March 2007
Problem of the Month
Fill in the Blanks
Each list below is a group of five related items, along with a heading that describes the
category. The letters from the heading have been removed from the words
on the list and replaced with blanks.
Filling in the list will reveal the letters in the heading, but not the number of times
those letters appear in the heading. Each distinct letter in the heading appears
at least once in the list.
Category #1:
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Word #1:
M U L _ _ _ L _ C _ _ _ _ _
Word #2:
_ D D _ _ _ _ _
Word #3:
S U B _ _ _ C _ _ _ _
Word #4:
D _ V _ S _ _ _
Word #5:
S Q U _ _ _
Category #2:
_ _ _ _ _ _
Word #1:
T H _ _ _
Word #2:
_ I _ _
Word #3:
F O _ _ T _ _ _
Word #4:
_ I L L I O _
Word #5:
_ I L L I O _
Category #3:
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Word #1:
S _ _ _ _ _
Word #2:
P _ _ _ _ _ _ _ O G _ _ M
Word #3:
K _ _ _
Word #4:
_ _ _ P _ Z O _ _
Word #5:
_ _ C _ _ N G _ _
Solution to the Problem:
Category #1:
O P E
R A T I
O N
Word #1:
M U L
T I P
L I C A T
I O N
Word #2:
A D D I T
I O N
Word #3:
S U B T R A C
T I O N
Word #4:
D I V I S I
O N
Word #5:
S Q U A R E
Category #2:
N U M
B E R
Word #1:
T H R E E
Word #2:
N I N E
Word #3:
F O U R T E
E N
Word #4:
B I L L I O N
Word #5:
M I L L I O N
Category #3:
Q U A
D R I L A
T E R A L
Word #1:
S Q U A
R E
Word #2:
P A R A L
L E L O G R
A M
Word #3:
K I T E
Word #4:
T R A P E
Z O I D
Word #5:
R E C T A N G
L E
Correctly solved by:
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1. Sagar Patel
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Brookstone School
Columbus, Georgia
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| 2. Richard K. Johnson
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La Jolla, California
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| 3. David & Judy Dixon
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Bennettsville, South Carolina
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| 4. James Alarie
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University of Michigan -- Flint
Flint, Michigan
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| 5. Neal Amos
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Brookstone School
Columbus, Georgia
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| 6. Luke Mansour
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Columbus, Georgia
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| 7. Tori Kennedy
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Brookstone School
Columbus, Georgia
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| 8. Mr. Robb's 1st Block Discrete Math Class
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John Handley High School
Winchester, Virginia
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| 9. Magdy Essafty
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Alexandria, Egypt
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