This is a bundle of 22 challenging math activities (plus answer
keys when appropriate). These activities reinforce basic skills
in fun and interesting ways. Most require some logic or critical
thinking. They can be used as supplemental materials with an
entire class, with highly capable students, at a math center, or
as homework.
This bundle includes:
1. Exactly How Old Are You?
2. Palindromes
3. Number Search
4. Wear Your Points
5. Multiplication Sense
6. Multiplication Homework
7. Which is More?
8. Starry, Starry Night
9. Role the Dice
10. Missing Digits Addition
11. Missing Digits Subtraction
12. Math Scavenger Hunt
13. Dinner Party
14. Triangle Tangle
15. Small Change
16. Missing Coins
17. Halloween Treat Survey
18. Halloween Recipe
19. Twelve Days of Christmas (3 pages)
20. Hanukkah (2 pages)
21. Do It Yourself Story Problems I
22. Do it Yourself Story Problems II
Answer Keys
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Date___________________
Use the information on the right to answer each question If you need help,
the box at the bottom will give you some hints. Show your work.
1. How many years old are you?________
2. How many months old are you? ________
3. How many weeks old are you?________
4. How many days old are you?________
5. How many hours old are you?__________
6. How many minutes old are you?_____________
Hints:
2. Your age x 12 + months since your last birthday
3. Your age x 52 + weeks since your last birthday
4. Your age x 365 + leap year days + days since your last birthday
5. Your age in days x 24 + hours since midnight today
6. You age in hours x 60 + minutes since the last full hour
Good things to
know:
1 year = 365 days
1 year = 12 months
1 year = 52 weeks
1 day = 24 hours
1 hour = 60 minutes
January = 31 days
February = 28 days*
March = 31 days
April = 30 days
May = 31 days
June = 30 days
July = 31 days
August = 31 days
September = 30 days
October = 31 days
November = 30 days
December = 31 days
A leap year occurs
every four years. On
leap years there are
366 days instead of
365 because
February has 29
days instead of 28.
Leap years:
1996
2004
2000
2008
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A palindrome is a number that is the same backwards as it is forward.
Examples: 2002, 4554, 888. Almost every number will become a
palindrome if you reverse the digits and add it to itself and then repeat the
process until a palindrome appears.
Examples:
43
+34
77
67
+76
143
+341
484
Words can be palindromes
too! Examples: mom, radar,
level. Can you think of one?
___________________
995
+ 599
1594
+ 4951
6545
+ 5456
12001
+10021
22022
Find palindromes for these
numbers:
72
54
29
521
384
3972
Now try these:
48
681
547
Try some more numbers on the back of this page. But don’t try 196. No
one has ever been able to find a palindrome for 196. Not even after
278,837,830 reversals!
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Use colored pencils or markers. You can go vertical, horizontal or
diagonal. Try to find at least 5 for each number.
Examples both add up to 18





How many more 18s can you find? _____ Circle using yellow.
How many 24s can you find? _____ Circle using blue.
How many 35s can you find? ____ Circle using red.
How many 43s can you find?____ Circle using green.
Your choice ____ How many did you find?_____ Circle with
the color of your choice.
4
2
8
5
9
2
8
3
2
7
5
9
9
8
3
5
8
6
7
1
4
6
8
5
8
3
2
1
7
5
9
6
7
5
6
3
2
7
7
4
2
1
8
7
4
9
1
6
8
6
5
5
3
2
3
1
7
5
9
4
7
5
9
3
8
1
7
4
7
3
8
2
6
7
2
8
2
7
8
6
3
4
8
1
3
6
2
4
5
4
4
8
9
8
6
9
7
5
2
9
6
2
6
2
2
9
3
1
2
7
4
2
7
1
5
2
7
3
8
4
1
7
5
3
8
9
3
2
5
4
7
2
8
6
4
6
3
2
2
1
7
9
7
1
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Use the chart to the right to answer each question. Show your work.
1. How many points are you wearing?
2. How many points is your teacher
wearing (assume your teacher is
wearing underwear)
Item
Points
Shirt
Pants or shorts
Skirt
Dress
Socks
Tights or stockings
Shoes
Hat
Watch
Other jewelry
Belt
Vest
Jacket/sweatshirt
Hairclips/bands
Braces
Glasses
Underwear
16
18
18
15
6 (each)
13
7 (each)
12
17
7 (each)
11
13
10
14
19
19
50
3. Compare your points with a friend’s. Who has more points?
How much more?
