Hands-on math!

Washington State Math Olympiad
Hints and Solutions
2014 Grade 6 Algebra
Problem
1) Today is Saturday. What day of the week is it 200 days from today?

2) Before district play, the basketball team won 10 of their games, or 40% of their games. During district play, they won six games and finished the season having won half their games. What percentage of their games did they win at districts? Round to the nearest percent.

3) Maya loves dogs and is happy to dog sit for her neighbors. She charges a small initial fee and then an hourly rate. Based on the table, what is an expression that will let her quickly compute how much she will earn for h hours of dog sitting for one dog?

Problem
4) Ms. Schultz passes out strawberries to her Spanish class. If she gives each student 6 strawberries, she has 28 left. If she gives each student 8 strawberries, she has 4 left. How many strawberries does Ms. Schultz have?

5) In the pattern of circles shown, each new encircling layer adds more circles. The layers alternate in color beginning with white, then grey, and then white. When the pattern has exactly 3 grey layers, how many circles of both colors are in the pattern?