May 2018
Problem of the Month
Math Scramble
Each sentence below is missing two words. Each of these words is made up of the same letters, and one of those words is a math word.
You must get fourteen correct in order to be on the Problem Solvers list.
Can you fill in the blanks?
Hint: The number of letters in each word is given in parentheses.
1. The little ___ laughed with glee as she watched her ___ fly in the windy sky. (4 letters)
2. After taking out a ___ of credit, I now have a ___ on my car. (4 letters)
3. Geodesic is one ___ used to construct a ___ . (4 letters)
4. I felt too guilty to end my prayer with ___ because I called the church secretary a ___ name.
(4 letters)
5. When mom and ___ asked me what we were doing in algebra, I answered that we were learning
to ___ and subtract polynomials. (3 letters)
6. While surfing the ____ , he found ____ math websites that looked really interesting. (3 letters)
7. I'm ____ sure if a full grown pig weighs one ____ . (3 letters)
8. A cute ___ flew at an obtuse ___ towards Earth. (5 letters)
9. You should never go to a shooting ____ if you are feeling ____. (5 letters)
10. While skiing down the ____ , he dropped his ____. (5 letters)
11. A commercial jet ___ has a very complex control ___ . (5 letters)
12. We heated the ___ beans to the boiling ___ . (5 letters)
13. The spy plane could not file a flight plan because its ___ was ___ . (6 letters)
14. The ___ had the congregation join hands to form a prayer ___. (6 letters)
15. Sir Lancelot rescued the ___ from the ___ of the road. (6 letters)
16. The ___ news story was at the ___ of discussion. (6 letters)
17. In the microscope the ___ had a ___ shape. (8 letters)
18. Knowing how to form a ___ is ___ in forming a pyramid. (8 letters)
19. Spendthrifts are the ___ of misers, who ___ . (8 letters)
20. Computer programmers no longer use slide rules, but they may still use a ___
when creating an ___. (9 letters)