Podcast – 01: Peyton’s great score

by | Mar 14, 2016 | Podcast | 0 comments

Welcome to the podcast! Here are the rules, and the first puzzle. // Mr. Patrick teaches math to 15 students. He was grading tests and found that when he graded everyone’s test except Payton’s, the average grade for the class was 80. After he graded Payton’s test, the test average became 81. What was Payton’s score on the test? // Spiciness: * out of ****

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