A List of the Problems of the Week


Here is a list of all the Problems of the Week that were posted from March 1998 until May 2006.   You may view any of the past problems by clicking on the name.

 	    

Spring 1998

Date Problem of the Week 03/16/98 Change a $50 bill 03/23/98 Man lived in Egypt 03/30/98 Annoying Road Signs 04/06/98 Chicken McNuggets 04/20/98 Sequences 04/27/98 YES or NO Logic 05/04/98 Doublet (MOOD/BARN) 05/11/98 HANDLEY 75th FB 05/18/98 Handley Sandwich 05/25/98 Roman Numeral


Fall 1998

Date Problem of the Week 08/24/98 Powerball Problem 08/31/98 The A B C D Problem 09/07/98 Restaurant Riddle 09/14/98 Football Pairings 09/21/98 Money Matters ($1.62) 09/28/98 Soccer Stumper 10/05/98 Unit Fraction Problem 10/12/98 The 100 Meter Race 10/19/98 The Bee Problem 10/26/98 Feasting in the PM 11/02/98 A Walk in Winchester 11/09/98 Winchester Census 11/16/98 Strange Days (11/9/99) 11/23/98 Math Teacher's Fish 11/30/98 Walk Around the Earth 12/07/98 Santa's Pack (30 Toys) 12/14/98 HO! HO! HO!


Spring 1999

Date Problem of the Week 01/04/99 Trying Triangle 01/11/99 Ordered Pairs 01/18/99 Candy Problem 01/25/99 Circle Prob. (8 chords) 02/01/99 Reciprocal Riddle 02/08/99 Magic Square 02/15/99 Spelling Challenge 02/22/99 Bridge-Crossing 03/08/99 The Sherandomen 03/15/99 Simultaneous Equ. 03/22/99 Send more money 03/29/99 Banana Problem 04/05/99 Apple Cider Prob. 04/12/99 City-County Track 04/19/99 The A.H.S.M.E. 04/26/99 Tricky Sequence 05/03/99 Going to Work 05/10/99 Tricky Triangle 05/17/99 Letter Puzzles 05/24/99 When Workers Relax 05/31/99 Tower of Hanoi 06/07/99 Together Forever


Fall 1999

Date Problem of the Week 08/23/99 Handley Sports 08/30/99 Two Numbers 09/06/99 Class Conscience 09/13/99 Judge's Phone # 09/20/99 Three Thieves 09/27/99 A Little Average 10/04/99 Spelling Challenge 10/11/99 Twenty Dollar Puzzle 10/18/99 3 Jealous Men 10/25/99 Winchester Airport 11/01/99 Mr. P's Party 11/08/99 Chess Problem 11/15/99 Cooking Problem 11/22/99 Setting The Table 11/29/99 Winchester Zoo 12/06/99 Candy Factory 12/13/99 Oh Deer!


Spring 2000

Date Problem of the Week 01/03/00 New Year's Eve 01/10/00 Diophantus' Age 01/17/00 Five Equations 01/24/00 Winchester Sports 01/31/00 Sled Problem ) 02/07/00 Urn Problem 02/14/00 Book Problem 02/21/00 Toy Store 02/28/00 Store Problem 03/06/00 MATHEMATICS 03/13/00 Face Cards 03/20/00 Number Sequence 03/27/00 Triangle Problem 04/03/00 Six Integers 04/10/00 Number Sequence 04/24/00 AHSME Problem 05/01/00 Eight Digits 05/08/00 Stately Addition 05/15/00 Wolf, Goat, & Cabbage 05/22/00 Corners of Square 05/29/00 Mr. P's Shopping


Fall 2000

Date Problem of the Week 08/28/00 De Morgan's Age 09/04/00 Hawaiian Palm Tree 09/11/00 Spiraling Bug 09/18/00 I-81 Problem 09/25/00 Test Problem 10/02/00 Series Problem 10/09/00 All in the Family 10/16/00 Speeder's Problem 10/23/00 Triangle Problem 10/30/00 Trick or Treat! 11/06/00 Who Dun It? 11/13/00 Who Teaches What? 11/20/00 Hockey Problem 11/27/00 Cross Number Puzzle 12/04/00 Fiddling with Fours 12/11/00 12 Days of Christmas


