This will be the last Thursday email from POTW for the 2024 – 2025 school year. There is no new problem today. We hope you have enjoyed our problems this year. Keep an eye out for an email from us in September, when we start the next year of problems.
A link to the solution to last week's problem is included in this email. We look at cases based on what happens in the next turn.
Check out our webpage at http://www.cemc.uwaterloo.ca/resources/potw.php over the summer. The problem / solution archive will be updated in August. If you look around the website, you may find some other useful resources.
If you are looking for some problem-solving activities for your classroom in June, we encourage you to order the Team Up Challenge (https://cemc.uwaterloo.ca/contests/team-up-challenge). The Team Up Challenge is a free set of materials containing four events that educators can use with their students. Participants work in teams and engage in fun activities to strengthen their mathematical problem-solving skills. These materials will be sent to educators that order the challenge via email, at no cost. Question papers will be available in English and French. Starting this year, ordering the Team Up Challenge is done through our secure Contest Supervisor Portal (https://cemc2.math.uwaterloo.ca/contest/Sigma/school/supervisorPortalLogin.php). The deadline for ordering is Thursday, May 29, 2025. We hope your school participates!
Have a wonderful day, an amazing June, July and August, and happy problem solving.
Solution from Last Week