Math

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Puzzles

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Kurt Smith

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STERLING PUBLISHING Co., INC.
NEW YORK
 This book is dedicated to Cindy Streur
and her sixth-graders at Crestline Elementary
in Vancouver, Washington,
who helped me a great deal
by solving these puzzles, and by telling me
when they were too hard, when they were too easy,
and when they found spelling errors.

Edited by Claire Bazinet

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Smith, Kurt.
Math logic puzzles I by Kurt Smith.
p. em.

Includes index.
ISBN 0-8069-3864-1
1. Mathematical recreations. 2. Logic, Symbolic and
mathematical. I. Title.
QA95.S4988 1996
793.7'4-dc20 95-48475
CIP

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

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© 1996 by Kurt Smith
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 CONTENTS
Beginning Puzzles 4
Fishing 4 oOo Jump Rope 5 oOo Pocket Change 6 oOo Temperature 7

Easy Puzzles 8
Coast to Coast 8 oOo Coffee 9 oOo Decimal Ruler 10 oOo Destry's
Missing Numbers 1 1 oOo E.F. Bingo 12 oOo Famous Person 1 3 oOo
Flighty Decimals 14 oOo Heather's Garden 15 oOo Mathathon 1 6 oOo
Mountain Climb 1 7 oOo Mountain Race 18 oOo Ned's Newspaper
Route 19 oOo Wild Numbers 20 oOo Zox 2 1

Medium Puzzles 22
Auction 22 oOo Biology Class 24 oOo Caleb's Checkbook 26 oOo
Chicken Mountain 28 oOo Chocolate Chip Cookies 30 oOo Dessert 32
oOo Dog Apartments 34 oOo Field Trip 36 oOo Flea Market Leftovers 37
oOo Four Cups 38 oOo Fractions Prom 39 oOo Fund-Raiser 40 oOo
Golf 42 oOo Grade Book 43 oOo Hot Dogs 44 oOo Longest Drive 46 oOo
Lunch at Paul's 48 oOo Multiplication Jeopardy 50 oOo Old House
5 1 oOo Play Ball 52 oOo Potato Chips 54 oOo Queen Rachel's Bridge
Toll 55 oOo Rhoda Tiller 56 oOo Sand 57 oOo Shapes 58 oOo Skateboard
Contest 59 oOo Slug Crawl 60 oC- Square Count 62 oOo Taber's
Birdhouse 63 oOo Time Zone 64 oOo Turkeys in the Road 65 oOo
Vegetable Soup Contest 66

Difficult Puzzles 67
Boxes 67 oOo Elevator 68 oOo Figs 69 oC- Foul Shots 70 oOo Garage Sale
7 1 oOo Great Pencil Sale 72 oOo Hidden Grades 73 oOo High Rent 74 oOo
Hundred-Miler 76 oOo Motorcycle 77 oOo Party Time 78 oOo
Roommates 79 oOo Runners 80 oOo Stephanie's Investments 82 oOo
Tallest 83

Solutions 84

Informational Chart and Index 95

 BE GINNING PUZZLES

F ishing
Four men went fishing. They caught six fish altogether. One man
caught three, another caught two, one caught one, and one didn't
catch anything. Which man caught how many fish? What did each
of the fishermen use for bait?

1 . The one who caught two fish wasn't Sammy nor the one who
used worms.
2 . The one who used the flatfish didn't catch as many as Fred.
3. Dry flies were the best lure of the day, catching three fish.
4. Torkel used eggs.
5. Sammy didn't use the flatfish.

Number ofFish Caught

I I
Fred

Sammy
Torkel

Joe

wor.ms

egs

ftatfish

clryflia

See answers on page 86.

4
 Jump Rope
Some kids were jumping rope (double Dutch) at the school break.
They counted how many times each one jumped before missing.
See if you can figure out how many jumps each kid made. (You
may want to use a pencil and paper to do the adding and subtract­
ing needed to solve this brainer.)

1. Gary jumped eight fewer times than Arnie.

2. Combined, Danielle, and Ruth jumped 37 times.
3. Jan jumped 8 more jumps than Danielle.
4. Gary and Danielle are separated by just three jumps.
5. Arnie's jumps number 5 more than Danielle.

9 12 17 20 25

DanieUe

Gary

Jan

Arnie

Ruth

See answers on page 88-89.

5
 Pocket Change
Five boys went to the store to buy some treats. One boy had $4.
One boy had $3. Two boys had $2, and one boy had $ 1.Using the
following clues, determine how much money each boy started
with and how much each had when he left the store.
The dues are:

l. Alex started with more than Jim.

2. Scott spent 15¢ more than Dan.
3. Duane started with more money than just one other person.
4. Alex spent the most, but he did not end with the least.
5. Dan started with 66% as much as Scott.
6. Jim spent the least and ended with more than Alex or Dan.
7. Duane spent 35¢.

Started With Ended With

Alex

Scott

Dan

Jim

Duane

See answers on page 91 .

6
 Temperature
A sixth-grade class project involved keeping track of the average
temperature of the classroom over a two-week period in January.
The results of the study showed that, at one particular time of the
day, the temperature was always at its lowest point. Try to figure
out when, during the day, the temperature was lowest, and the
reason for it.

1 . The automatic heating system in the school comes on at 6:00 in

the morning.
2. No students arrive before 8:30. The first temperature reading
takes place at that time.
3. The temperature is taken at half hour intervals from 8:30 until
3:00 in the afternoon, when the students go home.
4. The automatic heating system goes off at 2:00.
5. The highest temperature reading is at 10:00.
6. The 2:30 reading of the temperature shows a cooling off, but
not the lowest temperature.
7. Morning recess is from 10:20 to 10:35.
8. Afternoon recess takes place from 1 :45 until 2:00.
9. The highest temperature over the two-week period was 74
degrees F (23.3 degrees C).

So, when was the temperature at its lowest, and why?

See answer on page 93.

7
 E ASY PUZZLES

Coast to Coast
Jacques and Chi Chi rode bikes across the United States. They
stopped at several major cities along the way. Figure out where
they went and the order in which they visited the cities based on
the coordinates given in the clues below. (The visited city is the
one "closest" to the intersection of the coordinates.)

y I4
13
I2
11
IO
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
I

0 I 2 3 4 S 6 7 8 9 IO 11 I2 13 I4 IS I6 I7 I8 I9 20 2I
X
They started their journey at X6,Y5.5.
Their first stop was at X3,Y5.5; then they rode on to Xl.S ,Y7.5.
Then they stopped off in the city at X2.5,Yll.S.
From there they rode to XS .S , Y8, and then to X7.5,Y8.
They stayed a few days at Xll,Y4, and three days at Xl3,Y6.5.
From there they rode to Xl3.5, Y9, then to Xl6.5, Y9.
Finally, tired but happy, they ended their journey at Xl8, Y8.5.

Start to finish, what are the eleven American cities visited by

Jacques and Chi Chi?

See answers on page 85.

8
 Coffee
A few friends meet each morning for coffee. For one of them, it is
the only cup of coffee all day. For another, it's only the first of
eight cups. Zowie!
Your challenge is to figure out how many cups of coffee each
person drinks per day, how many sugar lumps they use per cup,
and whether or not they put in milk.

1. Jan uses three times as many lumps as the person who drinks
four cups.
2. Three people, including the one who uses four lumps, use no
milk.
3. The one who drinks 1 cup a day (not Max) drinks his coffee
black without sugar.
4. Doris uses both milk and sugar.
5. Max, who uses no milk, uses half as many sugars as the person
who drinks twice as many cups as he does.
6. Boris drinks two more cups than Jan, but Jan uses two more
sugars than Boris.

Cups Lumps of Sugar Milk

1 4 5 6 8 0 1 2 4 6 Yes No

Max

Doris

Blizzo

Jan

Boris

See answers on page 85.

9
 Decimal Ruler
This ruler measures inches but, instead of measuring them in the
usual way, in sixteenths, it measures them in tenths. In other

lllljllll llllJIII IIIJIII IIIJIII

words, the standard inch is divided into ten (decimal) units, rather
than sixteen units.

J j T T TJ
When we measure something with this decimal ruler, it is
expressed as the number of inches plus the tenths. For example,
the line just below measures 3.4 inches. Go ahead, check it out
(mark the length on a straight piece of paper and then hold it next
to the ruler).

Now, using paper and this ruler, measure these other lines:

d -------

g -------

Check your measurements in the solutions.

See answers on page 85.

10
 Destry's Missing Numbers
Destry has five boxes, shown below. Each is supposed to have a
decimal number in it, but they're all empty! Help Destry find his
missing numbers and put them back in their boxes.
Here are some clues to where the numbers should go:

1. One square (the sum of 1 1 .09, 6.2 1 , and 5.04) is to the left of a
square with the difference between 13.27 and 1. 34.
2. C is not 13.47 but another square is.
3. One square has a number larger than square B by 1 3.78.
4. The square with a sum of 1 3 .62 , 3.98 , 7.00, and .57 is between B
and E.
5. The smallest number is B; the largest is E.

left right

DDDDD A B c D E

See answers on page 8 5.

11
 E.F. Bingo
Four girls-Lorraine, Michelle, Wanda, and Sheila-are in a seri­
ous game of E.F. Bingo (E.F. stands for equivalent fractions). The
first one to fill in a line on her card ( up-and-down, across, or
diagonally) wins. To solve this puzzle, figure out which girl wins
and gets to yell "Bingo!"

The fractions come up and are called in this order:

1. "Four twentieths"
2. "Eighteen twenty-seconds"
3. "Four tenths"
4. "Six tenths"
5. "Two eighths"
6. "Ten sixteenths"
7. "Twelve fourteenths"
8 . "Four twen ty-eighths "

9. "Six sixteenths"
10. "Six twentieths"
1 1 . "Eight twelfths"
12. "Sixteen eighteenths"
13. "Four twelfths"

E.F. Biap Carda

� % � 2fs 2/s 116 'Ia 2f1o 2/6 liz 'Ia 5/10

"" lis 2f1o '17 .,, % 6f7 � 'h � lis 2112

., 'Is ¥1o lh '19 2/6 lis � 'In 2!6 41'10 Zfs

Lornine Michelle Wanda Sheila

See answer on page 85.

12
 Famous Person
There 's a famous person's name spelled out in the t welve bo xes
belo w. Using the coding provided, figure out the letters o f the
name and solve this puzzle.