4. How much are both your points worth all together?
5. Now find 2 more people and add all 4 of your points together. How many?
6. Try to find someone who has the same number of points that you do.
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Write a multiplication equation for each statement. You may not multiply
any number by 1 and you may not use the same equation more than once.
*Challenge: Write more than one equation for each statement.
Write an equation with…
1. An even product__________________________________________
2. An odd product___________________________________________
3. A product of 24___________________________________________
4. A product with a “6” in the ones digit___________________________
5. A product with a “7” in the ones digit___________________________
6. A product between 35 and 40________________________________
7. A product between 53 and 68________________________________
8. An odd product over 30 ____________________________________
9. An even product over 50____________________________________
10. A 3 digit product_________________________________________
11. A product with 2 consecutive digits___________________________
12. A product with 2 odd digits_________________________________
13. A product with 2 even digits________________________________
14. A product with the same 2 digits_____________________________
15. I am an odd number between 30 and 40. If you add my digits together
you will get 8. What number am I?________
16. I am a number between 60 and 70. My digits are consecutive. What
number am I?_______
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1) _______ Shirts in your room
X ______ Sleeves on each shirt
Total Sleeves
3) _______ Chairs in your house
X ______ Legs on each chair
Total Chair Legs
5) _______ Cereal Boxes
X ______ Sides on each box
Total Cereal Sides
7) _______ People in your family
X ______ Fingers (no thumbs)
Total Fingers
9) _______ Forks
X ______ Prongs on each fork
Total Fork Prongs
11) _______ Pairs of clean underwear
X ______
In your room
Holes in underwear
(legs+waist)
Total Underwear Holes
Date___________________
2) _______ Tables in your house
X ______ Legs on each table
Total Table Legs
4) _______ Outlet plates
X ______ Outlets on each plate
Total Outlets
6) _______ Animals (real & stuffed)
X ______ Eyes on Animals
Total Animal Eyes
8) _______ Doors
X ______ Knobs on doors
Total Door Knobs
10) _______ Computer Keyboards
X ______ Letter keys
Total Letter Keys
12) _______ Toothbrushes
X ______ Bristles on brushes
JUST KIDDING!!
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Fill in the circle with <, >, or =
1. 7 + 8 + 5 + 9
2. 34 + 25
3. 94 – 23
4x8
7x8
4. 2,358 + 3,221
5. 27 quarters
100 nickels
6. 34 quarters
10 dollars
12 five dollar bills
8. 5 twenty dollar bills
5,000 dimes
9. 26 inches
2 feet
10. 95 inches
3 yards
11. 9 feet and 4 inches
110 feet
13. 140 minutes
2 hours
16. 100 days
Would you rather have $100
dollars everyday for the rest
of your life or get one million
dollars on your 35th
birthday. Explain your
answer.
112 inches
12. 1,386 inches
15. 27 days
55 x 50
Just for fun
7. 3 twenty dollar bills
14. 74 hours
8x8
3 days
4 weeks
12 weeks
17. 5 rocks weighing 2 pounds each
18. 7 puppies weighing 3 pounds each
19. A 200 pound couch
3 rocks weighing 4 pounds each
12 kittens weighing 2 pounds each
8 chairs weighing 30 pounds each.
20. 24 kids weighing 83 pounds each
15 adults weighing 150 pounds each
Write your own:
__________________________
_________________________
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Date___________________
Fill in the points of the stars so that the total for each of the five points of
each star is equal to the number in the center of the star.
7
9
4
7
3
30
2
8
28
29
9
4
4
8
8
32
9
8
34
9
37
5
7
9
7
4
34
6
2
9
23
7
32
7
2
27
9
4
4
6
7
7
5
23
28
4
8
8
4
3
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Roll a die to fill in each blank with a digit. Then solve.
1. ____ ____
3. ____ ____
5. ____ ____
+ ____ ____
______________
+ ____ ____
______________
+ ____ ____
______________
2. ____ ____
4. ____ ____
6. ____ ____
+ ____ ____
______________
+ ____ ____
______________
+ ____ ____
______________
7. ____ ____ ____
9. ____ ____ ____
11. ____ ____ ____
+ ____ ____ ____
_________________
+ ____ ____ ____
_________________
+ ____ ____ ____
_________________
8. ____ ____ ____
10. ____ ____ ____
12. ____ ____ ____
+ ____ ____ ____
_________________
+ ____ ____ ____
_________________
+ ____ ____ ____
_________________
13. ____ + ____ +____ + ____ +____ + ____ +____ + ____ +____ + = _____
14. ____ ____ + ____ ____ = _____
15. ____ ____+ ____ ____ = _____
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Date___________________
Fill in the missing digits.
