Problems of the Month-January

Problems of the Month-January

Well, it is basketball season…

1. Mr. Little and Mr. Doss were playing Hot Shot, the arcade basketball game where you try to make as many baskets within 60 seconds as possible. Since it was on classic, they earned 2 points for baskets made in the first 50 seconds and 3 points for baskets made in the last 10 seconds.

Mr. Little scored 60 points. What is the minimum number of baskets that Mr. Doss must make in order to beat Mr. Little’s score?


2. In three games, William scored 8 points, 14 points and 11 points. What is his scoring average for these three games?

3. William wants to score enough points to raise his average to 15 points per game. How many points will he need to score in the next game to raise his average to 15 points?

Happy New Year!
4. If the perimeter of a square is 2011 inches, what is the area of the square? Round to the nearest hundredth.

5. What is the median of the first 2011 positive integers?