A= 1 G=7 N= 14 U=2 1
B=2 H=8 0= 1 5 V= 22
C=3 1= 9 P= 1 6 W= 23
D=4 J=IO Q= 1 7 X=24
E=S K=ll R= 18 Y=25
F=6 1= 1 2 5= 19 Z = 26
M=l3 T=20

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Clues:
Boxes 7 and 1 0 are U - P
Box2isCxE
Boxes 4 , 8 , and 9 are the same letter: F+J - B
Box 6 is Z -Y +J
2
Box 1 2 is E
Box 1 is 0-E
BoxSis X +D
Boxll is G xC-Q
Box3is T+E+D

See answer on page 8 6.

13
 FlightyDecimals
Normally trust worthy and reliable, the decimals belo w got a little
out o f hand. They escaped from their geometric shapes and were
scattered all over the place! No w the decimals are all lined up in
t wo ro ws (belo w) in order from largest to smallest, but they really
need to be put back into their proper geometric places. Your job is
to do just that.

5.20 4.39 4.01 3.71 2.60 1 .42

1.16 1 .0 1 .72 .30 .07 .03

Here are clues to where the decimals are to go ( four decimals in

each shape) in the geometric spaces belo w:

1 . 4.39 and 4 .01 are supposed to be in the same figure ; 5.20 (the
ringleader) is supposed to be in a different one.
2. Decimals 3.71 and 1 .01 are together in the rectangle.
3. The total in the circle, where .07 is supposed to be, is 6.46.
4. The smallest total comes from the rectangle, where .30 is sup­
posed to be.
5. The difference bet ween the totals o f the square and the circle is
5.96.
6. Decimal 1. 1 6 is supposed to be in the circle.

DOAdd the decimals assigned to each shape and check your totals
against the solution.

See ans wers on page 8 6.

14
 Heather's Garden
Heather's garden is out of control! She planted it just so, and then
went to surfing at a beach. When she got back from her trip, she
found the turnips mixing with the cabbages, the pole beans mix­
ing with the carrots, and the rows jumbled all over the place. Plus,
field mice have gotten in and some of the garden is missing!
Heather had made a map so she would remember how much
she planted where, but the mice got that too! See if you can recon­
struct the garden's contents for her.

1. The most rows are neither spinach nor cabbages.

2 . There are two more rows of carrots than turnips and two more
rows of spinach than carrots.
3. There are four more rows of spinach than turnips.
4. There aren't as many rows of pole beans as "cukes" (cucumbers
in garden talk).
5. There is one less cabbage row than spinach.
6. Heather doesn't like turnips so much, so she planted just one
row (mostly to sacrifice to the mice, but they don't care all that
much for turnips, either!).

Rows
2 3 4 5 6

P*��----�----r---+---__,
a�a �----�-----+--+--�

carrots

cucumbers
r------r--�---+--+--�
spinach
r------r--+--1
turnips

See answers on page 88.

15
 Mathathon
Several girls were trying to work some math problems. Several
boys said they could help them find the solutions. The girls said,
"Fat chance!" So there was a contest between the girls and the boys
to see who was best at solving the problems. Check it out and see
who won.
Each problem is worth 10 points if the answer is correct; - 5
points if it is wrong.

Problem I 9 x .3 =
The girls said 2.7, the boys said 2.7.
Problem 2 1.06 + .08 9 + 1 1 .2 + 6.34 =
The girls said 18.68 9, the boys said 18.768.
Problem 3 112 + % =
The girls said 1 1;4, the boys said 1.25.
Problem4 1 3.88-6.96 =
The girls said 6.92, the boys said 7.92.
Problem 5 4.003 x 99 =
The girls said 396.297, the boys said 38 6.297.
Problem 6 2113 x 112 =
The girls said 1 . 1 66, the boys said .765.
Problem 7 .33 + 3 =
The girls said . 1 1 , the boys said 1.1.
Problem 8 6.66 + 3.75 + 9.07 =
The girls said 19.48, the boys said 19.38.

So, who was best at doing math--or at least at working these

particular problems?

See answer on page 8 9.

16
 Mountain Climb
Dacon and his friends all went mountain climbing this summer,
but not together. They climbed different mountains. Using the
clues, see if you can figure out who climbed which mountain, and
the heights of the mountains they climbed.

1. Dacon climbed higher than 4 500 feet, but not on Goat.

2. Jake climbed higher than both Macom and the one who
climbed Sleepy.
3. The mountain which is 9000 feet is not Old Baldy or Goat.
4. The shortest mountain was not climbed by Bacon.
5. Mirre is shorter than the mountain climbed by Macom, but
higher than the one climbed by Drakon.
6. Sleepy is not the tallest, but taller than Goat.
7. Raleigh is taller than Goat, which is taller than the ones
climbed by Drakon and Dacon.

Elevation Mountain

I
...
...,

Dacon

Drakon

Macom

Bacon

Jake

Old Baldy

Mirre

Raleigh

Sleepy

Goat

See answers on page 8 9.

17
 Mountain Race
Five people will race to the tops of mountains of different heights.
To have a fair race, each person will carry a weight; the person
climbing the lowest mountain, the heaviest backpack weight, etc.
Using the clues, figure out each person's full name, the mountain
each will climb, and the weight to be carried in each backpack.

1. Paul's pack weighs 30 lbs.

2. Andy's mountain is 865 ft. higher than the one Brown is climbing.
3. Gerald's pack weighs the same as Dale's minus McGee's.
4. Stiller's pack is half as heavy as the person's climbing Mt. Morgan.
5. Jim's and Dorsey's packs combined weigh 60 lbs.
6. Anderson's pack is 20 pounds lighter than Dale's.

Backpack Weight

� � 11 0
...

Anderson
Brown

Doney

McGee

Stillu

Mt. Stewart
(8989ft)
Mt.Morpn
(8124 ft)
Mt. Waring
(7897ft)
Mt.Mcintire
(8876ft)
Mt.Piard
(9125 ft)
so

40

30

20

10 See answers on page 90.

18
 Ned's Newspaper Route
Ned delivers papers in his neighborhood. In January he had 43
customers. He wanted to make a little more money, so he went
door to door, and by April he had found five new customers. One
new customer gets just a daily paper, two get just a Sunday paper,
and two get both. What you need to do is figure out which of his
new customers gets what, and the color of their houses (which
helps Ned to keep track of things).

1 . The Simpsons get both papers; their house is not white.

2. The Browns' house is neither grey nor the color of one of the
houses that gets just the Sunday paper.
3. The customer's name who subscribes to just the daily paper
begins with J.
4. The customer in the green house does not get a Sunday paper.
5. Mr. Johnson lives in the blue house.

Papers House Color

�
!
"' �
t
Jones

Johnson

Smith

Brown

Simpson

grey

green

white

yellow

blue

See answers on page 90.

19
 WlldNumbers
A group of untamed, wild numbers has been terrorizing the
neighborhood lately. The math police are in need of help round­
ing them up and placing them in their correct places. Can you
help? Will you help? Please, before it's too late!
Here are the culprits. They look orderly because they are lined
up in three columns, but they really need to be connected up with
the correct shapes-six to each shape. Hurry!

.5 100% 75%
6fs 3/12 7/14
.75 three-fourths Sf2o
50% .250 whole
¥16 $1.00 75¢
¥s 6f2 10/1o
4
one-fourth half a dollar %
5/5 9/12 ¥4

See answers on page 94.

20
 Zox
The nation of Zox consists of five islands: Zog, Zod, Zob, Zop, and
Zoz. The total population of all five islands is 750 Zoxians.
Figure out how many Zoxians live on each island. Below are
some clues to help you.

1. The smallest island has 1/10 as many Zoxians as all of Zox.

2. The largest island is Zod. The smallest island is not Zoz.
3. One island has 1/s of the total population of Zox. Another
island has 1/3.
4. Zob is one and a half times larger than one of the other islands.
5. Zop has 100 more people than the smallest island.

Zog + Zod + Zob + Zop + Zoz

DDDDD
Total population= 750

See answers on page 94.

Hint: Start by figuring out possible populations by using clues 1 and 3.

21
 MEDIUM PUZZLES

Auction
The Clydesdale County Fair held its annual fund-raising auction
last week. Five of the people who bought items are listed here.
Your challenge is to match the last names of the purchasers
with their first names, identify which items each one bought, and
figure out how much each one paid (the lowest amount that any­
one paid was $3.50).
Here are a few clues:

1 . Elroy is not Grey.

2. The man who bought the coffee paid the highest price, twice
that of the fruit.
3. The cheese sold for $2.00 less than the coffee and was pur-
chased by Black.
4. Ms. Green bought the pie for ¥3 the cost of the cake.
5. White and Duane shared their cake and coffee.
6. The pie cost $0.50 more than the fruit.
7. Dan paid $6.00 for his item.
8. Neither Elroy, Denise, nor Black paid over $5.00.

See answers on page 84.

22
 Last Name Purchase

Irene

Denise
Duane

Dan

Elroy

cake

pie

fruit

cheese

coffee

Hint: Start by working out the prices as early as possible.

23
 Biology Class
Kristi and five of her friends have each adopted an animal in the
biology class at their high school. Using the clues listed below, see
if you can figure out which animal (the W's) belongs to which stu­
dent (the K's).

1. Walter can fly; Willy can't.

2. Kristi's animal is 14 em (6 in) long.
3. The ladybug is not a lady, nor the smallest.
4. Willy is 5 em (2 in) shorter than the largest animal.
5. Kyle's animal is neither a fly nor a ladybug.
6. Walter is 10 em (4 in) shorter than the bat, who's 3 em (about
1 in) shorter than Wendy.
7. Wanda is the largest.
8. Kurt's animal is the smallest.
9. The hamster belongs to Kevin.
1 0. Willy is neither the rat nor the hamster.
11. Weldon, who is able to fly, belongs to Kristen.
12. Kate's adoption measures 18 em (7 in).

See answers on page 84.

