CM Magazine: The Little Math Puzzle Contest

CM May 17, 1996. Vol II, Number 31

 The Little Math Puzzle Contest

The Little Math Puzzle Contest

Man seeks order and pattern in all things
Be ready to change your paradigm.


Puzzle #35

What is the next number following this pattern?

235, 2225, 255, 2235, 257, 22225, ________

Correction: This pattern was posted but is WRONG!!!!!!
235, 2225, 255, 22225, 2235, 257, ________

Send your response by 8:00 a.m., Friday, May 24 to:

math_puzzle@rwa.psbgm.qc.ca

(Any suggestions for puzzles will be happily received!)


The puzzles will stop at the end of May with puzzle #36.

A toughie:
-- find the logic and the next set of digits.

1, 11, 21, 1211, 111221, 312211, 13112221, __________

Deadline for toughie answer:- May 30th

Here is an Extra Puzzle #37....A toughie :-
Find the logic and the next set of digits.
Deadline for extra toughie answer:- May 30th

1, 11, 21, 1211, 111221, 312211, 13112221, __________

Passed on thanks to Alex Nazarov...good luck with your exams Alex!


Puzzle #33 results

Question #33 asked:

What is the next number following this pattern?

1, 1, 1, 3, 5, 9, 17, 31, 57, ______

The answer is 105.

Each new number after the 3rd is the sum of the three previous numbers.

Winners - Solvers of Puzzle #33

  1. Micheal milner - grade 9 caledonia regional high school - hillsborough New Brunswick
  2. Mrs. G's Sensational Sixes Sun Valley School - Winnipeg, Manitoba
  3. Vanessa, Meghan, Mathieu, Ryan, Nathan 4LAV Justin Hogue 5R Marilyn Ouimet
  4. Sheila, Melissa and Brendan - T. Burnie's Grade 7/8 class St Ann School - Toronto, Ontario
  5. Mukiesh Ablack Grade 6 Lincoln Centennial School - St.Catharines,Ont.
  6. Amy Hatfield - Grade 5 St.Margaret's School. - Sarnia Ontario.
  7. Edmond McRae and Kurtis Kraemer - Gr. 4/5 st. Margarets School - Sarnia, Ont.
  8. Grade 8 Math Class Hedges School - Winnipeg, Manitoba
  9. Dana Falsetti and Matt Hoekstra - Gr.5 Mrs. Harris St.Margaret's school - Sarnia Ont.
  10. Adam Wood, Kate Stirling - Grade 8 Father Gerald LaBelle School - Corunna, Ontatio
  11. Robbie Doucette - Mrs. Harris's 4/5 class St. Margaret's school - Sarnia Ontario
  12. Dap Duong - Grade 6 Lincoln Centennial School - St. Catharines, ONT
  13. Deep Creek Middle School - Virginia, USA
  14. Bryan Harn, Julie Bjorndal, Nicholas Gould, Sean Good, Mike Aube, Kevin Nicol, Kevin Dejardins and Chasity LaBillois - Miss Smollett's Grade 5 class L.E.Reinsborough School - Dalhousie, New Brunswick.
  15. Lori Trussell 5th grader West Texas Elementary School - Stinnett, TX US
  16. Andrew Law, Ian Macdonald & Mrs.Shirley Duguay`s class C.M.S. - Campbellton,N.B.
  17. Klara Malkova and Stephanie Koyanagi Sheridan School
  18. Chris Janz General Vanier School - Winnipeg, MB
  19. Susan, Kennis, Tamara - grade 7 Montclair school - Oakville Ontario
  20. Madame Scaplen's Grade 6 French Immersion Class Sacred Heart Elementary - Marystown, Newfoundland
  21. David Belanger, age 10 St. Michael's School - Belleville, ON
  22. Dory Stricker grade 5 Tara Parker, Adam Rudolph, and Natalie Friedman grade 6 Yorkhill Elementary School - Onward to Excellence Thornhill, Ontario http://www.interlog.com/~yorkhill/home.html
  23. Alice Dawn Brison, Shelley Stirling, Tiffany Elliot, Rosalie Evans, Meaghan Dooley and Jeff Sanford - Mrs. Warner's grade 6 class Brooklyn District School - Newport, N.S.
  24. Chris Alward, Donald McTavish, Chris Hovey, Allain Barrieau Jason Taylor Grade 8 students Nelson Rural School - Miramichi, N.B.
  25. Cecile Koop Grade 6A - Joan Macdonald Teacher-librarian Bonnycastle Elementary School - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
  26. Jenna Rotz, Erika Seelenbinder, Brittany Hilker, Mark Zito, Sheryl Saliba, Markus Mitchell, Joshua Davenport Fourth graders - Mrs. Seltzer's class Indian Lakes Elementary School - Virginia Beach, VA USA
  27. P.J.Mahoney and Eugene Manning in grade 7 - Patsy Dohey Fatima Academy - St. Bride's , Newfoundland. Fatima Academy Homepage http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/Schools/WARCSB/Fatima/
  28. Sara Gourlie Cameron St. Public School - Collingwood Ontario Canada.
  29. Mrs Caplin's Class Grade 6A L.E.R.School Dalhousie,N.B.
  30. Mr. S. Russell's grade 5 class Brooklyn District School - Newport, N.S.
  31. Michael Hawkes Gr.5 Stanley Elem - Stanley,N.B.
  32. Darren Spitzig, Brent Hempstreet St. Benedict's School - Ontario
  33. Stephen Henry St. Helen's School - Sarnia, Ontario
  34. Jessica Buss, Keith Lyon, Shannon Trainor, Nicole Grimmond, Robby Cook, Tara Myny, Melissa kelly, Stephanie Kuhnt, James Timmington 6th grade - Mr. J. Cowley Sacred Heart Elementary School - Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
  35. class 5M and 4DH - Sophia Munro Bonnycastle School - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
  36. St. Marguerite d'Youville Catholic School Whitby, Ontario, Canada
  37. Students of Glen Falls dodgelij@nbed.nb.ca
  38. Sara Heinrichs, Ryan Gaunce, GeneviEve Peters, Terra Lisson, Justin Flowers, Edward Keith, Josh Cameron - JOHN MUSCROFT muscrjo@nbed.nb.ca
  39. CRYSTAL HENDERSON CHENDERS@middle.psp.isd.tenet.edu
  40. linda dodge dodgelij@nbed.nb.ca
  41. Tim Conard web2126@charweb.org
  42. Kevin Woodward Kevin.Woodward@canada.cdev.com
  43. CLAYTONL@arborg.evergreen.freenet.mb.ca
  44. Laura Kearns Chatham, On.
  45. John R. Mackie jmackie@netbistro.com
  46. H. Kowalski kowalski@ecu.campus.mci.net


Andrea Pollock and Alex Nazarov
math_puzzle@rwa.psbgm.qc.ca
Royal West Academy, Montreal West, Quebec.

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