CHALLENGE

Feel free to go through these problems, but...we have a winner!  The winner of the first Kennedy Road Math Challenge goes to 8th grader Anna Oates.  Congratulations. 

Also, thanks to Mr. Prince for being our mystery, money-holding teacher.

Feel free to check your own work against the answers, which have been highlighted.

DISCLAIMER:  The Kennedy Road Math Challenge is open to students currently enrolled at Kennedy Road during the 2009-2010 school year.

Step 1 for solving the Kennedy Road Math Challenge...solve this problem.

A worm is at the bottom of a 12-foot wall.  Every day it crawls up 3 feet, but at night it slips down 2 feet.  How many days does it take the worm to get to the top of the wall?

HINT: It might help if you draw a picture of what is happening each day.