24
 Animal Name Measurement

Kate
Kristen
Kurt

Kristi
Kyle
Kevin
I em

1.3 cm
llcm
14cm
18cm
23 cm
Willy
Wendy
Wanda
Walter
Weldon
Warren

25
 Caleb's Checkbook
Five people were discussing their checking accounts. Caleb, who is
a spendthrift, is almost broke. But Ms. Wilson still has good bit of
her earnings left. Can you figure out how much money each of the
five people start with in their checking accounts, what their cur­
rent balances are, and what are their full names?
Here are a few clues:

1. Joyce is not Jones.

2. Caleb's bills amounted to $1919.00 for the month.
3. Millard, who started with more than Jackson or Brown, ended
with less than either Caleb or Wilson.
4. Joyce's balance was exactly half of what she started with.
5. Sam's and Jackson's balances, when added together, were
$1427.00.
6. Millard's bills were: rent $850.00, telephone $95.00, utilities
$220.00, insurance $400.00, car payment $290.00, food
$240.00.
7. Brown spent the least amount on bills- $695.00. Smith spent
the most.
8. Barbara's bills totaled $ 1326.00.

So, who is who and how much money did they each start out
and end up with?

See answers on page 84.

26
 Last Names $ Started With $Ended With

Caleb

Barbara

Sam

Joyce

Mill ard

1004

970

423

68

-45

2050

1987

1940

1749

1699

27
 Chicken Mountain
At the top of Chicken Mountain live five chicken farmers. Each
farmer thinks his chickens are the best. Farmer McSanders says his
chickens are best because they lay the most eggs. Farmer Saffola
says his chickens make the best fryers.
See if you can figure out which farmer does have the best chick­
ens, based on the following facts plus the formula provided to
grade the chickens.

1. The chickens with the best feathers live on the McCombe farm.
They sell for $0.73.
2. The chickens which sell for $0.64 produce 105 eggs per day. It's
not the Poularde farm.
3. Farmer Saffola has 500 chickens.
4. The farm which produces 1 15 eggs per day sells its chickens
for $0.71.
5. The smartest chickens live on the McPlume farm.
6. The best fryers get the most money.
7. Farmers McSanders and McPlume have 833 chickens between
them.
8. The smallest farm produces the most eggs and the second-best
price.
9. The biggest chickens produce 4.8 eggs per chicken on the
Poularde farm.

See answers on page 84.

28
 Amt. of Chickens Eggs per Bird Cost Price

(A) (B) (C)

Saffola

McSanders

McPlume

McCombe

Poularde

140

130
�
Q 125
l 115
J 105

best feathers

best fryers

most eggs

snmtestbinls

Best Chickens on
Chicken Mountain
Grading Formula:

A+BxC+D

29
 Chocolate Chip Cookies
Five of the world's foremost chocolate chip cookie bakers arrived
for the annual Cookie Fiesta. While the bakers all agreed on most
of the ingredients that go into their famous chocolate chip cook­
ies, they did not agree at all on the right number of chips per
cookie or the amount of time they should be baked to come out
perfect. Determine the full names of the five cookie bakers, the
number of chips each puts in her cookies, and how long they leave
them to bake.
Here are a few clues:

1. Ms. Strudel bakes her cookies for 17 minutes 7 seconds.

2. Effie uses 2 chips fewer than Ruby does.
3. Ms. Applestreet bakes her cookies 51 seconds longer than
Thelma does.
4. Ms. Spicer uses one less chip than Ms. Applestreet puts in her
cookies.
5. Ms. Honeydew uses more chips than Ms. Spicer does.
6. Ruby isn't Ms. Honeydew.
7. Ms. Spicer bakes for less time than do either Miriam or
Georgia.
8. The woman who bakes her cookies for 17 minutes 7 seconds
uses 7 chips.
9. Georgia bakes hers for 17 minutes 8 seconds, 1 second longer
than Ruby does.
10. The person using 5 chips isn't Ms. Spicer.

See answers on page 84.

30
 First Name Minutes/Seconds Chips

Q
...

Spicer

Applestreet
��--���--4--+--r-�-��
Strudel

Bundt

Honeydew
�4-�-4--�4-�-4--�4-�-J--��-L�
5

10

16m/9s

16m/17s

17m

17m/7s

17m/8s

I Hint: Clues 4, 5, and 10 are the key ones. I

31
 Dessert
Four friends went out to a new restaurant to try their desserts.
Although some were very hungry, others weren't so they didn't eat
the full portions they were served.
Using the clues, determine the full names of the four friends,
the kind of dessert each had, and the amount eaten.

1. Ms. Jones' dessert had been cut into eight pieces.

2. Jane ate her dessert with a spoon. It was served in a measuring
cup that was divided into three equal-size portions. She ate the
dessert down to the bottom line.
3. The one who ate the fig cookie was neither Smith nor Jane.
4. The apple pie was cut into six pieces.
5. Pete and Grey play basketball together.
6. Brown and Tom paid for the meal.
7. Pete's dessert wasn't divided into thirds.
8. Grey didn't eat any dessert beginning with the letter C.
9. The fig cookie was sliced into quarters. The person who ate it
left one of the pieces.
10. The apple pie wasn't eaten by Grey or Sarah.
11. No one has a first and last name that begin with the same letter.

See answers on page 85.

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 Last Name Portion Eaten Dessert

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Jane

Pete

Tom

Sarah

fig cookie

apple pie

custard

choc cake

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33
 Dog Apartments
Six dogs live in the Airedale Apartments. Each dog lives on a dif­
ferent floor, eats a different amount of dog food (in pounds) each
week, and takes a different number of baths each month. Using
the clues below, figure out which floor each dog lives on, the
amount of food each one eats, and the number of baths each one
takes. Watch out for tricks!

1 . The dog in 221 eats twice as much as the one who takes 1 bath a
week.
2. MacTavish eats four pounds less than Spunky, but takes five
more baths.
3. The dog that eats 32 pounds a month takes 3 baths a week.
4. Wilfred lives two floors above Spunky. Spunky lives two floors
above Chico.
5. Taz and the dog on the 6th floor eat a combined weight of 80
pounds in a month.
6. The dog in 341 eats 24 pounds a month and bathes once a
week.
7. The dog in 408 eats fewer pounds in a month than he takes
baths.
8. The dog on the 5th floor eats 1 6 pounds a month and takes one
less bath than Chico.

See answers on page 85.

34
 Apartment No. Food per Week Baths per Month

MacTavish
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Chico

Ivan
Wilfred

Taz

Spunky
2
3
4
6
9
12
2
4
6
8
10
12

35
 Field Trip
Duloc and his pals held bake sales and earned enough money to
take a field trip with their teacher, Mr. Oonla. In fact, they made
enough to go all the way to the planet Earth!
When they arrived at the third planet in the Sol system, they
discovered the gravitational pull was very different from what they
were used to back on Nolu Si. Mr. Oonla was curious about the
difference in weight, how much his students weighed in Earth
ounces. An Earth ounce is equivalent to 1 1 Nolu Si ounces, except
that on Nolu Si the measurement isn't called ounces but qinae.
According to the following clues, how much in Earth ounces do
each of these five students weigh? How much do they weigh back
on Nolu Si?

1 . Sio weighs 50.6 qinae. He outweighs everyone except Phren,

who weighs 1 3.2 qinae more.
2. Ontrus, the lightest, weighs 27.5 qinae less than Duloc.
3. Jorn weighs 5.5 qinae less than Sio, and 2.2 qinae more than
Duloc.
ounces qinae

Jorn

Duloc

Phren

Sio

Ontrus

See answers on page 86.

Hint: Phren is a bit chubby. Ontrus is a little skinny.

36
 Flea Market Leftovers
There were a few unsold items, listed below, left over from the flea
market. Bernie told some friends who had helped her with the sale
to each take one of the items home. Can you figure out who took
which item?

Item Measurement

Nut diameter 1 .25 in

Pencil end to end 1 7.2 em
Compass height 1 6.5 em
Pencil sharpener height 5Vz in
Bolt length 4.5 em

Note: Whether in inches or in centimetres,

each item is measured in only one direction.

1 . Dan took one item which was shorter than the item Sandy took
by 1.3 centimetres.
2. The item taken by Bob was one and one-quarter inches taller
than the item taken by Irene.
3. Doris's item was 7 centimetres less than Bob's.
4. Sandy's item was 1 2 centimetres less than Doris's.

See answers on page 86.

37
 Four Cups
A B c D

Four cups, A to D, are arranged side by side. Each contains a cer­

tain amount of liquid measured in ounces. One cup contains
water, another oil, one holds vinegar, and the other apple juice.
Which cup has which liquid and how much is in each?
Here are some clues:

1 . The cup with oil is between the cups containing 3 oz. and 5 oz.
2. The vinegar isn't in cup C.
3. There's more apple juice in the cups than water, but more oil
than apple juice.
4. The water is between the juice and the oil.
5. The difference in ounces between the vinegar and the juice is 3.
6. Cup D doesn't contain oil, and doesn't have the least amount of
liquid in it.
7. Cup C has more liquid than does cup A.
8. The cup with 1 1 oz. isn't vinegar.

3 oz

5oz

Soz

lloz

water

oil

vinegar

apple juice

See answers on page 87.

38
 Fractions Prom
The annual Fractions Prom was held last week. Six couples went
to the dance together. They sat at three tables. Because One Third
and Three Fifths were still angry at each other over an argument
about which of them was more important, they refused to sit
together. Otherwise, everybody got along quite well.
From the fo llowing clues, see if you can figure out which frac­
tions went to the prom with which other fractions, and which of
the three tables they shared.

1 . One Eighth and his date shared a table with One Fourth and
her date, but it was not table 3.
2. The sum of One Tenth and her date was Vz. The sum of every-
one at that table was 1 3/to.
3. One Sixth and Three Eighths didn't share a table.
4. One Third and his date totaled 1.
5. Seven Eighths and Three Eighths shared table 2. Their dates
totaled 3/s.
6. One Fifth's date is not Two Thirds.

Two One Three One Three One

Thirds Sixth Fifths Fourth Eighths Tenth
One Third

Five Sixths

One Eighth

One Fifth

Seven Eighths

Two Fifths

See answers on page 87.

39
 Fund-Raiser
Three eighth-grade classes at a large school competed in a fund­
raising event by reading books. The person who read the most
books won a CD player. The class that read the most books won a
field trip to an amusement park. No two students read the same
number of books.
From the following clues, which student won the player, and
which class got to go to the amusement park?

1 . Sam, in room 1 25, read half as many books as Eric, who read
half as many as Danny.
2. Nancy read twice as many books as Harry, who is in room
1 25.
3. Room 125 includes the students who read 24 books and 34
books.
4. Teresa read three times as many as Sam.
5. Bill is in room 208, which totaled 1 1 3 books.
6. Jennifer read half as many books as Tinzen.
7. There are just three students in room 2 1 4, including Jennifer,
Jerry, and the winning student.
8. Dennis read ten more books than Nancy.
9. Bill read just one more book than Harry.
10. No one in room 2 1 4 read fewer than 2 1 books.
1 1 . The winning room included the person who read the fewest
books.
1 2. The total number of books read in room 2 1 4 was 9 1 .
13. Joan read fewer books than Julia, who read more books than
Jerry.

