nice problems! i'll answer later if you don't mind

gauss, I finally made it for you!

 

1. Texans08 runs at the rate of 10 feet per second, and add runs at the rate of 12 feet per second. They start at the same point on a circular track, and they run in opposite directions. After running 120 feet, gauss1181 met HieMuffinMan the first time. After the two meet for the fifth time, they stop and walk back together to the same starting point on the track. What is the distance they walk at the end?

 

2. RedSoxpawn tied his pet kitty to a square based toolshed measuring 15 feet on each side. He tethered his kitty to one corner of the shed with a rope 20 feet long. What's the area of the region the kitty can freely roam in?

 

3. spice, the number detective, found out a way to show that 1+1=10. How did she do that?

 

4. kronick has a sock drawer filled with 10 green socks, 12 black socks, 8 red socks, 9 blue socks, and 16 orange socks. However, Fratoro sneaks in and steals two of the socks at random. What's the probability that one of the green socks won't have a matching pair as a result?

 

5. At a state math meet, ruizleiva asked 4lordme the value of 45 times 55. Without needing a single second, 4lordme's answer came out immediately. How did he solve the problem so fast?

 

6. Rael wants to go to a chess tournament. His boss says he could go if he could beat two chess players, raviv301 and chess05, in a three game tournament. Rael could choose which player to play first. He plays each alternatively. raviv301 is the stronger of the two players. Which player should Rael pick to play first to give himself the greather chance to go to the tourney, and why?

 

7. Dapper is in an apartment building. Instead of going to floor 1, he rode down 4 floors and up 10 floors. He then realised his mistake and pressed the button for floor 1, riding down 15 floors and exited the elevator on floor 1. What floor was Dapper initially at?

 

8. mercytononeZ has 2 5-gallon buckets of paint. A gallon equals 25 square feet. He wants to paint a wall of his bedroom measuring 10 feet by 15 feet. How many more full buckets of paint does he need to buy?

 

9. MarquisCrocker and littlehotpot brought two 12 ounce cups of coffee. MarquisCrocker drank 2 ounces of his coffee and added 2 ounces of sugar. littlehotpot added 2 ounces of sugar, stirred the coffee well, and drank 2 ounces. What't the ratio of the amount of sugar in MarquisCrocker's coffee to that in littlehotpot's?

 

10. willroya has a deck of 52 cards. He pulls out three at random. What's the probability that they're all kings?

 

more will come soon!

that would be awesome if i could have a practice mock mathcounts test =)