1.
2.
3.
4.
4 3 7
5 0 8
7 7 4
3 6 0
+2 2 5
+2 4 8
+1 9 2
+2 4 5
6 6 2
7 5 6
9 6 6
6 0 5
5.
6.
7.
8.
4 1 8
7 6 4
2 7 5
3 5 9
+3 8 5
+1 5 7
+1 7 5
+1 4 9
8 0 3
9 2 1
4 5 0
5 0 8
9.
10.
11.
12.
2 3 7
2 8 5
5 3 9
3 9 5
+2 9 6
+6 7 8
+1 8 2
+2 4 5
5 3 3
9 6 3
7 2 1
6 4 0
13.
14.
15.
16.
1 2 4
1 4 6
4 8 4
4 7 3
+4 6 2
+5 4 6
+1 7 3
+2 7 9
5 8 6
6 9 2
6 5 7
7 5 2
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Date___________________
Fill in the missing digits
1.
2.
3.
4.
4 8 7
5 9 8
4 7 4
3 6 7
- 2 1 5
- 2 4 8
- 1 1 2
- 2 6 5
2 7 2
3 5 0
3 6 2
1 0 2
5.
6.
7.
8.
4 8 5
7 8 4
8 1 9
8 5 9
- 3 7 8
- 1 5 7
- 1 7 5
- 4 8 9
1 0 7
6 2 7
6 4 4
3 7 0
9.
10.
11.
12.
9 5 2
2 8 5
5 3 2
8 4 5
- 2 8 6
- 6 7 8
- 1 8 9
- 2 4 7
5 3 6
3 9 3
3 4 3
5 9 8
13.
14.
15.
16.
7 8 4
8 2 6
4 3 2
5 0 3
- 4 6 8
- 5 4 6
- 1 7 3
- 2 7 9
3 1 6
2 8 0
2 5 9
2 2 4
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1. How many zeroes are in one million?_________
2. What is an object that is exactly 5 inches long? __________________
3. How many prime numbers come before 100?________
4. How many nickels are in twenty dollars?________
5. What do all the numbers on a computer keyboard add up to?___________
6. What is the circumference of your head?_____________
7. How many stacked pennies make an inch?__________
8. Where is there a right angle in your classroom? __________
9. On what date will the 100th day of school fall this year?__________
10. How many minutes are you in school each day?__________
11. How tall do you think you will be when you are an adult___________
12. How old will you be in the year 2050?______________
13. Name something that weighs about a pound _____________________
14. How long is your classroom?_____________
15. If you divided the kids in your class into pairs, how many pairs would there
be? ___________
16. Can the kids in your class be evenly divided into groups of three?_________
17. How far can you count by 2s quickly without making a mistake?___________
18. How many even numbers are on this page?__________
19. Would you rather have $100 or 350 quarters?_________________________
20. What is infinity?_________________________________________________
You’re done!
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Name____________________
Date___________________
You decide to throw a dinner party in honor of your incredible teacher who
has taught you so much. You are expecting 18 people to come to your
party (including your teacher and yourself). You have 4 small tables and 2
big ones. The small tables can fit 4 people, one on each side and the big
ones can fit 6 people, 2 on each side and 1 on each end. Arrange the
tables so that every table is used, everyone has a seat and there are no
empty spaces. The tables do not have to be arranged in one large group.
Small
(4 of
these)
Large
(2 of these)
Oops, you forgot to count the principal and your teacher’s mother. Add 2
more people and rearrange the tables so that all 20 guests fit.
Label the spots where you and your teacher will sit.
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Find as many triangles as you can. List them by writing the three letters at
the angles. Try to put the three letters in alphabetical order
A
A
1. ____________
7. ____________
13. ____________
2. ____________
8. ____________
14. ____________
3. ____________
9. ____________
15. ____________
4. ____________
10. ____________
16. ____________
5. ____________
11. ____________
6. ____________
12. ____________
How many more triangles could you find if there was a line between points
I and F?
List them:
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Fill in the chart to show which coins you need to make each amount.
Remember you must use the exact number of coins in the second column.
