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Question 1: It's here - the hottest item of the season, Rodney the Talking Robot! Rodney can keep anyone company, including the dog or cat. When the robots are made at the factory, they move along on a conveyor belt and every 8th robot gets a blue control panel, every 3rd robot gets blinking green eyes, and every 4th robot gets a square head. If 150 robots come off the conveyor belt, how many will have all three: a blue control panel, blinking green eyes, and a square head?

Question 2: Senta and Maurice are lab partners in science class. Today they have to weigh liquid. They have tray full of 80 weights they can use. The weights are of four different kinds: 50 grams, 25 grams, 15 grams, and 5 grams. The first liquid weighs 85 grams. How many different combinations of weights will balance the scale for the first liquid?

Question 3: On July 5, in the area around Centre Village, there was great excitement. Six different people reported to the police that they had seen Bigfoot, the large hairy creature sometimes seen but never captured. The next day, twice as many people called the police, sure they had seen the creature. Each day the police received twice as many calls as the day before. After they got a totoal of more than 300 calls, the police took the phone off the hook. On what day did the police receive their 300th call?

Question 4: How many minutes did Heidi, Saul and Joy each travel to get to the skating rink on Saturday? Joy came by skateboard, Heidi came by bike and Saul came on the bus. It took Heidi twice as long as Joy to get there. It took Saul 10 minutes more than it took both the girls together. All three skaters together took 64 minutes to get to the rink.

Question 5: Sara's softball team can be divided into four group: 1/2 of the players are strong hitters, 1/4 are good pitchers, 1/8 like to play the outfield, and 2 players are catchers. If each player is in only one group, how many players are on the team and how many players are in each group?