Spring 2001

Date Problem of the Week 01/01/01 New Year Magic 01/08/01 Telephone Number 01/15/01 Reciprocal Problem 01/22/01 Multiplying Digits 01/29/01 Alien Math Class 02/05/01 AHSME Problem 02/12/01 Water Tank Problem 02/19/01 The Gold Bags 02/26/01 Hands Of A Clock 03/05/01 Early-Late Problem 03/12/01 Forgotten Password 03/19/01 Ping Pong Ball 03/26/01 2 Professors Meet 04/02/01 Pascal's Triangle 04/09/01 The 45678 Problem 04/16/01 Buy A Vowel Problem 04/23/01 Sequences 04/30/01 Apple Blossom Game 05/07/01 The Pet Problem 05/14/01 4 Students 05/21/01 Pool Problem 05/28/01 Weights Problem 06/04/01 Super Arcade Champ 06/11/01 Island Problem 06/18/01 Five Houses


Fall 2001

Date Problem of the Week 08/20/01 SUV Gas 08/27/01 Trivia Magic Square 09/03/01 Pike's Peak Problem 09/10/01 Compound Interest 09/17/01 Fort Collins 09/24/01 Handley Golf 10/01/01 Cross Country 10/08/01 Budget Truck 10/15/01 World Series 10/22/01 Baby Gate 10/29/01 Number Table 11/05/01 Synodic Period 11/12/01 Vocations Puzzle 11/19/01 Fishing Pole Problem 11/26/01 Combination Lock 12/03/01 Factorial Problem 12/10/01 Weight Problem 12/17/01 Christmas Tree 12/31/01 Palindromic Year


Spring 2002

Date Problem of the Week 01/07/02 The Elvis Problem 01/14/02 Toys R Us Problem 01/21/02 Portland Head Light 01/28/02 Check Mates 02/04/02 Numbers in Boxes 02/11/02 Josephus Problem 02/18/02 Functional Notation 02/25/02 Desk Calendar 03/04/02 Wedded Bliss 03/11/02 A Digital Problem 03/18/02 Train and Bee 03/25/02 Circular Reasoning 04/01/02 Bellman Problem 04/08/02 The Coin Problem 04/15/02 Jogging Problem 04/22/02 Bookworm Problem 04/29/02 Peculiar Sum 05/06/02 Cross Number Puzzle 05/13/02 The Track Problem 05/20/02 Hard-Boiled 05/27/02 Number Sequence 06/03/02 False Positive


Fall 2002

Date Problem of the Week 08/19/02 How Many Trains? 08/26/02 Redskin Camp Fines 09/02/02 Don't Fence Me In! 09/09/02 Algebra Test 09/16/02 Wendy's 09/23/02 Road Trip To PA 09/30/02 Spider and Fly 10/07/02 Harry Potter 10/14/02 Perfect Square 10/21/02 Change for Dollar 10/28/02 Merry-Go-Round 11/04/02 Match Boxes 11/11/02 Table Problem 11/18/02 Pentagram Problem 11/25/02 Painting Problem 12/02/02 Banana Problem 12/09/02 Bing Crosby 12/16/02 Holiday Greeting


Spring 2003

Date Problem of the Week 01/06/03 Sum Fun With Elvis 01/13/03 The Crew Problem 01/20/03 Jelly Bean Prob. 01/27/03 Powerball Fever II 02/03/03 Tour of the World 02/10/03 Cy Young Winner 02/17/03 Stamp Problem 02/24/03 Arithmetrivia 03/03/03 Las Vegas Interest 03/10/03 Snow Problem 03/17/03 Rectangle Square 03/24/03 High / Low Game 03/31/03 Swensons Milkshake 04/07/03 Stagecoach Problem 04/14/03 Gear Problem 04/21/03 Boat Problem 04/28/03 Hymnal Problem 05/05/03 Tricky Track 05/12/03 Equations Analysis 05/19/03 100 Bucks of Pets 05/26/03 Five Daughters 06/02/03 Magic Square


Fall 2003

Date Problem of the Week 08/18/03 Rita's Ice 08/25/03 Sum Choice 09/01/03 Train Problem 09/08/03 Equations Analysis 09/15/03 Marriage Problem 09/22/03 Old Faithful 09/29/03 Digital Divide 10/06/03 Missing Cal 10/13/03 Winchester Transit 10/20/03 Have In Common? 10/27/03 Scary Stuff 11/03/03 Stacked Rack 11/10/03 Wackie Wordies 11/17/03 Lines and Angles 11/24/03 Computer vs. Human 12/01/03 Arithmetricks 12/08/03 Holiday Greeting 12/15/03 Holiday Greeting


Spring 2004

Date Problem of the Week 01/05/04 Skating Elvises 01/12/04 Elvis Street Number 01/19/04 The Calendar 01/26/04 U.S. Population 02/02/04 The Locksmith 02/09/04 Chicken Soup 02/16/04 Mental Blocks 02/23/04 Inscribed Cube 03/01/04 Chickens and Eggs 03/08/04 Handley Biker 03/15/04 Lottery Problem 03/22/04 Engaging Age 03/29/04 Shortest Distance 04/05/04 Movie Math 04/12/04 Not Sold at 7-11 04/19/04 Turk-o-nacci Sequence 04/26/04 Algebra Class 05/03/04 Gambling Problem 05/10/04 House Painting 05/17/04 Lucky Canceling 05/24/04 Milk Problem 05/31/04 7-11 Problem


Fall 2004

Date Problem of the Week 08/23/04 Cubes Problem 08/30/04 Kate and Jackson 09/06/04 Barber Problem 09/13/04 Lawnmower 09/20/04 Coconut Cake 09/27/04 Grandchildren 10/04/04 Greeley Colorado 10/11/04 Subway Problem 10/18/04 Circle and Squares 10/25/04 The Treasure Hunt 11/01/04 Six-Digit Number 11/08/04 Tom Swifties 11/15/04 The Boeing Plant 11/22/04 Chocolate Squares 11/29/04 Family Travel 12/06/04 Consecutive Integer 12/13/04 12 Days of Christmas


Spring 2005

Date Problem of the Week 01/03/05 Elvis Passwords 01/10/05 The Two Circles 01/17/05 The Nine Students 01/24/05 The Age-Old Problem 01/31/05 Dominoes Problem 02/07/05 8 Integers & 8 Clues 02/14/05 Valentines 4 Everyone 02/21/05 Bigger Burger 02/28/05 Handley Smokestack 03/07/05 Balancing Act 03/14/05 3 Tangent Circles 03/21/05 Confused Bank Teller 03/28/05 Isosceles Triangle 04/04/05 Rice Krispies Box 04/11/05 The Farmer 04/18/05 The Cat Count 04/25/05 Another Barber 05/02/05 Trip Around the U.S. 05/09/05 Candorville Comic 05/16/05 Monkey & Coconuts 05/23/05 Nine Digits


Fall 2005

Date Problem of the Week 08/29/05 Football Field 09/05/05 Cross Country Meet 09/12/05 Math Wackie Wordies 09/19/05 Aging Problem 09/26/05 Barbie Problem 10/03/05 Vanity Plates 10/10/05 Baseball Lineup 10/17/05 Buddhist Lent Puzzle 10/24/05 Rice Problem 10/31/05 Divisibility Problem 11/07/05 Day of the Week 11/14/05 SUDOKU 11/21/05 Movie Magic Square 11/28/05 The Square Problem 12/05/05 Telephone Problem 12/12/05 Temperature Problem 12/19/05 Holiday Algebra


Spring 2006

Date Problem of the Week 01/02/06 Whole Lotta Shakin' 01/09/06 5 O'Clock Somewhere 01/16/06 Number Word Search 01/23/06 Pentagon Island 01/30/06 Dulles to Denver 02/06/06 Crossing Problem 02/13/06 Sibling Rivalry 02/20/06 The Pill Problem 02/27/06 The Judge Problem 03/06/06 March Madness 03/13/06 Fourteen Questions 03/20/06 Bob Marley Problem 03/27/06 The Dart Problem 04/03/06 World Population 04/10/06 Prime Problem 04/17/06 Brothers & Sisters 04/24/06 SUDOKU 05/01/06 The 3 x 3 x 3 Problem 05/08/06 The Missing 20 Digits 05/15/06 Final Exam Problem 05/22/06 Virginia LOTTO



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