December puzzle answers

Ms. Math Mania admits an error in December

Even math teachers can make errors with numbers. Ms. Math Mania admits she put a wrong number into one of the December puzzles, making it impossible to make the answer to Question 2 to come out to 24.

So, we threw out that question and made the December quiz into a 5-question puzzle.

But, that didn't do any good because none of the kids, with eligible entries, answered the other five questions correctly. So, there were no winners in the December Math Mania.

(When I put the word "eligible" in boldface and underlined it, it was on purpose. According to our rules, all entries need to be postmarked on or before the 15th of the month of the contest.)

There was a batch of entries that couldn't be considered because they were postmarked after the deadline. Please make sure you get entries in on time; Young Saint Louis.com wants to be able to consider each entry it receives.

And Ms. Math Mania, teacher Amy Ruzicka of St. Gabriel's School in south St. Louis promised all the questions in the January Math Mania are correct. It'll be up to you to make sure all your answers are.

To enter the January contest, click here.

Answers to the December
Math Mania Challenge: 24