40
 Books Read Rooms

Nancy
Bill

Jerry
Sam
Tinzen
Julia
Harry
Eric
Jennifer
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Teresa
Danny
Joan
Dennis

See answers on page 87.

41
 Golf
Four friends played golf. The scorekeeper wasn't alert and missed
recording a few scores. Find the correct missing scores and figure
out everyone's total. All four players had different scores.
Oh yes, and who was the lazy scorekeeper?

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total
Par 4 5 3 4 4 5 4 4 3 36

5 5 4 4 6 5 3

7 3 4 5 5 5 3

6 5 4 5 5 4 5

5 6 4 5 6 6 4

1 . Jan had the lowest scores on holes #1 and #6.

2. The total scored for hole #3 was 14.
3. Jed's total score was higher than Jan's.
4. The total score for all four players was 1 69.
5. Just one player shot a birdie (1 under par)- Jim, 3 on #8.
6. The scorekeeper's total score was 44-the highest.
7. Jon shot par on one of his missing scores. He shot one over par
on the other.
8. The total scored for hole #6 was 23.
9. Jim's total score was higher than Jan's, but not as high as Jon's.

See answers on page 87.

42
 Grade Book
A math teacher gives a test once a week. All the students took all
the tests. Unfortunately, the teacher forgot to record some of the
scores. Find each student's missing test score, then total their
scores and find the students' averages and final grades.

Average Grade

62-70 A
57-61 B
52-56 c
49-5 1 D

Test 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Alban 45 56 84 36 78 34 46 98

Astrid 49 60 50 86 45 36 20 87

Amos 38 70 90 10 0 48 38 20 97

Angus 39 94 50 94 49 45 19 10 0

Avril 44 68 88 50 89 39 20 10 0

1 . Astrid's missing test score is the same as the average of the

student with the A.
2. Amos got a perfect score on test 2. Angus missed it by 2 points.
3. The total of all five students' total scores is 2628.
4. The missing score on test 8 is 18. On test 6 it's 33.

See answers on page 87.

j Hint: Start with clue 2.

43
 HotDogs
One student from each fifth-grade class in McDonald Elementary
School decided to try to set a new school record for the most hot
dogs eaten during one lunch period.
From the following clues, see if you can tell how many hot dogs
each student ate, the students' last names, and their room num­
bers. (Two hot dog eaters are still sick at home!)

1. Isabella, whose last name is not Green, ate three-fourths as

many hot dogs as Tony.
2. Ginger is in room 203.
3. Brown ate four more hot dogs than Gerald, and two more than
White.
4. Green's room is between Gerald's and Ginger's rooms.
5. Germaine ate more hot dogs than Gerald, who ate more than
Green.
6. The student from room 204 ate 8 fewer hot dogs than the stu­
dent in room 201
7. Smith's classroom is 202.

See answers on page 88.

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 Hot Dogs Eaten Rooms

Gerald

Isabella

Germaine

Tony

Ginger

2 01

202

2 03

2 04

2 05

12

16

20

22

24

Hint: Work on figuring out the rooms first.

45
 LongestDrive
Six golfers thought they were pretty "hot off the tee:' so they had a
contest to see who could hit the ball farthest. The golfers used four
different-size clubs.
When they tried to compare the distances, they discovered that
some had been measured in yards and some in metres. Confusing?
Not if you are good at converting metres to yards, or vice versa.
From the clues below, determine who the golfers are, how many
yards or metres each one hit the ball (rounded off to whole num­
bers), and the club size each one used. (If needed, refer to the sim­
ple yards/metres conversion formulas at the bottom of this page.)

1. Henry did not use his driver when he hit his booming 282-
metre drive. Two of the guys did, including Baring.
2. The longest drive was hit with a driver, but not by Reed or
Simon.
3. The shortest drive, 244 metres, was hit with a 5-wood, but not
by Bates or Jake.
4. Desmond's drive went 257 metres, 4 yards shorter than Pym's.
5. The 2-iron drive went 263 metres, 20 fewer than Lester's.
6. Lyle used the 5-wood.
7. Henry and Rivers each used their 3-woods. Henry's went 23
yards farther.

See answers on page 89.

Conversion Formulas:
Metres x .92 = yards
Yards x 1 .09 = metres

46
Desmond

Simon

Lyle

Lester

Henry

Jake

257m

283m

263m

244m

261m

28 2m

3-wood

2-iron

driver

5-wood

47
 Lunch at Paul's
Paul invited some friends for lunch and asked each to bring two
items. Everyone already had one item and they brought that, but
they had to buy a second item at the store. Using the clues and the
price list below, figure out who brought which items, and how
much each person spent-including Paul, who bought the coffee.

Purchased Items Price List

chicken $6.40 pound

coffee $5.50 pound
cheese $4.80 pound
mayonnaise $ 1 .09 per 8-oz jar
bread $ 1 .39 loaf

1 . Julie bought 9 ounces of one of her items, which cost her $2. 70.
She did not bring fruit.
2. The person who brought the salad also bought three loaves of
bread.
3. Sandra bought two 8-ounce jars of mayonnaise but did not
bring the fruit or the cake.
4. Paul needed pickles and salad. Wally brought one of them.
5. Diane's purchase was 1 2 ounces and it cost her $4.80.
6. The person who paid $2.75 for half a pound also brought the
olives.

See answers on page 89.

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 Brought Bought Cost

Paul

Julie

Sandra

Diane

Wally

$2.18

$2.75

$4.8 0

$2.7 0

$4.17

coffee

bread

cheese

mayo

chicken

49
 Multiplication Jeopardy
For a change, Dale and some friends studying for a multiplication
test gave each other the problem answers (products) and tried to
figure out the two numbers in the problem. From the clues, figure
out each student's full name, the product each was given, and the
correct multiplier and multiplicand. One of the products (where
multiplicand and multiplier intersect) is 1 44.

1 . Dale's multiplicand is 1 4.
2. Tina's last name is not Johns.
3. June's multiplier is 9.
4. Neil is neither James nor Jones.
5. Miss Jensen's product is 1 20.
6. The person whose multiplicand is 13 is not James, Jensen, or
Mr. Johnson.
7. Tina's product is 1 43.
8. Neil's multiplicand is 1 8. His product is 1 26.
9. Johns's multiplier is 7.
Multiplicand

IQ
....

James

Jones

Jensen

Johns

Johnson

5
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u 7
=
.9<
... 8
=
::s
9

11

See answers on page 90.

so
 Old House
Six different families have lived a total of 88 years in an old house.
The original owners lived there half the total number of years. A
second family lived there a quarter of the years. The third family
lived in the house half that. Then a family lived there five years.
The fifth family lived there two years. And the sixth family still
lives there.
Each family painted the house a different color. Right now, it is
white. How long did each family live in the old house? What color
did each family paint it?

1 . The Smiths lived there eleven times longer than the Parkers.
2. The house was yellow for two years.
3. In all, the house was painted three different colors-blue, yel­
low, and white-for 1 1 years.
4. The color was changed from green to brown after the
Carpenters moved.
5. The house was either brown or red for 33 years.
6. The Barneses lived there longer than the number of years the
house was blue and white.
7. The house was yellow when the Warners moved in.

no. years

blue

brown

green

yellow

white

red

See answers on page 90.

51
 Play Ball
Toddy and some of her friends in a writing class had to bring a
ball, representing their favorite sport, to class along with a compo­
sition that they had written about the sport. Toddy brought the
ball weighing the least.
From the clues below, figure out who brought which ball, how
much each ball weighed (in ounces), and what color it was.

1 . The golf ball weighed less than the ball that Tanya brought, and
also less than the brown ball.
2. Tom's ball weighed more than the red one.
3. The soccer ball, which was 14.5 ounces heavier than Teresa's
ball, was not orange.
4. The person who brought the orange ball was not Teddie, whose
ball weighed 15.2 ounces more than the Ping-Pong ball.
5. The ball that weighed more than all of them except for one was
white.
6. The heaviest ball was the basketball, and the lightest one was
yellow.
7. The 2-ounce ball was green, and smaller than the red one and
the ball brought by Teddie.
8. The ball brought by Tillie was ten times heavier than the golf
ball.

See answers on page 9 1 .

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 II)
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Teddie

Teresa

Toddy

Tanya

Tom

Tillie

Ping-Pong
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tennis

golf

soccer

basketball

football

1.5

.8

15

22

16

53
 Potato Chips
Everyone in Mr. Glitzwhizzle's classroom agreed that no one could
eat just one potato chip, but decided to have a contest to see who
could eat the most in three minutes. Five students, and Mr.
Glitzwhizzle himself, entered the race. From the clues below, fig­
ure out the last names of the students and Mr. Glitzwhizzle's first
name, and how many bags of chips (the small size) each one ate.

1 . Witteyspooner and Gazelda together didn't eat as many bags as

Elmo or Jones did.
2. Hubert ate twice as many bags as Grugenminer.
3. Sally's last name does not start with G.
4. Kettledrummel ate one-fourth as many bags as Hubert did.
5. Mr. Glitzwhizzle ate 18 bags. Gerald could eat only half that many.
6. Hubert ate as many bags as Elmo and Gazelda combined.

Bags

Gazelda I
Gerald

Hubert

Sally

Amos

Elmo

3
----

12

18
---

24
See answers on page 9 1 .

54
 Queen Rachel's Bridge Toll
When the new Queen Rachel Bridge was built across the Queen
Rachel River, Queen Rachel decided to charge a toll. Each person
who crosses the bridge is charged .05 of the value of their shoes!
So, if a person's shoes are worth $ 1.00, that person has to pay 5¢ in
toll. With the information below, figure out how much each person
has to pay to cross the Queen's bridge, and the color of their shoes.

1 . Kurt's shoes are not green, nor is green the color of the shoes
worth $3.60.
2. The person with the blue shoes must pay 36¢ toll.
3. Taber pays a higher toll than Cindy. Neither of them wears
black shoes.
4. The person whose shoes are worth $3.60 is not Caleb.
5. One person, whose shoes are not green or red, pays an 18¢ toll.
6. The person with the red shoes pays 14¢ toll.
7. Caleb pays 24¢.
8. The person with the white shoes pays 38¢ toll.
9. Cindy's shoes are blue.

