grade 6
Gregory A. Hogan - Sarnia, Ontario
- Jason Rasmussen 6th grade
Paul Elementary - Paul, ID
- Joseph Parizeau, Laura Marshall Ms. Laudonio's grade 5
Gregory A. Hogan - Sarnia, Ontario
- Kala Belding Grade 6P
SaintJohn The Baptist King Edward School - Saint John N.B.
- Ashley Parise, Kristen O'Donnell Mrs.Hamiltons grade 7-1 class
Florenceville Middle School Floreneville - New Brunswick.
- Norman Nahas Grade 9T
Cunard Junior High School - Halifax, N.S.
- Grade 6
McAdam Ave. Elementary School - Fredericton, N.B.
- Katherine E. Hosford Fifth grade
Forest View Elementary School - Durham NC USA
- Jenna Nicolai, Kelly Maheu, Amy Hatfield Mrs. Harris Grade 5 class
St. Margaret's school - Sarnia ,Ontario
- Alex Ferreira, Kurtis Kraemer and Robbie Doucette Mrs.Harris grade 4/5
class Sarnia Ont St. Margaret's School.
- Megan Ridley, Pieter Moddejonge Grade 5 Mrs Harris & Mrs Tinteri's class
St Margarets school - Sarnia, Ontario.
- Greg West
Electrical Engineering
Lakehead University
- Evan Powell, Shannon Leung, Kiran Helferty, Andrew Bain, Brijesh Patel
Ms. Laudonio's grade 5
Gregory A. Hoggan - Sarnia Ont.
- Dana Falsetti, Matt Hoekstra Mrs. Harris gr.5
St,Margaret's school - sarnia Ont.
- Edmond McRae gr. 4 Mrs. Harris class
St. Margaret's - Sarnia Ont.
- Chris Jeffery Mrs. Harris 4/5 class
St.Margaret's School - Sarnia,Ontario,Canada
- Adam Raine in Mrs Lanes class
Buttonville p.s.
- Jennifer Brewer, Courtney Roden grade 8
Keswick Valley Memorial School - Burtt's Corner N.B.
- Laura Charlton, Joe Green, Sally Mackereth
Mrs. Rector's Grade five class
- Jamin Fryer Grade: 8
North Island Distence Educational School - Lund, B.C.
- John Cormier, Grade 5
Claude D Taylor School - Riverview, N.B.
- Adam Ross Grade 5
Glen Falls School - Saint John, N.B.Canada
- Ryan Shim, grade 5
Buttonville P.S.
- Myles Nicholson, Nicky Wallace, Ryan Robinson, Rebecca Neave Grade 3A
Archie Stouffer Elementary School - Minden, Omtario
Helen Newton - Teacher
- John Gillis's class 7-D
Park Junior High - Sydney, Nova Scotia
- Kristine Arseneault Gr.4
Royal Road Elementary School - Fredericton, NB
- Melissa Colwell, Tiffany Gallery, Leah Straight Grade 5M
St. John the Baptist - King Edward School - Saint John, New Brunswick
- Vincent Spano, Jason Houck, Ricky Ashar, David Orr, Nicolas Schmidt
Ms. Laudonio's Grade 5
Gregory A. Hogan - Sarnia, Ont.
- Miranda Swinamer, Gina Coffill, Allison Eisenhauer, Chelsea Jenson and
Josh Burbidge Grade 5
Brooklyn District School - Newport, N.S.
- Paul Murray 6th Grade Mr. J. Cowley
Sacred Heart Elementary School - Sarnia, Ontario
- Kristen Swain in Mr. Hiscock's Grade 9 Math class
Bethel Academy - Victoria, NF.
- T. Burnie's 7/8 class
St Ann School - Toronto, Ontario
- Mr. Robin McGrath and his grade five class
Fatima Academy http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/Schools/WARCSB/Fatima/
- Mrs. Jones' grade 6/7 class
KESWICK VALLEY MEMORIAL SCHOOL - Burtts Corner - N.B.
- Kevin Tice(Mrs Catherine Wallis' room)
Carrollton Elementary School - Carrollton, GA USA
and the vaguely identified:-
- Danny Mednick
Andrea Pollock and Alex Nazarov
math_puzzle@rwa.psbgm.qc.ca
Royal West Academy, Montreal West, Quebec.
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