Tom Murray, the coordinator of the The Math Puzzle, has been kind enough to give CM permission to run the weekly Little Math Puzzle Contest (inspired by The Great Canadian Trivia Challenge.)

Royal West Academy (a high school) in Montreal, Quebec is sponsoring a little math puzzle contest.

This contest is open to all participants but is designed for students in grades five through ten. English will be the language used for all problems and if their solutions relate to a language, the language will be English.

Contest Format:

Each week a new puzzle will be presented and the answers and winners from two weeks earlier will be posted. Answers are to be received by 8:00 a.m. eastern time the following Friday.

The answers will then be judged, and a correct answer along with the winners' names, will be posted with the puzzle two weeks later.

Both individual students and entire classes are welcome to participate.

Do not to send your answers to CM. Instead, please send all answers to Andrea Pollock and Alex Nazarov at the following address:

math_puzzle@rwa.psbgm.qc.ca

With your solution please include your names, school, grade, and e-mail address, and your city.

Question #8 from 2 weeks ago was the following:

What are the next two integers? 21, 20, 18, 15, 11, 6, __, __

Subtract 1, then 2, then 3,..from a number to get the next number so the last 2 integers are 0 and -7

Winners Who Correctly Solved #8

1. Joshua McNorton Grade 7
   St. Andrew School: Windsor, Ontario
2. Corey Brezinsky, Jesse Meyer, Kelsey Whyte Grade 5
   Hastings School: Winnipeg, Manitoba
3. Megan Clear, Shannon Toshack, Aron Houssin, Jesse Johnson, Danielle Rodych, Serge Couture, Keith Giroux, Christian Leclerc, Greg Anderson, Andrew Matthes, Kristina Head, Max Marak, Suzanne Walker, Claude Mousseau, Drew Dushnicky, Erin Knight, Lindsay Ashley, Alex Gajardo, Alea Goodmanson, Ginger Talbot, Kevin Fawley, Geoff Moen, Megan Jerlo, Reymi Ricard, Jill Somers, Lise=Anee de Rocquigny, Chantelle Denny, Stacey Ashley, Anne Bergeron, Joseph Chincheong, Lindsay Currie, Shelley Garvin, Bradley Hartmann, Christopher Lim, Jonathan Marsh, Benjamin Sanders, Adam Saurette, Jeffrey Sewell, Allyson Adams, Kyle Bodnarchuk, David Clarke, Dale Furutani, Melissa Gauthier, Kristel Horvath, Michael Jackson, Derek Kostenchuk, Eric Manraj, Natasha McKay, Holly McManus, Jeremie Piche, Christopher Vermette. Grade 5/6
   Ecole St-Germain: Winnipeg, Manitoba
4. Russell Beswick, Ashley Douglas, Fraser Moore, Grade 6
   John MacNeil School: Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
5. Jerry De Quetteville
   Pilgrim Wood P.S.: Oakville, Ontario.
6. Jane Scaplen's Grade 6 French Immersion class
   Marystown: Newfoundland
7. Matthew Gignac, Sylvia Maniscalco, Bryan Banka, Stephania Spagnuolo, Mr. Ratushny's Grade 6 class
   St. Andrew School: Windsor, Ontario
8. Edgar Lee
   Lakewood Academy: Glenwood, Newfoundland
9. Laura Dyck, Chad Friesen, Monica Friesen, Lori Hepner, Jonathon Letkemann, Steven Locke, Caleb Reinink, Amanda Schmidt
   Mennonite Brethren Collegiate Institute: Winnipeg, Manitoba
10. Peter Jewer and grade 5 class
    Lakewood Academy: Glenwood, Newfoundland
11. Kelly Swift and Amanda Holding, Grade 4 Gregory Hogan School: Sarnia, Ontario
12. Jill Houlihan Grade 8 Cunard Junior High School: Halifax, Nova Scotia
13. Ashley Parise and Kristen O'Donnell
    Mrs. Hamilton's grade 7class
    Florenceville Middle School: Florenceville New Brunswick
14. Kyle Hobin, Melissa Kelly, Shannon Trainor, Paul Murray, Jessica Buss, Laura Grundy, Christopher Laycock, Tara Myny, Grade 6
    Sacred Heart Elementary School: Sarnia, Ontario
    
15. Hedges School Grade 8 Math class:
    Winnipeg, Manitoba
16. Amanda Ladanchuk
    Gregory A. Hogan School: Sarnia, Ontario
17. Chris Machado, Grade 8
    Gregory A. Hogan School: Sarnia, Ontario
18. Grade 8 Math Class
    General Vanier School: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
19. Edmond McRae, Matt Hoekstra, Kelly Maheu, Dana Falsetti, Grade 4/5
    Mrs. Harris' class, St. Margaret's School: Sarnia, Ontario
20. Nick Humber and Brian Chartrand Grade 8
    Mr Garbaty's class, St. Margaret's School: Sarnia, Ontario
22. Sarah McCormack and Anjali Helferty, Grade 7
    Gregory Hogan School: Sarnia, Ontario
23. Ms. Laudonio's Grade 5
    Gregory Hogan School: Sarnia, Ontario
24. Steven Weerdenburg, Grade 3
    Mrs. Robertson's class, Gregory Hogan School: Sarnia, Ontario
25. Rob Ruffilli, Grade 4
    Gregory Hogan School: Sarnia, Ontario
26. Mrs. Quinn-Vaillant's Grade 8 Class
    Our Lady of Mercy School: Sarnia, Ontario
27. Denese Paradis Grade 6
    St. Margerets School, Sarnia, Ontario
28. Derek from St. Margaret's school:
    Sarnia, Ontario (11 years old)
29. Jennifer King, Grade 6
    St. Margaret's School: Sarnia, Ontario
30. Mrs. Ralph's Grade 5 & 6 class
    Mr. East's Grade 7 class
    Mr. Robb's Grade 7 and 8
    Sinclair Public School:
    Roger Harris Kingston, Ontario
31. Justin Levigne, Clinton Theissen, Dustin McLeod, Kaitlin, Kamron, Natasha, and Tiffany all in Grade 5
    Mr. Enns's class, General Byng School: Winnipeg, Manitoba.
32. Megan Smith, Grade 6
    St. Margaret's School: Sarnia, Ontario
33. Holly Falsetti, Grade 6
    St. Margaret's School: Sarnia, Ontario
34. Halina Waverchuk's Grade 9 Math Class (Group 3)
    Venture High School: Montreal, Quebec
35. Theresa Burke
    Gregory Vandenheuvel
    Melissa Le
    Noah Glover Gr. 6 Age:11
    Please include names and schools ..... whoever you are

What are the next three letters in this set?

B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, __, __, __

Please remember to send your response by 8:00 am Friday, November 17 to:

math_puzzle@rwa.psbgm.qc.ca

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

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