December 2017
Problem of the Month

Christmas Tree Puzzle



Can you take the six ornaments that have fallen off the trees and place them in the circles so that the total of each side is equal to the number in the base of the tree?



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Solution to the Problem:







Correctly solved by:

1. Alyssa Rippetoe Mountain View High School,
Mountain View, Wyoming
2. Ashlee Rudy Mountain View High School,
Mountain View, Wyoming
3. Bryce Villanueva Victoria, Minnesota
4. Madison Bindl Mountain View High School,
Mountain View, Wyoming
5. Triniti Rogers Mountain View High School,
Mountain View, Wyoming
6. Hope Pfeifer Mountain View High School,
Mountain View, Wyoming
7. Austin Smith Mountain View High School,
Mountain View, Wyoming
8. Breanna Hood Mountain View High School,
Mountain View, Wyoming
9. McKenzie Martin Mountain View High School,
Mountain View, Wyoming
10. Cooper Martin Mountain View High School,
Mountain View, Wyoming
11. Behlee Aimone Mountain View High School,
Mountain View, Wyoming
12. Emilee Benedict Mountain View High School,
Mountain View, Wyoming
13. Trevon Peterson Mountain View High School,
Mountain View, Wyoming
14. Faith Pfeifer Mountain View High School,
Mountain View, Wyoming
15. Ivy Joseph Pune, Maharashtra, India
16. Delaney Lupher Mountain View High School,
Mountain View, Wyoming
17. Ailee Bugas Mountain View High School,
Mountain View, Wyoming
18. Gauge Lockhart Delta High School,
Delta, Colorado
19. Michael Newton Mountain View High School,
Mountain View, Wyoming
20. Trenten Wells Mountain View High School,
Mountain View, Wyoming
21. Katie Kendrick Mountain View High School,
Mountain View, Wyoming
22. Macy Rinker Mountain View High School,
Mountain View, Wyoming
23. Sameha Haque Delta High School,
Delta, Colorado
24. Bailee Leonard Mountain View High School,
Mountain View, Wyoming
25. Trinity Brown Mountain View High School,
Mountain View, Wyoming
26. Caden Shaw Mountain View High School,
Mountain View, Wyoming
27. Nicolle Leonrad Mountain View High School,
Mountain View, Wyoming
28. Haylee Curry Delta High School,
Delta, Colorado
29. Meisha Lawrence Mountain View High School,
Mountain View, Wyoming
30. Olivia Santonastaso Delta High School,
Delta, Colorado
31. Mairany Jaracuaro Delta High School,
Delta, Colorado
32. Nathan Workman Delta High School,
Delta, Colorado
33. Brijesh Dave Mumbai City, Maharashtra, India


Send any comments or questions to: David Pleacher