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March 2023



What fraction of the square is shaded red?

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February 2023

What number should be in the bottom right of the table in order to finish the pattern?



What about this sequence of numbers? Which number would go next?

8, 6, 9, 5, 10, ?

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January 2023

Finn counts out loud by six, beginning with 0. Nicole counts out loud by eight, also beginning with 0. They count all the way up to 6000. Between 5000 and 6000 inclusive, how many of the numbers do both Finn and Nicole say out loud?

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December 2022

The entire grade of a very large middle school went on a trip to Washington D.C. They were all put into every bus available for the trip, and each bus carried the same amount of people. Due to mismanagement, 10 buses ran out of gas after a few hours of driving. The students on these buses were equally distributed among the remaining buses. This caused each remaining bus to have one more person than the start of the trip. Then, 15 more buses broke down throughout the trip, causing each of the remaining buses to carry 3 more people than they started with at the beginning of the trip. How many students were there in the grade?

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November 2022

Isabella created a tomato garden, but now she’s decided that she wants to expand it. The tomato plants were arranged in the shape of a square. Isabella wants to add both an extra row and an extra column to form a new square. To do this, she has to buy 21 more tomato plants to fill in the new spaces. How many tomato plants will be in the new garden?

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October 2022

Becca was returning from the farmer’s market with a crate full of fruit when three men stopped her and forced her to give them the fruits she had. The first man took half of what she had but then returned ten fruits to her. The second one took one-third of what was left but returned two that he didn’t want. The third man took half of the remainder but threw back one that was eaten up by worms. In the end, the woman was left with twelve fruits in her crate.

How many fruits did she have in the beginning?

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September 2022

What is the height of the house based on the two images?

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