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(1) Money Fred had $5.00. He bought two candy bars for $.75 each. How much money does he have left? |
by Robyn, age 11, grade 6 Taylor Middle School Miss Clark's class Kokomo, Indiana, U.S. October 18, 2002 |
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(2) Football Cards Five boys had 90 cards in all. Nick had 5 cards, Zach had 10 cards, Josh had 15 cards, and Randall had 20 cards. How many does Dustin have? |
by Zach, age 11, grade 6 Taylor Middle School Miss Clark's class Kokomo, Indiana, U.S. October 18, 2002 |
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(3) People There were 200 people. 90 people left. 20 came back. How many feet are there? |
by Felina, age 11, grade 6 Holy Redeemer School Ms. Firl's class Detroit, Michigan, U.S. October 24, 2002 |
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(4) Couch Potato There were two kids sitting on the couch watching TV. Every five minutes one would get up to get five pieces of food. If they do this 9 times how many pieces of food would they get? |
by Nick, age 9, grade 4 Kings Highway School Ms. Sappington's class Westport, Connecticut, U.S. October 25, 2002 |
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(5) Annoying Snobs There were 13 snobs that I wished would disappear. They all annoyed me. They each had 3 annoying people who followed them around. How many annoying followers in all are following the snobs? |
by Chris, age 10, grade 4 Kings Highway School Ms. Sappington's class Westport, Connecticut, U.S. October 25, 2002 |
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(6) Candy on Halloween I went trick or treating On Halloween night. I got 296 pieces of candy. Half of them were Twizzlers. One quarter were Hershey Kisses. The other quarter was all different candy. How many pieces of Hershey Kisses are there? |
by Chris, age 10, grade 4 Kings Highway School Ms. Sappington's class Westport, Connecticut, U.S. October 25, 2002 |
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(7) Candy on Halloween I went trick-or-treating at Halloween. The first house had a tub full of 1,000 candies. I took half of the candy at that house. How many candies did I take at the first house? |
by Cara, age 10, grade 4 Kings Highway School Ms. Sappington's class Westport, Connecticut, U.S. October 25, 2002 |
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(8) What Am I? I am a parallelogram. I have no right angles. I have 4 sides. All sides are the same length. |
by Lucy, age 9, grade 4 Kings Highway School Ms. Cadden's class Westport, Connecticut, U.S. October 25, 2002 |
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(9) What Am I? I am not a parallelogram. I have 1 pair of parallel lines. I'm not a trapezoid. I have 5 sides. What am I? |
by Lucy, age 9, grade 4 Kings Highway School Ms. Cadden's class Westport, Connecticut, U.S. October 25, 2002 |
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(10) Spooky Math I went to a grave yard. I saw 100 graves. Each person that was dead had 2 legs. How many legs were there? |
by D.J., age 9, grade 4 Kings Highway School Ms. Cadden's class Westport, Connecticut, U.S. October 25, 2002 |
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