Math Homework Challenges

Each week I will post at least 2 critical thinking/problem solving activities for your child to complete.  This assignment is optional and it will only be posted on the classroom blog.  If your child chooses to complete these activities, he/she should be able to read the problems and solve them independently.  Please be sure to print and return the completed activities back to school each Friday for me to see.  Thank you!

Week of 8-20-12

#1 You have the following digits...7, 5, 2, 4, 6, and 3.  What is the largest 2 digit number you can make?  What is the smallest 2 digit number?  What is the largest 2 digit number you can make with the digits that are left over?  What is the smallest 2 digit number you can make with the digits that are left over?  

#2 Mary likes to dress up her dogs.  One wears a hat, one wears a coat, and one wears a scarf.  Their names are Spot, Tag, and Barney.  Tag loves to wear a scarf.  Spot won't wear the coat.  Match each dog with what it wears.  Explain your thinking with words and pictures.