Valoe of Shoes Shoe Color

Chiquita

Cindy

Kurt

Taber

Caleb

red

green

blue

white

black See answers on page 9 1 .

55
 Rhoda Tiller
Someone has given these five figures actual names! Can you believe
it? Using your protractor, measure the angles below, then use the
clues, giving interior or exterior angles, to figure out who is who.

1. Ms. Veda measures 1 OS on the outside.

2. Mr. Able's exterior angle is 1 22.
3. The 6 1 -angle figure is not Asper or Rhoda.
4. Tiller has the 163 outside measurement.
5. The figure with the 95 angle is not Ed, Val, or Ruta.
6. Gus's interior angle is 85. Baggy's is not 58.
7. Rhoda's outside angle measures 1 63.
8. Neither Mr. Able nor Ruta is the 75er.
Angle

Tiller

Gus

Baggy

Able

Veda

12 2

u
17
"5b
� 95

75

61

See answers on page 9 1 .

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 Sand
Six men divided 1 20 pounds of sand to be used for concrete pro­
jects they were building. Mr. Thomas's project was a good bit
smaller than Mr. Logan's project, so Mr. Thomas needed less sand.
The pie chart below shows the distribution of the sand among
the six men. Using the chart, clues provided, and your ability to
convert the percentages into weight in pounds, figure out how
much sand each man took.

1 . Mr. Logan took just a little over 26 pounds, which was not the
most taken.
2. Mr. Driver took the least amount.
3. Mr. Antonelli took 30 fewer pounds than Mr. Lang.
4. Mr. Waters took twice as much sand as Mr. Driver and Mr.
Thomas combined.

Sand Taken
Builder % Pounds

Mr. Logan

Mr. Driver

Mr. Thomas

Mr. Lang

Mr. Antonelli

Mr. Waters

Total Sand 100% 12 0 See answers on page 92.

57
 Shapes
The shapes on this page are measured in decimal units. Your job is
to create a new shape (which will not be a square or a rectangle)
using the lines described in the clues. Your shape must show the
decimal units, just as mine do.

1. The top line of your shape is half as long as the combined dis­
tance of the top of B and the side of C.
2. The bottom line of your shape is the same length as the top of
C less the top of A multiplied by 1 .5 .
3. The left side o f your shape is twice as long as two sides o f B less
one side of C. This side is perpendicular to the top line.
4. The right side of your shape is the same length as the top of C
less one half the top of A.

A B

�1.25-.j
T

1-- 4
�I
III I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I IIII
See answers on page 92.

58
 Skateboard Contest
Five kids in the finals of the Fossil Street skateboard contest ride
their boards from home to the site for the event. From the clues
provided, figure out the kids' full names, the number of blocks
each has to ride to the contest, and the street on which they live.

1 . Chestnut Avenue is 4 blocks farther away than where Roger lives.

2. Ms. Mander lives on Main Street, 8 blocks away from Lenny.
3. Cooper lives 3 blocks from Linden and 7 blocks from Kenny.
4. Chapman lives six blocks farther away than 1 1th Street.
5. Kenny, whose last name starts with "L", lives closer than Sally.
6. Jimmy lives on Elm Street.

Blocks from Fossil St.

....
....

Linden

Lyle

Mander

Cooper

Chapman

Elm St.

Main St.

Chestnut Ave.

Acorn Dr.

11th St.

8
- t-----
11
See answers on page 92.

59
 Slug Crawl
Several prominent slugs entered the annual crawling contest
recently. Last year's winner, Slippo, is favored to win again this
year. A newcomer, Slig, is considered a "dark slug:'
See if you can work out the clues and deduce each slug's crawl
distance (in centimetres) , the color of his leash, and the name of
his owner.

1 . The purple-leashed slug crawled 2.1 .

2. Bob is not the owner o f Oozey.
3. Slimeball wore green.
4. The slug who went .6 belongs to Bill.
5. Slig wore red.
6. The winner wore blue.
7. Woozey was not last.
8. Walter's slug did not wear green or blue.
9. Slimeball went half as far as Woozey.
10. Jack's slug was the winner.
1 1 . Gooey crawled .2 less than Slippo.
1 2. The yellow-leashed slug crawled 1 .8.
13. Gerald's slug, who crawled 1 .5, wore red.
1 4. Harry owns Gooey.

See answers on page 93.

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 Owner Leash Color Distance

Slippo
Slimeball
Slig
���+-+-+-+-�4-4-��-r-r-r-+-+��
Gooey
Oozey
Woozey
��+-+-+-+-��,_,_-r-r-r-L-L���-­
.6
1.2
1.5

1.8
2.1

2.3
purple
green
white
blue
red
yellow

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 Square Count
In a checkerboard there are over 200 squares.

There are 32 squares that look like this: D

And 32 that look like this:

There are some that look like this:

And some like this:

Using the checkerboard shown below, see if you can find all the
squares in each of the following rows and columns.

1. Columns A & B, rows 1 -8

2. Columns A, B, & C, rows 1-3
3. Columns B, C, & D, rows 1-4
4. Columns A, B, C, & D, rows 2-4
5. Columns C, D, & E, rows 1 -5
6. Columns A, B, & C, rows 1 -6
7. Columns A-D, rows 1-4.

A B C D E F G H
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8 See answers on page 93.

Hint: It might help to mark off the sections as you count them.

62
 Taber's Birdhouse
Taber, who is building a birdhouse, is making a scale drawing of
the project. The chart below shows the areas (in centimetres) of
each piece. See if you can match them with the pieces they repre­
sent.

1 . The length of the side is 3.2 centimetres.

2. The width of the top is 1 .25.
3. The narrowest piece is the back, with a width of just .8
centimetres.
4. The bottom is 2.75 centimetres long and 2.0 wide.
5. One piece is 2.5 by 1 .6.
6. Two pieces have the same dimension: 2.0. The side is one of
them.
7. The top looks like this:

6.4 2.8 4.0 3.25 5.5

top

side

front

bottom

back

See answers on page 93.

63
 Time Zone
Nick, who lives in Boston, decided to phone seven of his friends
for a conference call. It was 7:00 a.m. there when he began making
the calls. Using the clues below, try to determine where the seven
friends are located. (It might be a help to look at a globe or atlas.)

1. Lori was awakened by the phone ringing at 5:00 a.m.

2. Duke was having a noon meal.
3. Cary was 5 hours later than Deb.
4. Gene just finished lunch and was sitting down for a 1 o'clock
meeting when the phone rang.
5. Jan was watching a late-night TV news show, which started at
midnight.
6. Alex was 10 hours earlier than where Duke was.

Lori

Deb

Jan

Duke

Cary
Alex

Gene

See answers on page 94.

64
 Turkeys in the Road
Farmer McLynden just spilled crates of turkeys-all over Highway
#246!
When those birds were on the truck they were in six crates, SO
to each crate, merrily on their way to market to meet the happy­
turkey butcher. (Sshhh, turkeys don't know what a butcher is or
they wouldn't be so happy!) But when that tire blew! Wow-e-e-e­
ee! Now the turkeys are out of the crates and running all over the
place, and farmer McLynden is having a hard time gathering them
up and getting them back into the crates.
Finally, when all the chickens he can find are re-crated,
McLynden's turkey-head count tells him that some of the gobblers
got away (maybe they were helped, because we all know turkeys
just aren't that smart). Anyway, there are no longer fifty birds in
each of the crates.
Using the clues below, figure out how many turkeys are now in
each of the six crates.

1. There are 233 turkeys left.

2. One end crate has the most turkeys in it; the other end has the
fewest, a difference of 1 3 turkeys.
3. Crate #3 has 6 more turkeys than #2
4. Crate #5 has 2 fewer turkeys than # 1 .
5 . Crate # 4 has 35 turkeys, three more than the crate with the
fewest.

Ye Olde Turkey Crates

DDDDDD
1 2 3 4 5 6

See answers on page 94.

65
 Vegetable Soup Contest
Five people each bought 1 5 cans of vegetables for a soup contest.
No one bought the same number of any one kind, but 5 of one
kind, 4 of another, 3 of another, and so on. Also, no vegetable was
bought in the same quantity by any two people. Given all that, can
you figure out how many cans of each vegetable each person
bought and how much the purchases cost? Also, who won the
contest for the tastiest soup?

1 . The person who spent $6.43 bought 5 cans of asparagus and 3

cans of beans.
2. Lily spent the least amount of money, $ 1 .66 less than T-hone.
She bought 3 cans of carrots, 5 of peas, and 1 of corn.
3. Benny spent $ 1 .20 on asparagus and $ 1 .55 for corn and peas.
4. Joshua bought 2 cans of peas and spent $4.52 for his corn and
carrots combined.
5. The person who won the contest bought 1 can of carrots and
spent $7.42 total, 99<1: more than Benny.
6. T-bone spent the most. He bought 5 cans of corn, 4 of beans,
and 1 of asparagus.

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Benny

Lily

T-Bone

Slim

Joshua

Shopping List
corn 58<1:
peas 39<1:
carrots 44<1:
asparagus 24<1:
beans 64<1: See answers on page 94.

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 DIFFICULT PUZZLES

Boxes
The sixteen boxes below are each worth the number inside. Their
names are intersections of rows (letters) and columns (numbers),
i.e., the l ower left corner box is D-1 or 1 -D. It is worth 9 points.

1 2 3 4

A 11 6 15 3
--

B 5 8 12 10

c 16 1 14 7

D 9 2 13 4

Four boys playing a game are trying to make the most points by
trading boxes. Everyone must have four boxes at all times. From
the clues, how many points does each boy have at game's end?

1 . Jeremy didn't own any of the boxes in the A row.

2. Boyd's highest number is A-3.
3. B-2 and C-1 belong to the same boy, who isn't Bryce.
4. Bryce doesn't own any boxes in the 1 column.
5. On the last play of the game, Jeremy traded his 4-B for B-1 .
6. D-2, A-2, and D-3 all belong to the same player.
7. C-1 , B-3, and 4-D all belong to the same player.
8. Kevin's score was 4 higher than Boyd's.
9. Three of Boyd's boxes are in the A row.
10. Jeremy has just one box in the B row, which is B-1 .
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 1 12 1 3 14 1 5 16

�§�l l l l l l l l l l m l l l
See answers on page 84.

