Mrs. Reynolds Brain Busters

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Mrs. Reynolds Brain Busters

• Solve the Brain Buster for Extra Credit!
• For 7th and 8th graders

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Brain Buster 1 February 5, 2008

• During a party, a total of 78 handshakes
  occurred. If each person shook hands once with
  each of the other people, how many people were at
  the party?
• MathCounts School Handbook, 2006-2007

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Brain Buster 2 Jan. 8

• Mattie looks in her closet and finds 4 shirts, 2
  pairs of pants, 1 skirt and 2 pairs of shoes. If
  she must wear one shirt, one pair of pants or a
  skirt, and one pair of matching shoes, how many
  possible choices are there for her complete
  outfit today?
• MathCounts School Handbook 2006-2007

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Brain Buster 3

• John is on the middle rung of a ladder. He
  climbs up three rungs, down five rungs, up six
  rungs, and then climbs the last eight rungs to
  the top. How many rungs are on the ladder?
• MathCounts School Handbook, 2006-2007.

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Brain Buster 4

• A farmer sells 75 turkeys for 511.92. How much
  would a dozen turkeys cost at the same price per
  turkey?
  
• MathCounts School Handbook 2006-2007.