Amount
# of
coins
Quarters
Dimes
Nickels
Pennies
1.
.42
6
1
0
3
2
2.
.27
10
3.
.34
8
4.
.40
10
5.
.49
7
6.
.55
6
7.
.55
12
8.
.55
15
9.
.63
7
10.
.68
13
11.
.70
5
12.
.70
10
13.
.77
12
14.
.82
8
15.
.89
13
16.
.95
6
17.
1.00
15
18.
1.00
15
19.
1.00
96
20.
2.00
14
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Fill in the empty boxes with letters for pennies (P), nickels (N), dimes (D),
and quarters (Q). The total amount of money for each column must match
the amount on the bottom of the grid. The total amount of money for each
row must match the amount on the right side of the grid.
Q
D
D
Q
N
P
N
.45
.46
P
N
N
N
.70
P
Q
D
.42
P
Q
.62
D
N
.37
.41
.21
Q
Q
N
P
N
Q
N
P
P
N
.67
.22
D
.40
N
N
D
D
N
.43
.62
.42
Q
D
P
.86
N
N
.63
Q
N
Q
.93
.56
.51
.66
.91
N
P
P
D
N
P
.48
P
D
.80
P
D
.44
Q
P
.81
Q
.59
P
N
Q
.23
.27
.72
.36
.61
.65
.77
N
D
.65
.96
Q
P
.36
.78
Q
D
.56
D
N
D
.41
Q
D
P
.76
.51
.74
D
D
.32
P
P
D
.41
N
P
N
N
Q
N
P
Q
P
Q
N
N
P
N
D
P
P
P
.42
P
N
N
Q
D
N
Q
N
Q
D
D
.38
P
P
Q
P
.83
.47
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Date___________________
Ask 20 to 30 people which of the four Halloween Treats they like the best.
Keep track of the answers with tally marks. Each person must choose one
and only one of the treats listed (no adding treats). You may include your
own vote. Total your results.
Snickers Bar
Total:
Skittles
Total:
Tootsie Rolls
Total:
Carmel Apple
Total:
Now use colored pencils to create a bar graph that shows the results of
your survey. Remember to do your best work!
20
Which treat is the most
popular?
18
16
_____________________
14
12
Which treat is the least
popular?
10
8
6
______________________
4
How many more people
like the most popular treat
than the least popular
treat?
Popcorn Ball
Tootsie Rolls
Skittles
Snickers Bar
2
______________________
Which is your favorite
treat?
_______________________
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Use the recipe to
Answer the questions.
1. What if you wanted to make enough Witches’ Brew for 4?
________ frogs
________ cricket legs
________ cups sour milk
________ cup eyeballs
________ gerbil tails
________ Twinkies
2. What if you wanted to make enough Witches’ Brew for 6?
________ frogs
________ cricket legs
________ cups sour milk
________ cup eyeballs
________ gerbil tails
________ Twinkies
3. What if you wanted to make enough Witches’ Brew for just 1?
________ frogs
________ cricket legs
________ cups sour milk
________ cup eyeballs
________ gerbil tails
________ Twinkies
Now make up your own recipe for Witches’ Brew on the back of the paper.
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Wow!
Your true-love sure is
generous! Look at all the
cool stuff he/she gave
you! Now that you have
all this stuff, its time to
do some math. Use the
chart to solve the
problems below. Show
your work.
Date___________________
Day
First
Second
Third
Fourth
Fifth
Sixth
Seventh
Eighth
Ninth
Tenth
Eleventh
Twelfth
Present
A Partridge in a Pear Tree
2 Turtle Doves
3 French Hens
4 Calling Birds
5 Golden Rings
6 Geese a-Laying
7 Swans a-Swimming
8 Maids a-Milking
9 Ladies Dancing
10 Lords a-Leaping
11 Pipers Piping
12 Drummers Drumming
1. How many gifts did your true-love give you all together?
2. It seems that you are now the owner of many birds. How many birds do
you have?
