CONTEST FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS
2007 WINNING ENTRIES
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3rd Grade
  Rian Morgan
Clayton Elementary School, Fort Worth Independent School District
Mr. Ghost is planning a Halloween party. He is inviting 3 cats, 3 bats, 3 ghosts and 3 witches. What is the total number of guests? Mr. Ghost needs your help with supplies. How many plates, napkins and cups does he need to have enough for everyone to have one of each?
  Salvador Diaz
Dover Elementary, Richardson Independent School District
Last Friday, Salvador went to a soccer game and scored 19 goals. Next Monday, he scored 25. Then Omar, Angel and Damian came. Omar scored 34 goals, Angel scored 15 and Damian scored 29. How many goals did we score in all together?
4th Grade
 Lexi Shea
Brawner Intermediate School, Granbury Independent School District
Grandmother and I enjoy feeding the humming birds. When we fill one humming bird feeder, we mix 1/3 cup sugar and one cup of water to make the nectar. How much sugar will you need to fill four humming bird feeders?
 Ethan Gonzales
Brawner Intermediate School, Granbury Independent School District
If my sister made two dozen cookies, and there are five members in my family, how many cookies would each person get if we divided them evenly?
 Honorable Mention: Shalana Miller
J. Q. Adams Elementary School, Dallas Independent School District
Julia and Dafne made 24 cupcakes that weigh 8 ounces each. They were going to share the 24 cupcakes equally. Their dog fluffy ate 2 cupcakes. Julia and Dafne want to know how many they each get?
 Honorable Mention: Zach Pate
Brawner Intermediate School, Granbury Independent School District
The TAKS test is going to be sent out on May 8. Today is April 2 of the same year. There are exactly 10,834,928 students in Texas needing one. They made 893,602 a day. Would they make enough to give 2 to each student before they send them all out?
5th Grade
 Wesley Graham
K.B. Polk Vanguard School, Dallas, Independent School District
A cashier worked at a cash register. One morning, he started out with $100.00. A customer came to his cash register and gave the cashier $50.00 and the cashier gave the customer 80 cents in change. Another customer came and gave the cashier $300.75. The cashier gave the customer $78 in change. A third customer bought two twelve-packs of soda. Each can cost 10 cents. How much money does the cashier have in the cash register right now?
 2nd Place: Christopher Robinson
Spears Elementary School, Frisco Independent School District
At a stuffed animal factory, a strange thing happened--the snakes came out with two heads! Five trucks accidentally delivered them to stores. Each truck held twenty boxes and each box held thirty snakes. In the store in Kyoto, they became a must-have toy. On the day it arrived, 5,000 obsessed kids pushed through the doors of the store to get a snake. The second day, a fifth of the people that came yesterday went to the store. The third day, a fourth of the people that came the day
before came. How many people came the third day?
 Honorable Mention: Taylor Yates
Brawner Intermediate School, Granbury Independent School District
Stormy had a summer job taking care of people’s pets for $3 a day for 1 pet. She worked Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Sunday. On Monday, she took care of 3 pets. On Tuesday, she took care of 1 pet. On Friday, she took care of 2 pets. And on Sunday, she took care of 4 pets. She wants to buy a cell phone for $40. How many more pets will she have to take care of to buy the cell phone? Choose your answer.
- 2 pets
- 4 pets
- 3 pets
- 6 pets
 Honorable Mention: Jite Ovienmhada
Trinity Mills Elementary School, Keller Independent School District
“Are we there yet?” I asked. My dad replied “Almost, Honey!” We were on our way to the Southlake Festival to sell his game, Scramblers10. When we arrived, our tent was crawling with costumers who had seen our game on ‘American Inventor’. There were 300 games in each of our 3 boxes. We sold a 10th of one box by Friday. We played the game with all 94 pieces and Dad, the inventor, won. By Sunday, we had a 30th of a box left. I asked dad “How many did we sell?” He replied, “Do the math!”
6th Grade
 1st Place: Laura Reifsnyder
McCulloch Intermediate School, Highland Park Independent School District
Last week, 3,924 people came to Hannah Montana’s concert. Half of those people bought an autographed t-shirt for $5.00. A quarter of the crowd spent $3.00 each for a hat. The rest of the people didn’t buy anything. How much money did the entire crowd spend all together?
 2nd Place: Catherine Anderson
Home schooled student, Frisco
From 1:00 to 2:00 p.m., 62 people rode the Shockwave roller coaster at Six Flags. From 2:00 to 3:00 p.m., 60 people rode it. From 3:00 to 4:00 p.m., 61 people rode the coaster. From 4:00 to 5:00 p.m., 65 people rode. What was the average number of people who rode the Shockwave per hour over this four-hour period? How many people actually rode the roller coaster total?
 Honorable Mention: Adriana Medina
Bryant Elementary School, Arlington Independent School District
The Bee mascots in Bryant Elementary are very excited because the annual “Bee” Your Best Stinky Contest is coming up! The students must bring something very personal that has a stinky odor to it. This is a fun activity for 6th grade students. Please remember to follow the school district rules. The teachers made a graph of all their classes’ projects together (click here to see the graph). What is the mean, median, mode and range of the graph?
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