Problem of the Week

Welcome back to Term 2. Please enjoy working on these problems with your family. I look forward to announcing the winners of these problems in 2 weeks time at assembly.  Please remember to write your name on your entry and place it in the green box in my office.

Mild:

My shape has more than three corners. My shape only has right angles. Some sides of my shape are longer than other sides. What is my shape?

Medium:

The smaller figure in the diagram has an area of 14 squares.

The larger figure is produced by doubling the side lengths of the smaller figure.

What is the area of the larger figure in square units.

Spicy:

3 identical robots can make 5 game controllers in 2 hours. How many controllers can 15 identical robots make in 8 hours?