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(1) On the Moon

Nine space probes were on the moon. Each had 2 antennae. How many antennae in all?

by Willie, age 9, grade 3

Northampton Elementary School
Ms. Gongora's class
Spring, Texas, U.S.
March 27, 2002
(2) Cookies

There are eight cookies in a package. How many are in ten packages?

by Hallie, age 8, grade 3

Northampton Elementary School
Ms. Gongora's class
Spring, Texas, U.S.
March 27, 2002
(3) Sharing Brownies

There are 64 brownies in the oven. If there are 8 kids, how many brownies will each kid get???

 by Hallie, age 8, grade 3
Northampton Elementary School
Ms. Gongora's class
Spring, Texas, U.S.
March 27, 2002
(4) Apples, Apples

I have 20 blankets with 5 apples on each. How many in all?

 by Leighann, age 10, grade 4
Benfer Elementary School
Ms. C. Smith's class
Houston, Texas, U.S.
November 21, 2001
(5) Cats

Nicky had 4 groups of cats. There were 20 cats in each group. How many cats were there?

 by Sophia, age 8, grade 3
Upper Elementary School
Ms. VanBeesel's class
Glen Ridge, New Jersey, U.S.
November 4, 2001
(6) What Number Am I?

If you count by 4's, 5's, 2's, or 10's, you say my name. I am an even number. What number am I?

 by Gabrielle, age 9, grade 4
Belmont Elementary School
Mrs. Stone's class
North Babylon, New York, U.S.
February 10, 2002
(7) Ash's Pokemon

On Monday Ash got 4 Pokémon. On Tuesday he got 6 Pokémon. On Wednesday he got 7 Pokémon. He lost 12 Pokémon. How many Pokémon does he have left?

by Robert, age 10, grade 4
Landing School
Mrs. Reed's class
Glen Cove, New York, U.S.
April 29, 2002
(8) Ice Cream

There are 14 people in my house. 2 people eat vanilla ice cream. 6 people eat chocolate ice cream. If 2 people like raspberry ice cream, how many people like MINT ice cream???

 by Tattianna, age 10, grade 4
Landing School
Mrs. Reed's class
Glen Cove, New York, U.S.
April 29, 2002
(9) Cards

I have one deck of cards. There are 52 cards in the deck. If I give out all my diamonds and two of my spades but take back my diamonds and give out 3 of my hearts, how many cards do I have???

by Brittny, age 12, grade 6
Smart Intermediate School
Davenport, Iowa, U.S.
April 29, 2002

(10) Matt is buying toys.
He has $16.
He buys a car for $7
and a music box for $7.
Will he have enough to buy a $5 action figure?


Here is me with my cat.
I have always loved kittens.

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- VerySmart
Nov. 6, 2001

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