3. You will need to feed your birds. Each bird eats 3 worms everyday. How
many worms will you need each day to feed all of your birds?_________
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Twelve
Days of Christmas
Name____________________
Page 2
Date___________________
4. Each Maid a-Milking comes with her own cow. It is cold out in December,
so you decide to buy slippers for all the cows. How many cow slippers will
You need?__________
5. Cow slippers cost $2.50 a pair. How much money do you need?________
6. You decide to sell the golden rings to the mailman for $6.53 each. How
much money did you make?__________
Do you have enough for the cow slippers?__________
7. The drummers drum all the time! Everyone is complaining. You decide to
give all the people (except the drummers) earplugs. How many pairs of
earplugs do you need? Don’t forget to include yourself!_____________
8. Earplugs cost $2.37 for a box of 5 pairs. How many boxes will you need?
__________
9. How much will you spend on the earplugs?_____________
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Twelve
Days of Christmas
Name____________________
Twelve Days of Christmas
Page 3
Date___________________
Page 3
10. Everyday each of the Maids a-Milking gets 3 gallons of milk from her
cow. How much milk to the Maids get in one day? _________
11. *Challenge: It takes 6 gallons of milk to make 1 pound of cheese. You
would like to give a pound of cheese to all the Lords a-Leaping and the
Pipers Playing. How many gallons of milk will you need?__________
12. *Challenge: How many days of milking will it take to get enough milk to
make all this cheese?__________
It is February and you are sick of pipes, drums, cows and birds. There are
feathers and bird droppings everywhere! Further, they have eaten
everything you have and the Lord a-Leaping watch too much TV. You decide
to send them all away, but you can’t send them all to the same place. You
must send them all to places where they will be happy. Tell where you send
each of them and use your imagination!
A Partridge in a Pear Tree
2 Turtle Doves
3 French Hens
4 Calling Birds
5 Golden Rings
(sold)
6 Geese a-Laying
7 Swans a-Swimming
8 Maids a-Milking
9 Ladies Dancing
10 Lords a-Leaping
11 Pipers Piping
12 Drummers Drumming
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Solve these problems about Hanukkah. Don’t forget to show your work!
1. There are 8 days of Hanukkah. On the first day 1 candle is
lit in the Menorah. On the second day 2 candles are lit.
How many candles are needed to light the menorah for all
eight days?______________
2. You also need a Shamash, or helper candle each day. It is the candle that
you use to light all the other candles. Now how many candles do you
need? ____________
3. Candles cost .12 each. How much will you have to spend to buy enough
candles?__________
4. You buy 14 blue candles, 24 red candles, 17 yellow candles, 18 white
candles and 15 green candles. How many candles did you buy all together?
_________
5. Do you have enough candles for all eight days?___________
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Hanukkah
Name____________________
Page 2
Date___________________
6. On the first day of Hanukkah you get 1 chocolate coin. On the second
day you get twice as many. On the third day you get twice as many as you
did on the second day. Each day, the number doubles until the eighth
day. How many coins do you get on the eighth day?________________
7. How many coins did you get all together?_______________
8. You decide to use 24 of your chocolate coins to play a game
called dreidle. In the first round you win 38 more
chocolate coins. But then you lose half of them in the third
round. After you eat 8 of the coins and give 5 of them to your
little brother, how many do you have left?_________
9. You like playing dreidle so much that you decide to make some dreidles
out of clay and give them to your friends for Hanukkah. It takes a pound
of clay to make 3 dreidles. You have 17 pounds of clay. How many
dreidles can you make? __________
10. It takes half an hour to make each dreidle. How long will it take you to
make all the dreidles? ________ hours and _________ minutes.
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1. Write an addition story problem
with 2 steps.
2. Write a subtraction story problem
with at least one 3 digit number.
Answer_______________________
Answer_______________________
Answer_______________________
3. Write a story problem that uses
addition and subtraction.
4. Write a story problem with too
much information.
Answer_______________________
Answer_______________________
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2. Write a multiplication story
problem about dogs.
1. Write a multiplication story
problem that uses odd numbers.
Answer_______________________
Answer_______________________
4. Write a division story problem
about cookies.
3. Write a division story problem
that uses even numbers.
Answer_________________________
Answer_______________________
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72
121
54
99
29
121
1.
7+8+5+9 <
2.
34 + 25
>
681
6996
4.
6. 34 quarters
<
8. 20 twenty dollar bills
=
>
2,358 + 3,221 >
8x8
55 x 100
12 five dollar bills
<
9. 26 inches
>
2 feet
10. 95 inches
<
3 yards
11. 9 feet and 4 inches
=
5,000 dimes
12 inches
12. 1,386 inches
>
110 feet
13. 140 minutes
>
2 hours
3 days
<
>
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7. 3 twenty dollar bills
15. 27 days
384
6996
3.
