| Name Date Math Contest #8 1. Mr. Ciullo's cookie receipe has 4 secret ingredients. Adria, Meg, Matt, Chris each know one of the 4 ingredients. They deceide to call each other to exchange what they know about the secret ingredients. After each call, both people know whatever ingredients either of them knew before the call. What is the fewest number of calls it will take for all of them to know all four secret ingredients? If the first two calls involve all four people, it only takes 4 calls for all 4 people to know the 4 ingredients 2. Billy Bob is building a fence, which will be 10 feet long. He has already built the frame, and he is now ready to attach the pointed pickets. He wants to place the pickets so that they are equally spaced, using a picket at each end. he has 19 pickets, which are each 3 inches wide. How much space does he need to put between each picket? Since there are 19 pickets, there will be 18 spaces. The space between the pickets will be 3.5 inches (63/18=3.5) 3. Today Adria promised Meg that she will tell Meg a big secret on the day before four days from the day after tomorrow. If today is Saturday the 12 th, on what day and date will Adria tell Meg her big secret? What is the big secret??? ( Ask Adria) Adria will tell the secret on Thursday the 17 th. |