October 2025 Problem of the Month

Mr. P hosts a Games Group at his house every other Friday night.

He originally had a black square card table which measured 33" x 33".

He replaced it with a white square card table which gave the players 280 square inches more playing area than the black table.

What are the dimensions of the white table?

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Black table:



White table:

Solution to the Problem:

Here is the solution:

The dimensions of the white table are 37" x 37".

The area of the black table is 33 x 33 = 1089 square inches.
THe area of the white table is 1089 + 280 = 1369 square inches.
So taking the square root of 1369 gives you 37 inches, the length of each side of the white table.

Here are some other photos from the Friday night Games group: