Summer Weekly Enriching and Challenging Questions for Middle School Students Third Week: July 14, 2013 - July 20, 2013 11:59pm 1. Find out how much per ounce each of these sells for. Then arrange them from the most expensive to the least expensive. Gas $1.65 per gallon Snapple $1.29 for 16 oz. Gatorade $1.59 for 20 oz. Lipton Iced Tea $1.19 for 16 oz. Ocean Spray $2.54 for 30 oz. Evian Water $1.49 for 9 oz. NyQuil $8.35 for 6 oz. Pepto Bismol $3.85 for 4 oz. Whiteout $1.39 for .8 oz. 2. Gretchen is going to "Best Buy" to get a new TV. She already has a cabinet and she wants to be sure that the new TV will fit. Her cabinet is 24 inches wide by 24 inches high by 12 inches deep. She wants to have 1 inches on each side, 1 inch on top and 1 inch behind so the TV will slide in easily. Which of these would be her best choice? Volume of 5280 cu. in. w = 22", h = 20" Volume of 5290 cu. in. d = 10", base and height the same Volume of 5566 cu. in. w = 22", d = 11" 3. Brett has an assignment to paint all of the geometric solids for a museum display. His directions are to use the least amount of colors on each solid, but no sides that touch should be painted the same color. Tell how many colors will be needed for each solid: cube, triangular prism, hexagonal prism, octagonal pyramid, pentagonal pyramid. Is it true that the greater the number of sides, the more colors that are needed? Explain your answer in a few sentences and draw a picture.
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