PROBLEM SOLVING EXERCISE 1. Think of as many uses as you can for a spoon. (Time limit: 5 minutes.

Write your answer on the back page. When checking the answers, let the class decide if the answers are acceptable or not) 2. Solve this algebra problem: (3x-2y) (3x+2y) 3. If all cows are blue-blooded and Bessie is not a cow. Which of the following necessary follows? (Place a check mark on the correct answer.) a) Bessie is not blue-blooded. b) Bessie is an animal. c) Bessie is either blue-blooded or not blue-blooded. d) Bessie is most likely not blue-blooded. 4. A woman who lived in a small town married 20 different men in that same town. All of them are still living, and she never divorced any of them. Yet she broke no laws. How could she do this? (Write your answer on the space below)

5. The triangle shown below points to upwards. Show how you can move three dots to get the triangle to point downwards

6. Imagine that you are the person standing in the middle of a room, in which two strings are hanging down from the ceiling. Your goal is to tie together the two strings, but neither is long enough so that you can reach out and grab the other string while holding either of the two strings. You have available a few clean paintbrushes, a can of paint, and a heavy canvas tarpaulin. How will you tie together the two strings?

7. Arrange the numbers 1 to 9 in a 3x3 matrix in such a way that all directions (horizontal, vertical and diagonal) will have a sum of 15