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 E levator
Ives and Newell are in charge of counting the people who get on
and off the elevator in a hotel. They take turns riding to the top
floor and back down, counting as they go. After two such trips
each morning, two around noon, and two in the evening, there is
an average taken.
The hotel manager wants to know today's average.

1 . On Newell's noon trip there were 32 fewer people than in his

morning count.
2. Ives counted a total of 1 22 in the morning and noon counts,
just one higher than his evening count, but 24 more than
Newell's evening count.
3. Ives's morning count is the same as Newell's average.
4. Ives's evening count was 37 more than Newell's morning count.

morning noon evening total average

Ives

Newell

See answers on page 86.

Hint: Clue 2 gives most of the information needed to get started.

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 Figs
Brandon is a fig counter. The figs are kept in five boxes. Using the
following clues, see if you can figure out how many figs are in the
boxes today. (There are no fractions of figs; whole figs only!)
While you're at it, figure out the average number of figs in all
five boxes.

1 . The total number of figs in box C is l/3 of half the total of those
in box E.
2. Box B has twice as many figs as C and E combined.
3. There are 1 20 figs in one of the boxes.
4. Box A has half as many figs as E, which is also 10 fewer than D.
5. D has � as many as B.

DDDDD
A B c D E

See answers on page 86.

Hint: The math for this puzzle is relatively easy. The key to solving it
is to first identify the box that has 1 20 figs in it. It can only be done,
however, through trial and error.

69
 FoulShots
Sometimes they make 'em, sometimes they don't! Using your
excellent understanding of percentage, see if you can figure out
the foul-shooting percentage for each of these six players this sea­
son. The highest is 83%. The lowest is 57%.

1 . Player #34 had 1 02 successful shots, 30 fewer than the player

who shot 71 o/o.
2. The player with 57% (not #49 or #22) attempted 1 76 shots.
3. The player with 98 attempts shot 59%.
4. Player #27 shot 66%.
5. Player #12 had the fewest attempts and shot 80%.
6. The player with the highest percentage (not # 1 8) made 38
fewer shots than #49.

Successful Shots Player #

176

98
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45

12

18
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34

49
See answers on page 86.

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 Garage Sale
Ms. Gaskin found a clothing item. A man who had searched for years
bought an old dresser. All were happy to have saved money. Who
bought what? What were the original and purchase prices?

1 . The bicycle was bought at 50o/o off. The buyer's name starts with H.
2. Ms. Cullen bought the item priced at $1 5.00 for o/sths that amount.
3. The tires sold for $ 1 .00 less than the asking price.
4. The item that sold for $0.50 was an article of clothing.
5. Mr. Pazzini spent $4.00 less than Ms. Cullen.
6. Ms. Higgins paid for her dress with a $20.00 bill and received
$ 19.25 in change.
7. Ms. Gaskin spent less for her item than Mr. Schmidt, who spent
less than Mr. Pazzini.
8. The item originally priced the highest didn't sell for the highest
price, nor did the lowest-priced item sell for the lowest amount.

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Ms. Cullen

Ms. Higgins

Mr. Havill

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$12
See answers on page 87.

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 Great Pencil Sale
Four sixth-grade classes decided to sell pencils to raise money to
go to a concert. Each class bought 500 pencils for $0.03 each (this
cost must be deducted before any profit is made). They agreed
that the class that made the most money (each class was allowed
to charge any amount for their pencils) could sit in the front row
at the concert.
Using the clues below, figure out how much profit each class
made, and which class got to sit in the front row.

1 . The least amount of profit was $ 1 1 .30 less than the winning
amount.
2. Mr. Pendip's class made $3.80 more in profit than the class that
sold its pencils at 10 for 75<1:
3. The class that sold 2 19 pencils was not Mr. Pendip's.
4. Ms. Rimdrip's class sold its pencils for 7<1: more per pencil than
Mr. Slimhip's class.

Number Sold Selling Price

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Ms. Glenwhip
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Ms. Rimdrip

Mr. Slimhip

See answers on page 88.

Hint: Use trial and error to determine the answer to due #2 (the dif­
ference between Pendip's profit and Glenwhip's). Remember to deduct
the original cost of the pencils from the profits when it is calculated.

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 Hidden Grades
Ms. Stonebelt told four of her best math students that their grades
were hidden in the charts below. Using all the clues, see if you can
figure out the grade each one received.

1 . Dan's percentage is B + K - V2C.

2. Bernard's grade is based on G + I + D - Dan's percentage plus
sixty-five.
3. Jason earned a grade higher than Bernard. He scored 2E + 3 +
(V2J) - 2.
4. Dexter's grade, the only one of the four without a plus or a
minus, was derived from:
(A + C - [ V2F] ) x VsG + 10 + V2J

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See answers on page 88.

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 High Rent
A group of six people, who live in the same apartment building,
got together one day for lunch. As they ate and talked, they discov­
ered that each one lived on a different floor and that no one paid
the same amount of rent. In fact, they learned that the higher the
floor, the higher the rent, and that one person's rent is $525.
Your task is to figure out from the following clues the full
names of the six renters, the floor on which each lives, and the
amount of rent they pay.

1 . Ms. Jordan lives between Danielle and Adams.

2. The highest rent is not paid by Falk, Stuart, or Peter. It is $ 1 75
more than the 1 7th floor.
3. Floor 2 1 is rented at $75 more than where Adams lives and $50
less than what Adrienne pays.
4. Sarah pays $475, $ 1 75 less than Ms. Drake.
5. Price's rent is $50 higher than Adrienne's and $ 1 00 more than
Jacob's.
6. The rent at the 1 2th floor is $450. No one with the initial P or A
lives there.
7. Stuart's rent is lower than Jordan's.

Hint: Here's a really good one. No one has a first and last name that
starts with the same letter.

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 Last Name Floor Rent

Adrienne
Peter
Danielle
Farah
Sarah
Jacob
$
$
$525
$
$
$
12
14
17
21
24 r--r--

25

See answers on page 88.

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 Hundred-Miler
In a 100-mile bicycle race, Chet and his friends finished within 3 1
minutes o f each other! From the clues, find each rider's last name,
the bike color, the time each finished, and his average speed.

1 . Both Dave and Seig rode over 61h hours. Dave's bike is grey.
2. Day's bike, which beat Seig's green one, is blue.
3. The rider who rode for 6:32 hours was on a red bike.
4. Rick and the rider of the red bike both averaged under 1 6 mph.
5. The tan bike averaged 1 6.42.
6. The blue bike's rider is not Kurt, nor the one who took 6:40 hrs.
7. Brown, who rode in 6:09, is not Kurt or Bob.
8. Kurt's average beat Johns, who beat the green bike rider.
last Names Hours:Minutes Bike Colors
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Chet

Dave

Bob

Kurt

Rick

15.65

15.82

15.62

16.42

16.10

tan

grey

red

blue

green See answers on page 88.

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 Motorcycle
Old Mrs. Frizzle needed a new motorcycle because her old one
was worn out from so many trips to town. She summoned her five
sons-Luke, Jake, Swizzle, Jeremiah, and Malcolm-and told
them, "Boys, I need a new motorcycle. It must be purple and it
must have one extra tire. Also, I must have a new helmet, a new
leather outfit, and new goggles. The one who finds me the best
deal shall earn a handsome prize:'
The sons met secretly and agreed that each would buy one of
the five items and they would split the prize as follows: the one
who bought the motorcycle would get 50% of the prize, the one
who bought the tire would get 20%, the ones buying the outfit
and the helmet would each get 1 2%, and the one buying the gog­
gles would get 6%.
See if you can deduce which son bought which of the five
items, and how much Mrs. Frizzle gave as a prize.

1 . Swizzle Frizzle did not buy the helmet.

2. Malcolm earned 60<1: less than Jake.
3. Luke earned more than Jeremiah but less than Swizzle.
4. The one who bought the helmet-not Malcolm-earned 90<1:.

Motor­ Tire Helmet Outfit Goggles Prize

cycle Money

Luke

Jake

Swizzle

Jeremiah
-.
Malcolm

See answers on page 89.

H int: Start with clue #4, then go to clue #2.

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 Party Time
Aunt Hildy is having another wild tea party-on Sunday at 3 p.m.
sharp! Aunt Hildy does not like guests to arrive early or late! (A
nephew was cut out of her will for being seven seconds late to a
dinner honoring her cat, Fred.) Now Aunt Hildy has put you in
charge of making sure that everyone arrives precisely on time.
Since you know how far everyone lives from Aunt Hildy (the
total mileage is 1 1 3 1 miles for all five), you want to send letters to
them specifying the average speed they must travel and the time
they must leave in order to arrive exactly at 3:00 p.m. Using the
clues, work out the correct information to send and keep handy.

1 . Cousin Ansel will leave half an hour before Niece Gwendolyn.

2. Great Aunt Lucille will average 64 mph (no tickets, please! ) .
3 . Nephew Fredrick needs to leave at 1 1 :00 a.m.
4. Gwendolyn lives 319 miles away, 1 1 1 more than Great Aunt Lucille.
5. Ansel will travel a steady 58 miles per hour.
6. Uncle Jed lives 60 miles away and needs to leave at 1 :30 p.m.
7. The one who leaves at 1 1 :45 lives 12 miles farther than the one
who lives 4 hours away.
Miles from Average Hours from Departure
Aunt Hildy Speed (mph) Aunt Hildy Time

Great Aunt Lucille

Nephew Fredrick

Uncle Jed
--------+-----+-- ��
Niece Gwendolyn

Cousin Ansel

See answers on page 90.

Hints: The total mileage is the "key" needed to compute Ansel's dis­
tance from Aunt Hildy. Find miles per hour (mph) by dividing miles
by hours. Or, determine mph and hours and compute the miles.

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 Roommates
Twelve people share six college rooms. Match each with their
roommates, room numbers, and the color of their rooms.
1. Kris and Terry share a room.
2. Diane's roommate is not Sandra.
3. Duke does not live in #6, which is yellow.
4. Neither #5 or #4 is blue or beige.
5. The pink room has an odd number, but it not #3.
6. April lives in #5 with Sandra.
7. Dawn's roommate is not Tina.
8. The blue room is even numbered.
9. Jason lives in the green room; Sandra in the white one.
10. Sue is not in #3.
1 1 . Gary's room is blue.
Room No.

