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(1) Road Trip

Beth lives in Rhode Island. She has to visit someone in Connecticut. On Monday she drives 30.4 miles. On Tuesday she drives 20.3 miles. How many miles did it take Beth to get there?

by Hannah, age 10, grade 4
Great Place to Learn
Miss Baillargeon's class
Swansea, Massachusetts, U.S.
July 25, 2002
(2) The Finger Problem

If there are 13 children, how many fingers altogether?

by Benjamin, age 9, grade 3
Parklands College
Mrs. Severin's class
Cape Town, South Africa
August 1, 2002
(3) The Foot Problem

There are 11 children. How many toes?

by Mitchell, age 9, grade 3
Parklands College
Mrs. Severin's class
Cape Town, South Africa
August 1, 2002
(4) Stones

Hi, I'm Michael. I have 96 stones and I lose half of them. How many do I have?

by Michael, age 9, grade 3
Parklands College
Mrs. Severin's class
Cape Town, South Africa
August 1, 2002
(5) Running

Wanda runs 12 km in 2 hours for 6 days of the week. How far did she run altogether?

by Amelia, age 10, grade 3
Parklands College
Mrs. Severin's class
Cape Town, South Africa
August 1, 2002
(6) Dogs and Cats

If there were 12 cats and 5 dogs how many legs are there all together?

by Summer, age 10, grade 4
August 1, 2002
(7) Coins

Dan has five quarters and ten dimes. How much money does he have?

by Nitin, age 10, grade 4
Oakridge Elementary School
Ms Partovi's class
Arlington, Virginia, U.S.
August 5, 2002
(8) Watch It!

There were 2 tennis games. Each game had 2 balls. The coach had 7. Her mum had 2 in her pocket. There were 2 tennis ball tins that held 6 tennis balls each. One was only 2/3 full; the other was 1/3 full.

How many tennis balls were there all together?

by Frances, age 9, grade 3
Heidelberg Primary School
Mr. Jackson's class
Victoria, Australia
August 13, 2002
(9) What's My Birthday?

My birth month is 12 - 4. My birthdate is less than 20th but more than 10. It can be divided by 1, 2, 3, 6 and 9. What is my birthday?

by HuiTing, YiFang, ShuFeng and Peiyi, age 11, grade 5
Poi Ching School
Mdm. Siti's class
Singapore
August 13, 2002


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