Problem of the Week 

A math problem of the week (from the University of Waterloo) will be posted here. Scroll to bottom of each link for the solution.  

2025/26 Problems (Most recent at the top)

5/6 -  Three Coins in a Toss 

3/4 -  Paper Folding 

5/6 - Doggy Drinking 

3/4 - Just Filling In

5/6 -  The Long And The Short Of It

3/4 -  Secret Message 

5/6 - Hidden Fractions 

3/4- Zookeeper 

3/4 - Fund Raising 

5/6 -  On The Rebound 

5/6 -  Playing to the Beat 

3/4 -  Birthday Mode 

5/6 - A Capital Transformation 

3/4 -  Shape Sums 

5/6 -  Sticky Keys 

3/4 - Cupcake Bonanza 

3/4  - Pencil Pyramid 

5/6 - Coding Figures 

3/4 - Follow The Rules 

5/6 -  Dicey Products 

3/4 - Test Results 

5/6 - Not A Big Difference 

5/6 -  Team Tournament 

3/4 -  Icy Star Rings 

5/6 - Means a la Mode 

3/4 -  Storage Unit 

5/6 -  Fun & Games 

3/4 - Puzzling Predicament 

5/6 - Let's Get These Numbers in Order 

3/4 - Food Bank Challenge 

5/6 - Stamp It Out 

3/4 - Gathering Flowers 

5/6 - Help Send Freddie Home 

3/4 - Probably 

5/6 - Frank Mixes Things Up

3/4 - Bussing Business 

5/6 - Grain Guess 

3/4 - Colouring Box 

5/6 - Composed or Decomposed

3/4 - Comparing Communications 

3/4 - What Number Am I?

5/6 - Smoothie Choices

5/6 - Welcome to Shape City Park 

3/4 - The Metric Argument 

5/6 - Loose Change 

3/4 - Difference of Numbers 

2024/25 Problems (Most recent at the top)

5/6 - Sanjiv's Blocks 

3/4 - Circular Calculations 

5/6 - Equal Cake and Icing

3/4 - Picture Pixels 

5/6 - Another Dimension 

3/4- Can You Kayak? 

5/6 - Body Math

3/4 - Video Viewing 

5/6 - Code To Guide Cupid 

3/4 - Quilting Puzzle 

3/4 - Delivery Dilemma 

5/6 - Destination: Estimation 

5/6 - It's Been A Dog's Age 

3/4 - Summer Selection 

5/6 - They All Add Up 

3/4 - Balancing Act 

5/6 - Games People Play 

3/4 - Fencepost Problem 

5/6 - Let's Go to The Movies

3/4 - Bright Beautiful Banners

5/6 - Ask the Banker

3/4 - Amazing Navigation 

5/6 - Toothpicks for Squares 

3/4 - Bus Stops 

5/6 - Create A Magic Square 

3/4 - Time After Time 

5/6 - Picking Fruit 

3/4 - Tapping To Success 

5/6 - Does This All Add Up? 

3/4 - School Clean-up 

5/6 - Pathways 

3/4 - Fishing Frenzy 

5/6 - A Taxing Question 

3/4 - Entry Code 

5/6 - A Taxing Question 

3/4 - Apple Picking 

5/6 - The Apartments are Multiplying 

3/4 - Gym Budgets 

5/6 - Quilt Designs For Barns 

3/4 - What Number Am I? 

5/6 - Time to Vote 

3/4 - Tracking Temperatures 

5/6 - The Apple of Your Eye 

3/4 - Calculator Catastrophe 

5/6 - Baking Cookies 

3/4 - Holiday Cheer 

5/6 - Puzzling Areas 

3/4 - Cross Training 

5/6 - A Pentagon Puzzle 

3/4 - Stacking Shapes 

5/6 - A Jarring Thought 

3/4 - Beads and Bracelets 

5/6 - Playing With Bricks 

3/4 - Books, Books, Books 

5/6 - Painting Stones 

3/4 - Better Deal? 

5/6 - Letters With Friends 

3/4 - Movie Magic