Greg
Dawn
Terry
April
Diane
Gary
I

3
4

blue
See answers on pages 9 1-92.
green
yellow
beige
Hint: Strangely, the girls' rooms are
pink odd numbered and the boys have
white even-numbered rooms.

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 Runners
After these eight runners finished practice, they compared how far
each had run and how many minutes it had taken them. Using the
clues given below, determine how many kilometres each of the
runners ran and their average speed per kilometre. (We've provid­
ed a simple chart for converting miles to kilometres. It's sure to be
a help, unless you're already a computer brain!)

1. Darlene spent 99 minutes running 1 .86 miles farther than

Kerry.
2. Todd ran 3.72 miles fewer than Wendy.
3. Peter, who ran 3.1 miles in 35 minutes, ran farther than Bob,
who ran for 30 minutes.
4. Wendy's total time was 3 hours, 1 8 minutes.
5. Sandy ran .62 miles farther than Lynn.
6. Lynn ran an average of 2 minutes per kilometre slower than
Sandy.
7. For one runner, the average minutes per kilometre and the
number of kilometres run were the same number.

Conversion Chart
miles kilometres

.62 1
1 .24 2
1 .86 3
2.48 4
3.10 5
3.72 6
4.34 7
4.96 8
5.58 9
6.20 10

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See answers on page 92.

81
 Stephanie's Investments
Stephanie invested some of her money into five companies. She
recently received information regarding how much money she
made or lost on each. Using the clues below, figure out what prod­
uct each company sold, how much Stephanie invested in each, and
her loss or profit.

1 . Dowin Products showed a 30% profit. Stephanie's profit for

that product was $30.
2. Stephanie made the most money from the paint company,
which was not Corbett or Cortell.
3. Aluminum was Stephanie's worst investment, costing her $ 1 60.
4. Alaco makes siding. Cortell does not produce soft drinks.
5. Corbett & Sons showed a 20% loss.
6. Stephanie invested $300 into Cortell.
7. Her $200 investment cost her 5%.
8. Smith and Co. returned $50 to Stephanie.

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$800
See answers on page 93.

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 Tallest
Six friends decided to turn out for basketball. One of the things
their coach did first was to measure their heights. Using the clues,
and the shapes with numbers (in inches) below, figure out how
tall each boy is.

S the sum of the numbers inside the square

C =
the sum of the numbers inside the circle
T =
the sum of the numbers inside the triangle
R =
the sum of the numbers inside the rectangle

1 . Brad's height is 2T - 1 5.
2. Kevin's height is T + by the only number found in all four
shapes, times ten, + 3.
3. Monte's height is S - R, times the only number in just the tri­
angle and the rectangle, minus the only number in just the
square and the rectangle.
4. Duane's height is C + 4, plus 3, times 3.
5. Kris's height is T + C, divided by the next to the lowest number
in the circle, times the next to the lowest number in the rectan­
gle, minus seven.
6. Tom's height is S - 1 + by the largest number in the triangle,
times the largest number in the square, minus the three numbers
that lie in the circle only, plus seven.

20
10
11 4

3 12

16

See answers on page 93.

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 SOLUTIONS
Auction
Irene Black bought cheese ($5). Denise Green bought pie ($4).
Duane Grey bought coffee ($7) . Dan White bought cake ($6).
Elroy Brown bought fruit ($3.50).

Biology Class
Kate adopted Willy, the mole ( 1 8 em). Kristen adopted Weldon,
the ladybug ( 1 .3 em). Kurt adopted Walter, the fly ( 1 em). Kristi
adopted Wendy, the rat ( 1 4 em). Kyle adopted Warren, the bat ( 1 1
em) . Kevin adopted Wanda, the hamster (23 em) .

Boxes
Bryce had 2, 6, 10, and 1 3 for 3 1 total.
Jeremy had 1 , 5, 9, and 14 for 29 total.
Boyd had 3, 7, 1 1 , and 1 5 for 36 total.
Kevin had 4, 8, 12, and 16 for 40 total.

Caleb's Checkbook
Caleb Jones started with $ 1 987 but now has $68 1 .
Barbara Jackson started with $ 1 749 but now has $423.
Sam Brown started with $ 1 699 but now has $ 1 004.
Joyce Wilson started with $ 1 940 but now has $970.
Millard Smith started with $2050 but is now overdrawn $45!

Chicken Mountain
Chicken-grading formula results: Saffola 242.5; McSanders 257.6
(winner); McPlume 1 72.2; McCombe 224.9; Poularde 196.6.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ms. Effie Bundt puts in 5 chips and bakes for 16 min 1 7 sec.
Ms. Ruby Strudel puts in 7 chips and bakes for 1 7 min 7 sec.
Ms. Thelma Spicer puts in 8 chips and bakes for 1 6 min 9 sec.
Ms. Miriam Applestreet puts in 9 chips and bakes for 1 7 min.
Ms. Georgia Honeydew puts in 10 chips, baking for 1 7 min 8 sec.

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Coast to Coast
The route that Jacques and Chi Chi travelled took them in order
to: Phoenix, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Salt Lake City,
D enver, D allas, St. Louis, Chicago, Pittsburgh, and finally to
Washington, D.C.

Coffee
Max drinks 4 cups, with 2 sugars, no milk.
Doris drinks 5 cups, with 1 sugar, milk.
Blizzo drinks 1 cup, with no sugar, no milk.
Jan drinks 6 cups, with 6 sugars, milk.
Boris drinks 8 cups, with 4 sugars, no milk.

Decimal Ruler
The lengths of the lines are: a 3.3; b 1 .3; c 3.9; d 2 . 8 ; e 0.6;
f 3.8; g 1 .8.

Dessert
Jane Brown ate 2!3 of the custard.
Pete Smith ate 1/6 of the apple pie.
Tom Grey ate % of the fig cookie.
Sarah Jones ate 1/s of the chocolate cake.

Destry's Missing Numbers

The squares are: A 22.34; B 1 1 .93; C 25. 1 7; D 13.47; E. 25.71 .

Dog Apartments
Name Apt. No. Food/Week Baths/Month
MacTavish 408 2 lbs. 9
Chico 103 10 lbs. 3
Ivan 609 8 lbs. 12
Wilfred 512 4 lbs. 2
Taz 221 1 2 lbs. 6
Spunky 341 6 lbs. 4

E.F. Bingo
Wanda won when the 1 6/1 sths fraction was called.

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Elevator
Morning Noon Evening Total Average
Ives 78 44 121 243 81
Newell 84 52 98 234 78

Famous Person
J O H N F K E N N E D Y

Field Trip
Jorn weighs 45. 1 qinae, or 4. 1 Earth ounces (Eo), Duloc weighs
42.9 qinae (3.9 Eo), Phren weighs 63.8 qinae (5.8 Eo) , Sio weighs
50.6 qinae ( 4.6 Eo), and Ontrus weighs 1 5.4 qinae ( 1 .4 Eo).

Figs
The number of figs in the five boxes are: A 60; B 280; C 20; D 70;
E 1 20.

Fishing
Fred, using worms, caught one fish. Sammy, using dry flies, caught
three fish. Torkel, using eggs, caught two fish. Joe, using flatfish,
caught no fish at all.

Flea Market Leftovers

Dan took the nut. Sandy took the bolt. Bob took the pencil. Irene
took the pencil sharpener. Doris took the compass.

Flighty Decimals
In the square: 4.39 4.01 2.60 1 .42 total: 1 2.42
In the circle: 5.20 1.16 .07 .03 total: 6.46
In the rectangle: 3.71 1 .01 .72 .30 total: 5.74

Foul Shots
Player # 1 2 made 36 foul shots out of 45 attempts, for 80o/o.
Player # 18 made 58 foul shots out of 98 attempts, for 59o/o.
Player #22 made 94 foul shots out of 1 1 3 attempts, for 83o/o.
Player #27 made 89 foul shots out of 1 34 attempts, for 66o/o.
Player #34 made 102 foul shots out of 1 76 attempts, for 57o/o.
Player #49 made 1 32 foul shots out of 1 84 attempts, for 71 o/o.

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Four Cups
Cup A has 8 oz. of apple juice, B has 3 oz. of water, C has 1 1 oz. of
oil, and D has 5 oz. of vinegar.

Fractions Prom
Table 1 : V3 2;) 1!6 %
Table 2: Y4 Vs ¥s 'Ys
Table 3: 1/s 1/10 2/s 3fs

Fund-Raiser
Tinzen won the CD player; and room 125 won the field trip to the
amusement park.

Garage Sale
Ms. McGaskin bought the sweater for $0.50; original price $3.
Mr. Pazzini bought the tires for $8.00; originally $9.
Mr. Schmidt bought the dresser for $6; originally $ 1 2.
Ms. Cullen bought the telephone for $ 1 2; originally $ 1 5.
Ms. Higgins bought the dress for $0.75; originally $2.
Mr. Havill bought the bicycle for $1 0; originally $20.

Golf
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total
Jim 5 5 4 4 6 6 5 3 4 42
Jan 4 7 3 4 5 5 5 4 3 40
Jon 6 5 4 5 5 6 4 5 3 43
Jed 5 6 3 4 5 6 5 6 4 44
Jed was the lazy scorekeeper.

Grade Book
Student Score Missed Total Average Grade
Alban 18 495 55 c
Astrid 62 495 55 c
Amos 48 549 61 B
Angus 68 558 62 A
Avril 33 53 1 59 B

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Great Pencil Sale
Mr. Pendip sold 4 1 3 at 10¢ each for a $26.30 profit (front row seats).
Ms. Glenwhip sold 500 at 10 for 75¢, for a profit of $22.50.
Ms. Rimdrip sold 2 1 9 at 1 5¢ each, for a profit of $ 1 7.85.
Mr. Slimhip sold 375 at 5 for 40¢ for a profit of $ 1 5.00.

Heather's Garden
Heather has: 3 rows of carrots, 4 rows of cabbages, 1 row of turnips,
2 rows of pole beans, 5 rows of spinach, and 6 rows of cucumbers.

Hidden Grades
Dan scored 90 (B+ ); Bernard got 80 (C+ ); Jason got the highest
grade, 93 (A-); Dexter got 87 (B).

High Rent
Adrienne Drake lives on 24 and pays $650.
Peter Adams lives on 17 and pays $525.
Danielle Stuart lives on 12 and pays $450.
Farah Price lives on 25 and pays $700.
Sarah Jordan lives on 14 and pays $475.
Jacob Falk lives on 2 1 and pays $600.

