MATHEMATICAL TREASURE HUNT

MIDTERM – TASK PERFORMANCE

GROUP 1

Bagtindon, Charlene Grace H.

Villamor, Tom Lee

Dela Cruz, Arleen

Verocil, Aura

Romo, Louie

Abano, LadyAnn
 INSTRUCTIONS

This treasure hunt will require you to move around your school, find the hidden clues and solve mathematical problems. Each
question will contain a clue about where the next problem will be hidden, but every team solves the problems in a different
order. When you find an envelope, take one problem page and one clue. Try to solve the problem, sometimes using additional
materials in the envelope; then look for the next problem. You may not find the problems in the correct order! There are
many other children in the school, so avoid any unnecessary noise. Do not leave your solutions behind for the next team to
see, and don ‘t take more than one copy of each problem – otherwise following teams might not be able to solve the problem.

TREASURE MAP:

Start your journey from the Long Island and spend the night there. Come morning, try to escape the legendary eight
mountains eat dinner from there and survive another night. Don’t worry you’re almost there, when you reach four
mountains. Just be ready as you will be encountering unwanted treasure hunters as well. Remember to answer the next
problem correctly to avoid them. Treasure will be found at South West corner of the island.

Materials:

- Envelope

1st CLUE:

Bonjour, Hola, Goddag, Ni Hao and more if languages allow. When you get this crossed out Long Island on the map and
proceed to the biggest room you in this floor to get the next clue. Ciao!

PROBLEM 1

There are some people on a train.19 people get off the train at the first stop. 17 people get on the train. Now there are 63
people on the train. How many people were on the train to begin with?

SOLUTION:

Get off the train

-19

Get on

+17

17-19=-2

63+2=65
2ND CLUE:

Full of paper, books and files, Pay the school office some smiles! First determine what the sum of the numbers in every row
and column is.. All good? You may proceed to the gym to do some stretching, next clue will be sitting there. See you four
mountains.

SECOND PROBLEM

Magic Squares Do you know what a magic square is? A quadratic grid of integers, so that the sum of the numbers in every
row, every column and the two diagonals is always the same. Here is a 3×3 magic square with the numbers from 1 to 9. The
rows, columns and diagonals all add up to 15:

Magic squares have also played an important role in Chinese and Arabic mathematics: they were believed to have magical
powers and a supernatural meaning. I found this 4×4 magic square in a book, except that some numbers are missing. Can
you fill in the gaps and find the number in the bottom left corner?

SOLUTION:

Magic Square = 9

3RD CLUE:

Where 10 divided 5 is 2, The next questions, waits for you. You will encounter big ships with fighting pirates twice, try to avoid
them by answering these following problems correctly.
 THIRD PROBLEM

The number within the four sectors of the outer circle is equal to the sum of the three numbers next to its sector. The numbers
in the individual circles can only be 1 to 9 and each number can be used only once. One number has been provided to get you
started. Find the remaining four members.

SOLUTION:
Comments on solving the puzzle; a process of eliminating possible values as answers:

Value 3 is provided and can not be reused.

Starting at Equation (1), unknowns A & B can only be equal to 1, 2, 5 or 6 as shown. All other combination include a 3 value.

Equation (2): unknown B can now be equal to 1, 2 or 5 only as shown Then C can only be equal to 4, 7, or 8. Comparing with
Equation (1), 6 is eliminated as a possible value for B, A can now only be equal to 2, 5 or 6.

Equation (3): unknowns C & D can only be equal 8 or 9 as shown. Therefore comparing with Equation (2), C must be equal to
8 & D equal to 9. With C equal to 8 in Equation (2), B must then be equal to 1 and with B equal to 1 in Equation (1), A must
then be equal to 6.

Equation (4) confirms that if D is equal to 9 and A is equal to 6.

Now insert your final answers into the original puzzle and verify the resulting sums.
4TH CLUE:

No pupil may enter, no child may come in, Where the next clue is hidden, so you can begin! Almost there…

FOURTH PROBLEM

In each of the following puzzles, there is a common arithmetic relationship between the set of equations that allow their
respective solutions as shown. Determine this common relationship and find the unknown relational value in question.

SOLUTION:

5TH CLUE:

The biggest room that is in sight, but try to knock – it is polite. Congratulations, this is the last part. Get this right and find the
treasure here. Raise your flag and your done. Adios!

FIFTH and FINAL PROBLEM

The number in each brick of the 4-sided pyramid is the sum of the numbers in the two supporting bricks, working from the
outside in or from the base to the apex of the pyramid. I’ve filled in a few bricks to get you started. Find the number that goes
in the very center or top brick which is the sum of its four side bricks.

Note: Each number in the shaded bricks is the sum of the two adjoining bricks as shown by the direction of the arrows.
SOLUTION: