Math Mania seeks relationship answers

Ms. Math Mania has come up with a series of clues that can help you figure out the seating chart in an imaginary classroom. Whether you find the correct relationships between the various clues will determine whether you solve the February Math Mania.

Remember, each clue gives only part of an answer. You need to put the partial answers from each clue together with others to find where each student sits in the classroom and how they scored on the test.

Ms. Amy Ruzicka is Ms. Math Mania. The math teacher at St. Gabriel's School in south St. Louis has come up with a Math Mania Challenge that helps develop logical thinking to solve a case of seeming chaos.

That's a valuable ability when it comes to solving math problems that seem to have too many undefined numbers.

The Math Mania Challenge is open to kids throughout metro St. Louis on both sides of the Mississippi River. The Challenge rules and an entry blank are listed below.

If you answer all the math puzzles correctly, you'll have a chance to win a Borders book certificate. Depending on the number of correct entries, YSL.com will up to five $10 certificates.

To enter the February contest, fill out the attached entry form and give answers to the questions. Be sure to follow instructions when completing the entry form.

In the March edition of YSL.com, we'll publish the answers to this February puzzle and name any winners.

1. Print out the following entry form.
2. Fill out your name, address and telephone number.
3. Identify the kids, their seat assignments and their scores on the test.
4. Put your completed entry into a stamped, addressed envelope.
5. Be sure to print the entry form so we can be sure of the spelling.
6. Mail the entry to: