6th Grade Mathematics
The cache is NOT located at the above coordinates. To find the correct coordinates you will have to solve the following problems. They were taken from the book Math Contests Grades 4, 5, & 6 Volume 2 by Steven R. Conrad and Daniel Flegler.
N 43 00.ABC W 089 24.DEF
- Find the largest prime factor of 30 x 40 x 50.
- At 4 o’clock, a pole 10 m high casts a shadow 15 m long. At the same time, how long is a shadow cast by a pole 6 m high?
- Red pens are sold at 3 for $1 and black pens are sold at 4 for $1.50. Alice bought 12 red pens and 24 black pens. She paid for them with a $20 bill. How much change did she receive?
- The square of a certain whole number is greater than 36 and less than 64. The whole number is
- A cat runs 3 times as fast as a mouse. If a mouse runs at 2 meters per second and is 12 m from a cat, the mouse will be caught in _____ seconds.
- Find the missing number: 13 + 14 + 15 + 16 + 17 = 15 x ?
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