Valparaiso Days 2014
Welcome to an iconic day. It should be a fun event with many different types of caches for people to find. This year we have four people helping out and each person placed 5 different types of caches. Hopefully you will enjoy the different types of caches.
Cache can be found at N 41 0A.BCD W 96 4E.FGH
A =
Ping Pong Balls –
Kate had a basket full of colorful ping pong balls. The colors are yellow, orange, and brown. The total number of ping pong balls she had in the basket is 77. There are 5 times as many yellow ping pong balls as orange ping pong balls. 7 more brown ping pong balls than orange ping pong balls. How many brown ping pong balls did Kate have?
If your answer is:
15 = 5
16 = 3
17 = 4
B =
Candy –
Kim has a huge packet full of candy. She ate 4 pieces before going to the park and gave 12 pieces to a friend. 9 classmates came to the park, first one took one piece, 2nd one took 2, third one took 4, and so on. The packet was empty after the last person took her candy. How many total candies did Kim’s classmates take?
If your answer is:
405 = 6
511 = 0
601 = 3
C =
Guess my age –
Jack’s age is twice the age of Anna. Sid’s age is half of Anna. My age is 3 times Jack’s age, if Sid is 6 years old, guess my age.
If your answer is:
68 = 2
72 = 0
74 = 1
D =
School Supplies –
The school locker had 3294 boxes. Each box contains 48 pencils, The teacher gave 12 pencils to grade 9 students and 24 pencils to grade 10 students. IF there are 639 students in all sections of grade 9 and 538 students in all sections of grade 10, then how many pencils will be left in the school locker?
If your answer is:
137,532 = 1
143,127 = 5
130,724 = 3
E = ACHT
F =
Chocolates –
A box of chocolate weighs 1kg. Sam gave half of his chocolates to his friends and weights the remaining box, it was 600 grams. What is the weight of the box?
100 = 6
200 = 7
300 = 8
G = I’m nice sometimes G = 8
H = If you have 8 sticks, is it possible to remove one stick and still have 8 remaining (without breaking any)
YES = 0
NO = 7