7x8
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547
7337
4x8
> 100 nickels
16. 100 days
48
363
521
646
5. 27 quarters
14. 70 hours
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4 weeks
14 weeks
17. 5 rocks weighing 2 pounds each
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18. 7 puppies weighing 3 pounds each
19. A 200 pound couch
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3 rocks weighing 4 pounds each
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12 kittens weighing 2 pounds each
8 chairs weighing 25 pounds each.
20. 24 kids weighing 83 pounds each
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5 adults weighing 150 pounds each
Write your own: Answers will vary
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7
9
4
7
3
30
2
7
8
28
29
4
9
6
8
6
4
4
8
32
9
8
34
9
6
8
37
5
7
9
7
4
34
5
6
2
7
9
23
7
32
8
7
2
27
9
4
3
4
6
7
7
5
28
4
2
23
8
4
8
3
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2.
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3.
4.
4 3 7
5 0 8
7 7 4
3 6 0
+2 2 5
+2 4 8
+1 9 2
+2 4 5
6 6 2
7 5 6
9 6 6
6 0 5
5.
6.
7.
8.
4 1 8
7 6 4
2 7 5
3 5 9
+3 8 5
+1 5 7
+1 7 5
+1 4 9
8 0 3
9 2 1
4 5 0
5 0 8
9.
10.
11.
12.
2 3 7
2 8 5
5 3 9
3 9 5
+2 9 6
+6 7 8
+1 8 2
+2 4 5
5 3 3
9 6 3
7 2 1
6 4 0
13.
14.
15.
16.
1 2 4
1 4 6
4 8 4
4 7 3
+4 6 2
+5 4 6
+1 7 3
+2 7 9
5 8 6
6 9 2
6 5 7
7 5 2
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2.
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3.
4.
4 8 7
5 9 8
4 7 4
3 6 7
- 2 1 5
- 2 4 8
- 1 1 2
- 2 6 5
2 7 2
3 5 0
3 6 2
1 0 2
5.
6.
7.
8.
4 8 5
7 8 4
8 1 9
8 5 9
- 3 7 8
- 1 5 7
- 1 7 5
- 4 8 9
1 0 7
6 2 7
6 4 4
3 7 0
9.
10.
11.
12.
9 5 2
2 8 5
5 3 2
8 4 5
- 2 8 6
- 6 7 8
- 1 8 9
- 2 4 7
5 3 6
3 9 3
3 4 3
5 9 8
13.
14.
15.
16.
7 8 4
8 2 6
4 3 2
5 0 3
- 4 6 8
- 5 4 6
- 1 7 3
- 2 7 9
3 1 6
2 8 0
2 5 9
2 2 4
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Find as many triangles as you can. List them by writing the three letters at the angles in alphabetical order.
A
A
1.
ABG
7.
AGJ
13. EFJ
2.
ABH
8.
BCD
14. FGH
3.
AEF
9.
BEG
15. FGJ
4.
AEG
10. CGI
5.
AEJ
11. DEI
6.
AFG
12. EFG
16. GHJ
How many more triangles could you find if there was a line between points
I and F? 7 (I think)
ADF
AEF
CFG
DEF
EFI
FGI
FIJ
Amount
# of coins
Quarters
Dimes
Nickels
Pennies
1.
.42
6
1
0
3
2
2.
.27
10
0
1
2
7
3.
.34
8
0
2
2
4
4.
.40
10
0
2
4
4
5.
.49
7
1
2
0
4
6.
.55
6
1
1
4
0
7.
.55
12
0
3
4
5
8.
.55
15
0
0
10
5
9.
.63
7
2
0
2
3
10.
.68
13
1
3
1
8
11.
.70
5
2
1
2
0
12.
.70
10
2
0
3
5
13.
.77
12
0
5
5
2
14.
.82
8
2
2
2
2
15.
.89
13
3
0
1
9
16.
.95
6
3
1
2
0
17.
1.00
15
3
1
1
10
18.
1.00
15
2
2
5
5
19.
1.00
96
0
0
1
95
20.
2.00
14
4
10
0
0
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Q
D
P
P
P
.38
N
Q
Q
N
N
.65
D
Q
Q
N
N
.70
P
P
Q
N
D
.42
N
P
P
Q
D
.42
D
P
P
Q
Q
.62
N
D
D
D
N
.40
Q
N
N
P
Q
.61
.41
.32
.51
.36
.65
.45
.46
.37
.41
.21
P
P
P
Q
N
N
N
Q
D
.78
D
D
Q
D
D
N
P
P
N
.77
Q
N
D
N
D
D
N
P
Q
.96
Q
N
N
N
Q
P
P
D
N
.80
D
P
Q
Q
P
N
P
N
P
.74
N
D
N
P
D
P
P
P
D
.44
N
N
P
N
N
D
N
Q
Q
.86
D
N
D
D
P
D
D
Q
P
.81
Q
N
P
P
D
P
D
N
N
.63
P
P
P
N
P
N
D
D
Q
.59
P
N
N
P
P
Q
Q
N
Q
.93
Q
D
D
N
P
P
N
Q
P
.83
.67
.22
.43
.62
.42
.56
.51
.66
.91
.76
.41
.56
.36
.48
.23
.27
.72
.47
What if you wanted to make enough Witches’ Brew for 4?
3 frogs
52 cricket legs
4 ½ cups sour milk
2/3 cup eyeballs
14 gerbil tails
2 Twinkies
What if you wanted to make enough Witches’ Brew for 6?
4 ½ frogs
78 cricket legs
6 ¾ cups sour milk
1 cup eyeballs
21 gerbil tails
3 Twinkies
What if you wanted to make enough Witches’ Brew for just 1?
¾ frog
13 cricket legs
1 1/8 cups sour milk
1/6 cup eyeballs
3 ½ gerbil tails
1/2 Twinkie
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1.
How many gifts did your true-love give you all together? 78 gifts
2.
It seems that you are now the owner of many birds. How many birds do
you have? 23 birds
3.
You will need to feed your birds. Each bird eats 3 worms everyday. How
many worms will you need each day to feed all of your birds? 69 worms
4.
Each Maid a-Milking comes with her own cow. It is cold out in December,
so you decide to buy slippers for all the cows. How many cow slippers will
You need? 32 cow slippers
5.
6.
Cow slippers cost $2.50 a pair. How much money do you need? $40
You decide to sell the golden rings to the mailman for $6.53 each. How
much money did you make? $32.65 Do you have enough for the
cow slippers? nope
7.
The drummers drum all the time! Everyone is complaining. You decide to
give all the people (except the drummers) earplugs. How many pairs of earplugs do you need? Don’t forget
to include yourself! 39 pairs
8.
Earplugs cost $2.37 for a box of 5 pairs. How many boxes will you need?
8 boxes
9. How much will you spend on the earplugs? $18.96
10. Everyday each of the Maids a-Milking gets 3 gallons of milk from her
cow. How much milk to the Maids get in one day? 24 gallons
11. It takes 6 gallons of milk to make 1 pound of cheese. You would like to
give a pound of cheese to all the Lords a-Leaping and the Pipers Playing.
How many gallons of milk will you need? 126 gallons of milk
12. How many days of milking will it take to get enough milk to make all this
cheese? 6 (5.25) days
1.
There are 8 days of Hanukkah. On the first day 1 candle is lit in the Menorah. On the second day 2 candles
are lit. How many candles are needed to light the menorah for all eight days? 36 candles
2.
You also need a Shamash, or helper candle each day. It is the candle that you use to light all the other
candles. Now how many candles do you need? 44 candles
3.
Candles cost .12 each. How much will you have to spend to buy enough candles? $5.28
4.
You buy 7 blue candles, 12 red candles, 7 yellow candles, 11 white candles and 9 green candles. How many
candles did you buy all together? 46
5.
Do you have enough candles for all eight days? yep
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6.
On the first day of Hanukkah you get 1 chocolate coin. On the second day you get twice as many. On the
third day you get twice as many as you did on the second day. Each day, the number doubles until the eighth
day. How many coins do you get on the eighth day? 128 coins
7.
How many coins did you get all together? 255 coins
8.
You decide to use 24 of your chocolate coins to play a game called dreidle. In the first round you win 38 more
chocolate coins. But then you lose half of them in the third round. After you eat 8 of the coins and give 5 of
them to your little brother, how many do you have left? 18 coins left
9.
You like playing dreidle so much that you decide to make some dreidles
out of clay and give them to your friends for Hanukkah. It takes a pound
of clay to make 3 dreidles. You have 17 pounds of clay. How many
dreidles can you make? 51 dreidles
10.
It takes half an hour to make each dreidle. How long will it take you to
make all the dreidles? 25 hours and 30 minutes.
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