Name: _________________________
2025 MATH CHALLENGE
Can you complete the 202 challenge? Show your work in each box and answer the questions related to the
new year! Remember 2024 is a leap year with one extra day.
1. 2025 is a "square year". Why? 2. A palindrome is a number that is the same forwards and
When was the last "square backward. There will be a few palindrome dates in 2024. Write it
year"? When will the next below in the format M/DD/YY. (One date in 2023 was 3/24/23
one be? 32423) 5/29/25
because it is a perfect square . 5/20/25 5/25/25
5/26/25
last square year was 1936 5/23/25 5/22/25 5/28/25
the next square year will be 2116 5/27/25
5/21/25 5/24/25
5/28/25
3. Find the prime 4. How many total 5. The year begins on a
factorization of 2025. minutes are there this Wednesday. How many
year? Wednesdays will there be in
525600 the year 2025? How many
Fridays will there be?
53 wdnesdays
52 fridays
6.
4/4/2025
4/1/2025
4/9/2025
4/16/2025
4/25/2025
9/9/2025
9/1/2025
9/16/2025
9/25/2025
1/9/2025
1/4/2025
1/25/25
1/16/25
1/1/25
©Amy Hearne
The Great
Number Challenge
Directions: Using the numbers 2, 0, 2, and 5 in order, create expressions that are equivalent to each of the
numbers from 0-10.
Some things to know/remember:
• In math, the ! means factorial. For instance, 5! means 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1. Also, 0! = 1
• Feel free to use any mathematical operation to create your target number: you may add, subtract,
multiply, divide, use absolute values, exponents, square roots, negative numbers, and factorials!
• You can also use parentheses, brackets etc.
• Any number to the zero power is equal to 1
10 = __________________ (2 x 0) + (5 x 2)
9 = __________________2+0+2+5
8 = __________________2^0 + 2 + 5
7 = __________________
(5+2)
6 = __________________
© Audrey Stroh (Math by the Mountain), 2024
5 = __________________
4 = __________________
3 = __________________
2 = __________________
1 = __________________
0 = __________________
Directions: Using the numbers 10-0 in order (left to right), try to create an expression that, when evaluated, is as close as
possible to 2025 without exceeding it. Like the previous challenges, you may use any mathematical symbol and it may
be beneficial to remember that 0! =1.
How close can you get to the number
_________________
© Audrey Stroh (Math by the Mountain), 2024
