Back By Popular Demand…..Runkle Math Challenge. We are excited to offer two challenge problems to students. Level 1 is geared for students in grades K-2 and Level 2 is geared for students in grades 3-6. However, students should work on the problem that is appropriately challenging for them. We encourage all students to participate. [...]
More →Three students open e-trade accounts and become day traders. Although they all work hard, they achieve the following steady rates of losing money: The first student loses $1000 in one hour, the second student loses $1000 in two hours, and the third student loses $1000 in three hours. Find the number of minutes it takes [...]
More →An integer is defined as upright if the sum of its first two digits equals its third digit. For example, 145 is an upright integer since 1+4=5. How many positive three-digit integers are upright? Last week’s question and solution Problem: Daniel is having dinner with a friend. He buys five dishes and his friend [...]
More →Daniel is having dinner with a friend. He buys five dishes and his friend buys three dishes. At the last minute another friend comes to eat with them and pays $4 for his share of the meal. If all the dishes have the same value, how should the money be divided between Daniel and his [...]
More →The average house price in Boomtown rose 30 percent each year for the last five years. If the average house price is currently $250,000, what was the average house price five years ago? Last week’s problem and solution 999 Coins Starting with a single pile of 999 coins, a person does the following in [...]
More →Starting with a single pile of 999 coins, a person does the following in a series of steps: In step one, he splits the pile into two nonempty piles. Thereafter, at each step, he chooses a pile with 3 or more coins and splits this pile into two piles. What is the largest number of [...]
More →On Saturday, March 5, 2011, the Runkle Math Counts Team was the ONLY team representing Brookline at the State Tournament! They competed well with schools with a much larger population and we are proud of the entire team for placing in the top 19!
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- February 7, 2012
- PTO Meeting
8:05 am (1 hour)
Cafeteria
upcoming events, current issues
- February 8, 2012
- Runkle Girls Basketball at Lawrence
3:30 pm (1 hour)
Lawrence
- Runkle Boys Basketball against Lawrence at Runkle
3:30 pm (1 hour)
Runkle
- February 9, 2012
- Runkle Strings Concert
7:00 pm (1 hour)
Baker Auditorium
Runkle's String Players (grades 4-8) under the guidance of John Ferguson and Emily Stewart
- February 10, 2012
- BINGO Night
—All day—
Runkle Cafeteria, Gym
Bingo Night is a game night for all Runkle children and their familie
- February 14, 2012
- School Council Meeting
4:00 pm (1 hour)
Library unless otherwise indicated
- February 15, 2012
- Runkle Girls Basketball against Pierce at Runkle
3:30 pm (1 hour)
Runkle
- Runkle Boys Basketball at Pierce
3:30 pm (1 hour)
Pierce
- February 16, 2012
- Snuggle and Read
8:00 am (20 mins)
Your Kindergarten Classroom
A time for a parent, a caretaker/family member to share the joy of reading with your child. Enjoy a relaxing morning with your child curled up with a book selected from our classroom or one you bring from home.
- February 20, 2012
- No School (Presidents' Day)
—All day—
- February 21, 2012
- No School (February Vacation)
—All day—
- February 22, 2012
- No School (February Vacation)
—All day—
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