May 2018
Problem of the Month

Math Scramble
by Ray Frantz and David Pleacher

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.

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)

Solution to the Problem:

1. TIKE and KITE

2. LINE and LIEN

3. MODE and DOME

4. AMEN and MEAN

5. DAD and ADD

6. NET and TEN

7. NOT and TON

8. ANGEL and ANGLE

9. RANGE and ANGER

10. Slope and POLES

11. PLANE and PANEL

12. PINTO and POINT

13. VECTOR and COVERT

14. CLERIC and CIRCLE

15. MAIDEN and MEDIAN

16. RECENT and CENTER

17. PATHOGEN and HEPTAGON

18. TRIANGLE and INTEGRAL

19. CONVERSE and CONSERVE

20. LOGARITHM and ALGORITHM

Correctly solved by:

1. SreeRoopa Sankararaman	Singapore, Singapore
2. Ivy Joseph	Pune, Maharashtra, India
3. Michael Stoll	Mountain View High School, Mountain View, Wyoming
4. Kimberly Howe	Vienna, Virginia
5. Britney Larsen	Mountain View High School, Mountain View, Wyoming
6. Pascalina Earley	Delta High School, Delta, Colorado
7. Mikaela Williams	Mountain View High School, Mountain View, Wyoming
8. Kindee Carter	Mountain View High School, Mountain View, Wyoming
9. Nicolle Leonrad	Mountain View High School, Mountain View, Wyoming
10. James Ritter	Mountain View High School, Mountain View, Wyoming
11. Michael Newton	Mountain View High School, Mountain View, Wyoming
12. Gauge Lockhart	Delta High School, Delta, Colorado
13. Tyler Petersen	Mountain View High School, Mountain View, Wyoming
14. Halley Bindl	Mountain View High School, Mountain View, Wyoming
15. Macy Rinker	Mountain View High School, Mountain View, Wyoming
16. Chaynee Martin	Mountain View High School, Mountain View, Wyoming
17. Caden Elardi	Mountain View High School, Mountain View, Wyoming

Send any comments or questions to: David Pleacher