Katie Davis left Willow at 16:08 and arrived at Yentna at 19:59. How much time did it take for Katie Davis to go from Willow to Yentna?

~Kirin D., Rachel R., and Logan B.

Judy Currier came into Rainy Pass on March 6th at 19:12. She left Rainy Pass on March 7th at 00:14. How much time did Judy spend at Rainy Pass?

~Emma H., Kim B., Rebecca K.

Paul Gebhardt left Rainy Pass at 18:40 on March 6th and arrived at Rohn Roadhouse at 4:30 on March 7. How long did it take him to get from Rainy Pass to Rohn Roadhouse?

~Brandon N. and Tommy F.

On March 9, Bryan Bearss left Takotna at 16:23 and arrived at Ophir at 18:39. How long did it take him to travel from Takotna to Ophir?

~Shannon E. and Catherine F.

Tom Knalmayer arrived in White Mountain on March 16th at 20:50. He left White Mountain on March 17th at 04:50. How much time did he spend at White Mountain?

~Giana P, Timmy M., Jenae G., Angelica K.

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Matt Hayashida left BLM at 12:13. He arrived at the next checkpoint, Willow, at 15:00. How long did it take him to go from BLM to Willow?

~Dana D. and Jessica M.

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Mrs. Nichols' class at Thomas Jefferson wrote these problems. E-mail the class your solutions! nnichols@lakelandschools.org

Katie Davis started with 16 dogs and ended with 15 dogs
Jeff King started with 16 dogs and ended with 12.
DeeDee Jonrowe started with 16 dogs and ended with 11 dogs.
How many dogs dropped all together between these three mushers?

Alana V. and Anjel P.

If Jeff King won $69,000 – Jessica Hendricks won $5,300 – Mike Jayne won
$4,500. How much money did these three mushers win in all?

Gabrielle C. and Taylor A.

Sebastian Schnuelle came in 35th place out of 83 total mushers.
How many mushers did he finish ahead of?

Andrew B. Shaun H. Chris C.

Rachael Scdoris is at the half way point in the race.
Jeff King is 22 miles ahead of her.
Jessica Hendricks is 13 miles in front of Rachael.
Hugh Neff is 13 miles behind Jeff King.
At what mile mark is each musher at?

** HINT – total miles of Iditarod race is 1,112

Samantha C. Dana C. Jessie V.

If it took Jeff King 9 days and 11 hours to complete the race, and it took
Gregg Hickman 12 days to complete the race…
How many more days/hours did it take for Gregg Hickman to finish AFTER
Jeff King?

Ashley M. and Amanda B.

Our class tracked 9 teams.
It took Jeff King 9 days to finish.
DeeDee Jonrowe 9 days to finish.
Hugh Neff 10 days to finish.
Jessica Hendricks 10 days
Mike Jayne 10 days
Sebastian Schnuelle 10 days
Gregg Hickman 12 days
Rachael Scdoris 12 days and
Katie Davis 12 days to finish the race.

What is the average amount of days it took for these 9 mushers to finish the race?

*HINT: After you have done the division to find AVG, do not use the remainder as part of your final answer. It should be a whole number.

Beatrice H. and Kimberly T.

Hugh Neff won $11,000. Jeff King won $69,000.
DeeDee Jonrowe won $50,000. Jessica Hendricks won $5,300.
And Mike Jayne won $4,500.

What is the average amount of prize money these 5 mushers won?

Timmy B. Dylan J. Adam N.

5 mushers our class chose placed high enough to receive prize money.
Jeff King $69,000 DeeDee Jonrowe $50,000 Hugh Neff $11,000
Jessica Hendricks $5,300 Mike Jayne $4,500
How much money did these 5 mushers win all together?

Jake F. and Steven S.

Each of our 9 dog teams started with 16 dogs each.
How many dogs started the race with these 9 teams?

Jeff King ended with 12 dogs.
DeeDee Jonrowe ended with 11 dogs
Gregg Hickman 9 dogs
Jessica Hendricks 8 dogs. Katie Davis 15 dogs
Mike Jayne 8 dogs Hugh Neff 10 dogs
Sebastian Schnuelle 11 dogs Rachael Scdoris 10 dogs

How many dogs from these 9 teams finished the race?

*Using your answers from the first 2 parts of this question, how many dogs dropped from the beginning to the end of the race between these 9 teams?

Michael K. Johnny D. (and Mrs. Nichols)

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Mrs. Costello's class wrote these problems. Email the class your solutions (kcostello@lakelandschools.org)

 If Katie Davis is in 59th place and Bill Pinkham is in 10th place, how many places does Katie need to advance to be three higher places than Bill Pinkham?

By Michelle and Tony

If Noah Burmeister was in the 24th position at the beginning of the race and finished in the 55th position, how many positions did he drop during the race?

By Anthony and Kim

Ben Vawks started with 16 dogs. During the race, he lost 5 dogs. At the end of the race he bought 4 treats for each of his remaining dogs. How many treats does he buy?

By Abby and Ben

Jeff King was in 1st place, Katie Davis was in 52nd place, Bill Pinkham was in 83rd place, and Ben Vawks was in 100th place. What is the average of their places?
By Camelia and Michael

The first Iditarod race to Nome was held in 1973 and now it is 2006. How many years have passed since the first Iditarod race?

By Miles and Analise

There are 16 dogs on a team. Each dog gets 8 pounds of food each day of the race. There are 18 days in the race. How many pounds of dog food in total do they need for the dogs for the entire race?

By Jessie and Chris

Jeff King had 12 dogs on his team on the last day of the race. He had 7 bags of food. Each bag of food had 3 pounds of food but each dog needed 3 pounds of food for the last day. Does Jeff King have enough? If he doesn’t, how many pounds of food does he need?

By Carly and Timmy

First, Fabrizio was in 41st place. Then he dropped 15 places. What place was he in after he dropped 15 places?

By Meaghan and Bobby

There were eighty-three mushers in the race. Sonny Linder came in thirteenth place. How many mushers were behind him?

By Felicia and Alex

There were 20 mushers in the race. On the third day of the race, three mushers dropped out, four rested, and two came back in the race. How many mushers are left in the race at the end of the third day?

By Julia and Nicky

Sebastian Schnulle was first in 64th place. He moved up to 49th then to 41st then to 43rd . After that he moved to 34th then 37th then to 31st. How many times did he move positions?

By Zachary and Nicholas