Pre-Calculus Accelerated Happy Spring Break 1. The odometer of the family car shows 1541 miles. The driver noticed that this number is palindromic: it reads the same backward as forward. “Curious,” the driver said to himself. “It will be a long time before that happens again.” But 2 hours later, the odometer showed ‘a new palindromic number. How fast was the car traveling in those 2 hours? egies 7 THO m 2. How many plus signs should we put between the digits 987654321 to get a total of 99? Where should we put the plus signs? G4¢ 4+ 7 bo--st4 +3424! 34 bs J 3. Every morning for a week, a man climbs the stairs to his office. And counts as he goes. ‘On Sunday, he counts the steps by 2°s and has 1 step left over at the top. On Monday, he counts the steps by 3°s and has 2 steps left over at the top. On Tuesday, he counts the steps by 4’s and has 3 steps left over at the top. ‘On Wednesday, he counts the steps by 5"s and has 4 steps left over at the top, On Thursday, he counts the steps by 6°s and has 5 steps left over at the top. On Friday, he counts the steps by 7°s and has 6 steps left over at the top. (On Saturday, he counts the steps by 1s. How many steps are there? ends ta 4 VAG 7 ples sigas leave space betwwoa bs Usb-US 72 420 4144. Divide the face of a lock with 2 straight lines so thatthe sums of the numbers in each part 42 are equal. We $12 TK 34 5. Follow this rhyme: Write five Tgnsa line. All are different — none are nine, 2b 5% 3 =I Three are odd, not so the others; Each alternates with its brothers Twice the first gives you the fourth First plus second gives the third Before you write them down too fast, Third plus fourth gives you the last. + zs ls 2nd 3d ae gth 6. There are rabbits and pheasants and snakes in a cage. Altogether they have 100 legs and 36 heads. Are there more rabbits than snakes, or the other way around? YOU MUST SHOW WORK TO GET CREDIT. rerdbborts ps pheasant ge saake rter5= 36 yet: 36 -e re 3o-p-s 364p5 +2 pids= 100 36 tp ene leo p 3+ 64