Junior Iditarod - Website for the Junior Iditarod: http://www.jriditarod.com/index.php3
This race is for young people between the ages of 14 and 17.

1. Cali King was the winner of the 2002 Jr. Iditarod race. She started the race at 9:27 AM. She completed the race in 23 hours and 27 minutes. What time did she finish the race?
2. The first prize in the Junior Iditarod is a $4000 scholarship. Second prize gives a $2500 scholarship and third place gets a $1500 scholarship. How much scholarship money is given in total for these three top prizes?
3. The Jr. Iditarod race started in 1978. How many years ago was this?
4. The entry fee for the Jr. Iditarod is $50.00 if you apply on-line and $75.00 for anyone applying late. There are 23 mushers in total for the Jr. Idiarod race. Fifteen of them entered on time. How much money was collected for the entrance fee?
5. This year there are 23 mushers in the Junior Iditarod. 10 are females. What percentage are female?

The Rules of the Race
Use the following site to answer these questions: Rules and Policies of the Iditarod

1. What is the total time in hours that a musher must take in stops during the race?
2. How many booties would you need if you used the maximum number of dogs? How many would you need if you used the minimum number of dogs?
3. How many pounds of dog food would 15 dogs need?
4. If a musher withdraws from the race before January 26, 2006, how much would the race have cost him/her? What about if they withdrew on February 16, 2006? (Go to page 6 for this information.)
5. A musher needs to buy booties for the maximum number of dogs. how much will he/she save if he/she buys the pre-cut fleece booties instead of the regular fleece booties? (You will need to visit DogBooties.com to solve this problem.)

Your Musher Along the Trail

Use the official Iditarod website to answer these questions.

1. How many miles long is this year's Iditarod along the northern trail? When your musher is exactly half finished with the race, between which two checkpoints will they be?
2. What is the distance from Rainy Pass to Rohn?
3. Based on how long it took your musher to get from Wasilla to Knik, approximately how long should it take the musher to get from Nikolai to McGrath?
4. Your musher has left Kaltag and is on the way to the next checkpoint, Unalakleet. Your musher is halfway to Unalakleet and one of the dogs needs to be returned to Kaltag for medical treatment. How many total miles does your team actually travel during their journey to get from Kaltag and Unalakleet?
5. How many miles has your musher traveled so far? What is the average amount of miles the musher is travelling per day?
6. Determine the miles per hour your musher has been travelling for each of the first five checkpoints. Go to the weather.com site and record temperatures and weather conditions during each distance. do you feel weather conditions have an effect on your musher's speed of travel? Give specific information to prove your answer.
7. Make a prediction based on how far your musher has travelled already as to the date you think he/she will finish the race. Be sure to take into account the required 24 hour rest stop and the two eight hour rest stops.
8. Find the most recent checkpoint your team has arrived at. How many miles has the team travelled so far in the race? How far does the team still have to go to reach Nome?

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