Week of
October 10
1.  There is one word in the English language that is always pronounced incorrectly.  What is it?
5.  If two hours ago it was as long after one o'clock in the afternoon as it was before one o'clock in the morning, what time would it be now?
3. On a committee, there are currently 12 people, one-third of whom are women and two-thirds men.  If the committee needs to have 20% women, how many additional men should be recruited to join the committee?
4. A boat has a ladder that has six rungs.  Each rung is one foot apart.  The bottom rung is one foot from the water.  The tide rises at 12 inches every 15 minutes.  High tide peaks in one hour.  When the tide is at its highest, how many rungs are under water?
6.  The numbers 1 to 500 inclusive are put into a hat.  What is the probability that a number chosen at random from the hat is a multiple of both 6 and 13?
Jola has several bottles.  Of them, 5 are full, 5 are half full, and 5 are empty. She wants to divide these bottles among three boxes that each hold 5 bottles, and she wants each box to weigh the same.  How would she divide the bottles?  How many different ways can you find?