CENTRAL OREGON MATH CONTEST

Scavenger Hunt

SCAVENGER HUNT

The Scavenger Hunt is a 90-minute contest which counts towards a team's overall score.  Each school will have one team consisting of their Algebra II & Advanced Math students.  Clues in the hunt will involve a wide variety of mathematical techniques and some creativity on the student's part.  Students should come prepared to explore the campus for clues (inside and out regardless of the weather).  It might be helpful to bring tape measures, protractors, calculators and scratch paper.  The rules, appropriate maps and answer sheet will be provided.  In addition, phone books, class schedules and other necessary components are readily available throughout the campus. 

An example:

. . . now that you have found the inscription on the pipe (A 2 3 5) consider this as a hexadecimal number and convert it to base 10.  That is, A235₁₆ = _ _ _ _ _ ₁₀ . 

Now take the last two digits (1's and 10's) and find this course "MTH _ _ " in COCC's 1998 Summer offering.  Find the Section # for that class and denote that by x.  x = _ _ _.  Find the location scheduled for that class and call that y.  y = ______________ .

Go to ____y____ and look inside on the blackboard for a problem involving   x  . 

Do the addition problem involving x.   That is, solve the problem of the form:

1,234 +     x     = _ _ _ _ .  Denote this answer by z.  z = _ _ _ _ .  .....