Ground Rules!

Alright, now that I've finally got this thing set up, let's review the rules of the challenge:

1) Each week I will give a challenge problem in Mr. Lancaster's class. The first person to correctly give me the answer to the problem will receive a king-size Snickers bar or other candy of their choosing as a prize!

2) A guess does NOT qualify for the prize, even if the guess is correct. You must be able to explain your answer, that's the whole point!

3) The second person to come up with a correct answer will receive... half of a Snickers bar. The third person will receive half of half, or a quarter of a Snickers. The fourth person will receive an eighth, the fifth person a sixteenth, etc. (How many candy bars will all that add up to?)

4) Collaboration is encouraged, but remember: only the first person gets the whole prize, so choose wisely. Working together means you might get the answer faster, but you also have to share the wealth! On the other hand, if you work alone, a group working together might steal the whole prize before you can figure it out. Pick your poison!

5) Some weeks, Mr. Lancaster's stats and algebra classes will receive different challenges, while other weeks you will receive the same challenge. In either case, prizes are awarded independently to the two classes, so the first person from stats and the first person from algebra both get the whole Snickers. Note that the individual sections of each class are one group, so once a person in 2nd hour algebra solves the challenge, a person in 4th hour who solves it afterwards will only get half!

Good luck!
Mr. McDonald