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(1) The Winning Detroit Red Wings The Red Wings played 25 games in November. They lost only 6 games and tied 2 games. How many games did they win? |
by Kaylin, age 8, grade 3 Franklin Road Christian School Mrs. McCready's class West Bloomfield, Michigan, U.S. November 13, 2002 |
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(2) Pet Dolphins In the Halifax River there are 20 dolphins swimming in a pod. My friend and I want to have them as pets. How many dolphins would we each get as pets (if we *could* have them and if we shared them equally? |
by Leticia and Ashley, age 10, grade 5 Holly Hill Elementary School Ms. Fletcher's class Holly Hill, Florida, U.S. November 13, 2002 |
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(3) The Dog of the House I have 50 friends who each have a dog. If all their dogs came to my house and I only had 5 bowls, how many dogs will be at each bowl? |
by Chi-Chi, age 9, grade 4 Holly Hill Elementary School Mrs. Smith's class Holly Hill, Florida, U.S. November 13, 2002 |
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(4) Cats for Sale There are 10 cats for sale. Chi-Chi and Loniqua want to get the same number of cats. How many do they each get? |
by no name November 14, 2002 |
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(5) Tigers at the Zoo There were 33,321 tigers at the zoo. 11,111 ran away. How many stayed at the zoo? |
by Jamal, age 9, grade 4 Sacred Heart School Ms. Dobbins' class Mount Vernon, New York, U.S. November 15, 2002 |
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(6) Cats I have 22 cats. 18 have tails. 2 others have stripes. 2 others have folded ears. How many more cats have tails than folded ears? |
by Jessica, age 10, grade 5 Montara School Mr.Keck's class California, U.S. November 15, 2002 |
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(7) E-Mails At 9:00 a.m. there were 28 e-mails on my computer one day, and at 12:00 I found out that I had 100 new e-mails on my computer then. The next day at 10:00 a.m. I had 200 new e-mails, and I had 94 more new e-mails at 1:00 p.m. How many e-mail messages did I get in all? |
by Stephanie, age 9, grade 3 Gull Lake School Ms. Young's class Bedford, Michigan, U.S. November 17, 2002 |
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(8) The Boy Who Caught Fish There was a boy who went fishing for 7 days and kept catching 7 fish each day. How many fish did he catch in 7 days? |
by Alexandra B., age 10, grade 5 Salem Grade School Mrs. Thomson's class Salem, Wisconsin, U.S. November 20, 2002 |
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(9) How Many Cows? There were two cows. The farmer had a meeting, so the cows took off and didn't stay there. Then another four cows came, but they didn't have a place to be put so they got taken away. Another six cows came to the barn and they found a place they could cuddle up in. How many cows were there now? |
by Ariel, age 11, grade 5 Morristown Elementary School Ms. May's class Morrisville, Vermont, U.S. November 21, 2002 |
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(10) Sad Little Kittens I went to my friend's house and she had 2 kittens. One ran away when we were outside, so we bought 3 more kittens, and we took pictures of all the kittens in case they ran away. How many kittens did we take pictures of? |
by Ariel, age 11, grade 5 Morristown Elementary School Ms. May's class Morrisville, Vermont, U.S. November 21, 2002 |
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