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KnoPro celebrates student creativity and problem-solving by awarding cash prizes to students and schools for outstanding industry project submissions. These rewards recognize hard work, innovation, and skill development—helping students gain confidence and real-world experience for resumes and college applications.

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Looking for real-world experiences to make your college application and resume stand out? Challenges are competitions you can do on a team or solo—in school or out!—where big money's on the line just by helping solve a pressing industry or community problem with your real-life knohow.

Aerospace Engineering: Next-Gen Flight

How will we fly in 2050? Get ready for take-off into the exciting world of fu... More

Earns

+400 Points

Winner

$10000

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Daily Skillbuilders

10 minutes a Day. Earn Points & Skills.

Level-up your skills and career knowledge by creating TikTok videos, persuasive emails and more!

FinanceProblem Solving

Common Cents

Effort: 10 minutesThe United States made its last penny in November 2025, after 232 years, because each one cost almost four cents to make. Within a month, stores were running out. McDonald's told customers that some locations would round cash payments up or down to the nearest five cents. Giant Eagle offered to trade jars of pennies for gift cards worth double, and one man waited half an hour in line and walked out with $57.82. Nobody told stores what to do about the three cents on a $4.98 sale, so every business that takes cash is deciding on its own. Some chains round down every time and eat the cost, because they would rather lose a few cents than argue with a customer. Others round to the nearest nickel and let it even out. Cards are not affected, but plenty of people still pay with cash, and they are the ones who notice. Your Task: Imagine you own a small store near your school that takes a lot of cash, and the register is yours to figure out. 1. The Rule Write your store's rounding rule for cash. Always down so you eat it, always up so customers do, nearest nickel, or something nobody has tried, like ending every price in 0 or 5 so there is nothing to round. Then say who your rule favors and roughly what it costs you or your customers over a busy week. (Your rule, plus 3 sentences.) 2. The Sign Write the sign that sits at the register and explains your rule, in words a customer can read in two seconds. Then say why you picked those words. (15 words or fewer, plus 1 sentence.) 3. The Jar People keep showing up with jars of pennies. Invent what your store does with them, and it cannot be "we take them" or the gift-card trade from the video. Say how it works and why a customer would bother. (3 to 4 sentences.) More

Earns:
10 pointsAwarded:
(1) $100 e-gift card

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Maira Jamil

Urban Assembly Gateway School for Technology

“I was really impressed with the creativity... they made me feel good as a teacher. Experiences like these are what make teaching so rewarding.”

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South Dade Senior High

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Monarch High School

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Choose Any Challenge Summer Edition: 2026

It's your chance to win $$$ in our Choose Any Challenge! Take your pick from previous Challe...Learn more

10 weeks ChallengeEarns: +400pts

Problem SolvingCommunicationSocial Awareness

Awarded:
$5000

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