PROBLEM SET
Using Polya’s Four Step Method, Solve the following:
1. A baseball team won two out of their last four games. In how many
different orders could have they two wins and two losses in four games?
2. Aldo, Baldo, and Cardo collect stamps. They exchange stamps among
themselves according to the following scheme: Aldo gives Baldo as many
stamps as Baldo has and Cardo as many stamps as Cardo has. After that,
Baldo gives Aldo and Cardo as many stamps as each of them has, and
then Cardo gives Aldo and Baldo as many stamps as each has, if each
finally has 64 stamps, how many stamps does Aldo have at the start?
3. In order to encourage his son in the study of Mathematics, a father
promised the son PhP 8.00 for every problem solved correctly and to fine
him PhP 5.00for each incorrect solution. After 26 problems, neither owed
any amount to the other. How many problems did the boy solve correctly?
4. How many squares of any size are in an 8 x 8 checkerboard?
5. The product of the ages, in years, of three teen agers is 4590. None of the
teens are of the same age. What are the ages of the teenagers?
6. If a pup is worth a pooch and a mutt, and a pup and a pooch are worth
one bird dog, and two bird dogs are worth three mutts, how many pooches
is a pup worth?
7. It is now 10:45 AM, what time will it be in 143, 999,999,995 minutes from
now?
8. Find the units digit for the sum 1325 + 481 + 5411?
9. Pedro has only an 11-liter can and a 5-liter can. How can he measure out
exactly 7 – liters of water?
10. An egg vendor broke all the eggs that he was delivering to a local store.
He could not remember how many eggs there were in all. However, he did
remember that when he tried to pack them into packages of 2, 3, 4, 5, and
6 he had one left over each time. When he packed them into packages of
7, he had none left over. What is the smallest number of eggs he could
have had in shipment?
Write your solutions on A4 bond paper with an inch margin all around.
One problem per page.
There are 10 different problems, each problem must be approached using a different
plan.
The submission date would be announced later.