CM Magazine: The Little Math Puzzle Contest

CM April 5, 1996. Vol II, Number 25

 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 #29

What are the next two numbers in this pattern?

9, 7, 8, 6, 7, 5, 6, 4, ____, ____

Send your response by 8:00 a.m., Friday, April 12 to: math_puzzle@rwa.psbgm.qc.ca


Puzzle #27 was the following:

What is the next number in this series?

16, 23, 28, 38, 49, 62, 70, 77, 91, _____

The answer to Puzzle #27 is:

The answer is 101 and the pattern is digit sums:

to go from 16 to 23 you add 7 which is the sum of the digits 1 + 6.

The Winners -- Solvers of Puzzle #27

  1. Ashley Nowlan 9B - Mrs.Smith's grade 9 North and South Esk Regional High School - Sunny Corner
  2. John Cormier, grade 5 Claude D Taylor School - Riverview, New Brunswick.
  3. Dap Duong, grade 6 Lincoln Centennial School - St. Catharines, ONT.
  4. Jun Allard - grade 7 Birchmount school - Moncton, NB.
  5. Kristie McCue, Jon Philpott, Jer Atkinson, Tiffany Lodoen, Michelle Woolsey Grade 4 Piper Creek School - Red Deer AB
  6. Matthew Fletcher Sacred Heart Hight School - Newmarket Ontario.
  7. RACHEL BERNARD, KELLIE CHARLTON, BRADLEY DUGUAY, MELISSA GRENIER, ANDREW LAW, BRIAN MCGRATH, AMANDA MURRAY, AMY POLLOCK, IAN MACDONALD class 6-1 Mrs.Duguay`s class Campbellton Middle School
  8. Leigh Perkins and 6/7 J. K.V.M.S. - Burtts Corner, N.B.
  9. Heather Burkett, Kaitlin Boone, Jenna Rotz, Sheryl Saliba, Erika Seelenbinder, Miriam Ferhut, Jessica Wilkerson, Brittany Hilker Fourth Graders in Mrs. Seltzer's class Indian Lakes Elementary School - Virginia Beach, VA, USA
  10. Kyla Holloway - Madame Scaplen's Gr.6 class.
  11. Sacred Heart - Marystown, Newfoundland
  12. Jovana Tomanic Toronto, Canada
  13. Jaelyn Ford, Lisa Guest and Greg Hart - Grade Six Students Lakeview Elementary School - Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada http://upanet.uleth.ca/~lakeview
  14. Maggie Kurzela, Tess F.-K., David Lawson, Adam Solomon Rawana_Tecumseh@halton.tor.hookup.net
  15. Brad Webb grade 4. Stanley Elem. - Stanley ,NB
  16. Valerie Webber 6A Keswick Valley Memorial School - Burtts Corner, NB
  17. Mike Daly, Daniel Wise, Adam Ansell & Adam Rudolph from 6W Yorkhill Elementary School - Onward to Excellence - Thornhill, Ontario http://www.interlog.com/~yorkhill/home.html
  18. Allison, Meaghan, Rosalie - grade 5/6, Mr.White's class Brooklyn District School - Newport, N.S.
  19. Gemma Pippy, Brittany Janzen - Grade 4 Piper Creek Elementary School - Red Deer AB
  20. Chris Alward - Grade 8 Nelson Rural School - Miramichi,N.B.
  21. Sheila Chin & Claudio Tata - T. Burnie's Grade 7/8 class St Ann School - Toronto, Ontario
  22. NORMA GENE JONES 6/7 J. Burtts Corner, N.B. (jonesnog@nbed.nb.ca)
  23. Roxie. roxie@odyssee.net


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

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