Hot Dogs
Gerald Jones, in room 205, ate 20 hot dogs.
Isabella Smith, in room 202, ate 1 2 hot dogs.
Germaine Brown, in room 201 , ate 24 hot dogs.
Tony Green, in room 204, ate 16 hot dogs.
Ginger White, in room 203, ate 22 hot dogs.

Hundred Miler
Chet Brown rode the tan bike in 6:09 hours to average 16.42.
Dave Johns rode the grey bike in 6:39 hours to average 1 5.65.
Bob Day rode the blue bike in 6:2 1 hours to average 1 6. 10.
Kurt White rode the red bike in 6:32 hours to average 1 5.82.
Rick Seig rode the green bike in 6:40 hours to average 1 5.62.

Jump Rope
Danielle made 1 2 jumps; Gary made 9 jumps; Jan jumped 20 times;

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Arnie jumped 1 7 times; and Ruth made 25 jumps before missing
a jump.

Longest Drive
Desmond Rivers drove 257m/236yds with a 3-wood.
Simon Bates drove 263m/242yds with a 2-iron.
Lyle Reed drove 244m/224yds with a 5-wood.
Lester Baring drove 283m/260yds with a driver.
Henry Jenkins drove 282m/259yds with a 3-wood.
Jake Pym drove 26 1m/240yds with a driver.

Lunch at Paul's
Paul brought the olives and bought the coffee for $2.75.
Julie brought the cake and bought the cheese for $2. 70.
Sandra brought the pickles and bought the mayonnaise for $2. 1 8.
Diane brought the fruit and bought the chicken for $4.80.
Wally brought the salad and bought the bread for $4. 1 7.

Mathathon
The girls defeated the boys 80 to - 10.

Motorcycle
Luke bought the helmet and got 90¢. Jake bought the tire and got
$ 1 .50. Swizzle bought the motorcycle and earned $3.75. Jeremiah
bought the goggles and earned 45¢. Malcolm bought the outfit
and got 90¢. The "handsome prize" was $7.50.
Notes: The puzzle "key" is the prize money promised by old Mrs.
Frizzle. Knowing from clue #4 that 90¢ represents 1 2%, you divide
$.90 by . 12 to get $7.50, the "handsome prize." Then, you can deter­
mine that 50% of $7.50 is $3.75, that 20% is $ 1.50, and that 6% is
45¢. From clue #2, you know that Malcolm can have only 90¢,
because any other amount plus 60¢ would not total any of the other
amounts. Therefore, Jake has $1 .50, meaning he bought the tire.

Mountain Climb
Dacon climbed Mirre (7500-foot elevation). Drakon climbed Old
Baldy (4500). Macom climbed Goat (8000). Bacon climbed Sleepy
(9000). Jake climbed Raleigh ( 1 1 ,000).

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Mountain Race
Andy Stiller climbs Mt. Stewart carrying 20 lbs.
Gerald Brown climbs Mt. Morgan carrying 40 lbs.
Dale Dorsey climbs Mt. Waring carrying 50 lbs.
Paul Anderson climbs Mt. Mcintire carrying 30 lbs.
Jim McGee climbs Mt. Picard carrying 10 lbs.

Multiplication Jeopardy
Sue Jensen 8 X 15 =
1 20
June James 9 X 16 =
144
Dale Johnson 5 X 14 70
Neil Johns 7 X 18 =
126
Tina Jones 1 1 X l3 =
143

Ned's Newspaper Route

The Joneses live in the green house and get a daily only (clue #4).
The Johnsons live in the blue house and get a Sunday only
The Smiths live in the grey house and get a Sunday only.
The Browns live in the white house and get both daily and Sunday.
The Simpsons live in the yellow house and also get both papers.

Old House
The Barneses lived 1 1 years in the red-painted house.
The Carpenters lived 44 years in the green-painted house.
The Lewises lived 5 years in the blue-painted house.
The Parkers lived 2 years in the yellow-painted house.
The Smiths lived 22 years in the brown-painted house.
The Warners lived 4 years in the white-painted house.

Party Time
Guest Distance Average Hours Departure
in Miles mph Away Time
Great Aunt Lucille 208 64 3% 1 1 :45 a.m.
Nephew Fredrick 196 49 4 1 1 :00 a.m.
Uncle Jed 60 40 1 Vz 1 :30 p.m.
Niece Gwendolyn 319 58 51/z 9:30 a.m.
Cousin Ansel 348 58 6 9:00 a.m.

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Play Ball
Teddie has a white soccer ball that weighs 1 6 oz.
Teresa has a orange golf ball that weighs 1.5 oz.
Toddy has a yellow Ping-Pong ball that weighs .8 oz.
Tanya has a green tennis ball that weighs 2 oz.
Tom has a brown basketball that weighs 22 oz.
Tillie has a red football that weighs 15 oz.

Pocket Change
Alex started with $4 and ended with 40¢. Scott started with $3 and
ended with 95¢. Dan started with $2 and ended with 1 0¢. Jim
started with $1 and ended with 70¢. Duane started with $2 and
ended with $ 1 .65.

Potato Chips
Elmo Glitzwhizzle ate 1 8 bags. Gazelda Kettledrummel ate 6 bags.
Amos Grugenminer ate 1 2 bags. Gerald Crackenberry ate 9 bags.
Sally Witteyspooner ate 3 bags. Hubert Jones ate 24 bags!

Queen Rachel's Bridge Toll

Chiquita wears black shoes and pays 1 8¢ bridge toll.
Cindy wears blue shoes and pays 36¢ bridge toll.
Kurt wears red shoes and pays 14¢ bridge toll.
Taber wears white shoes and pays 38¢ bridge toll.
Caleb wears green shoes and pays 24¢ bridge toll.

Rhoda Tiller
Figure Name Inside Angle Outside Angle
A Rhoda Tiller 17 163
B Ed Able 58 122
c Val Veda 75 105
D Asper Gus 85 95
E Ruta Baggy 61 1 19

Roommates
Greg and Jason live in green #4.
Dawn and Sue live in pink #1.
Terry and Kris live in yellow #6.

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April and Sandra live in white #5.
Diane and Tina live in beige #3.
Gary and Duke live in blue #2.

Runners
Runner Distance (km} Average Time (min)
Sandy 10 8.5
Peter 5 7.0
Wendy 18 1 1 .0
Kerry 8 8.0
Todd 12 9.5
Bob 4 7.5
Darlene 11 9.0
Lynn 9 1 0.5

Sand
Mr. Logan took 2 1 .875%, or 26.25 lbs.
Mr. Driver took 3.1 25%, 3.75 lbs.
Mr. Thomas took 6.25%, 7.5 lbs.
Mr. Lang took 37.5%, 45 lbs.
Mr. Antonelli took 12.5%, 1 5 lbs.
Mr. Waters took 1 8.75%, 22.5 lbs.

Shapes

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Skateboard Contest
Jimmy Cooper rode 8 blocks, from Elm St. Sally Mander rode 3,
from Main St. Lenny Linden rode 1 1, from Chestnut Ave. Roger
Chapman rode 7, from Acorn Dr. Kenny Lyle rode 1 , from 1 1th St.

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Slug Crawl
Gerald's Slig, who wears a red leash, crawled 1 .5 em.
Walter's Oozey, who wears a yellow leash, crawled 1 .8 em.
Jack's Slippo, who wears a blue leash, crawled 2.3 em.
Bob's Woozey, who wears a white leash, crawled 1 .2 em.
Harry's Gooey, who wears a purple leash, crawled 2. 1 em.
Bill's Slimeball, who wears a green leash, crawled .6 em.

Square Count
The number of squares in the sections are: 1 . 23; 2 . 14; 3. 20; 4. 20;
5.26; 6. 32; 7. 30.

Stephanie's Investments
Smith and Co. sold paint. Stephanie's profit on $500 was $50.
Alaco sold siding, and Stephanie lost $10 on her $200 investment.
Dowin Products sold soft drinks. Stephanie's profit on the $ 1 00 she
invested was $30.
Corbett & Sons Co. sold aluminum. Stephanie lost $ 1 60 on her
$800 investment in that company.
Cortell Co. sold paper products and made Stephanie a $45 profit
on her investment of $300.
Sadly, the outcome of all Stephanie's various investments was a total
loss of $45.

Taber's Birdhouse
The measurements in centimetres are: the top is 3.25, the side is
6.4, the front is 4.0, the bottom is 5.5, and the back is 2.8.

Tallest
The heights of the six friends are: Duane tallest at 75 inches; Tom
2nd at 74 in.; Kevin 3rd at 73 in.; Monte 4th at 72 in.; Kris 5th at
71 in.; Brad shortest at 69 in.

Temperature
The lowest temperature is at the 10:30 a.m. reading. The drop in
temperature then is due to all the open doors as the students take
their morning break.

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Time Zone
Nick, as you know, is in Boston. Lori is in Mazatlan. Deb is in
Nairobi. Jan is in Wellington. Duke is in London. Cary is in Perth.
Alex is in Honolulu. Gene is in Cape 1bwn.

Turkeys in the Road

Crate 1: 45; 2: 36; 3: 42; 4: 35, 5: 43; and 6: 32.

Vegetable Soup Contest

Corn Peas Carrots Asparagus Beans Spent
Benny 2 1 4 5 3 $6.43
Lily 1 5 3 4 2 $6.09
T-Bone 5 3 2 1 4 $7.75
Slim 3 4 1 2 5 $7.42 (winner)
Joshua 4 2 5 3 1 $6.66

Wild Numbers
14 ljz % 1

4/16 .5 % 5/s
one-fourth 50o/o .75 100o/o
3/1 2 4/s three-fourths $ 1 .00
.250 half a dollar 9/1 2 whole
%4 7/14 75o/o 1 0/1 0
Sfzo % 75¢ %

Zox
Of 750 Zoxians, the island of Zog has 75 residents, Zod has 250,
Zob has 1 50, Zop has 1 75, and Zoz has 100.

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AND INDE X
Title Pages Skill Difficulty Grade Solve
Puz./Sol. Time
Auction 22/84 fractions medium 5+ 20-30
Biology Class 24/84 add/subtract medium 4+ 20-30
Boxes 67/84 coordinates difficult 4+ 30-40
Caleb's Checkbook 26/84 computation medium 5+ 30-40
Chicken Mountain 28/84 decimals medium 6+ 20-30
Chocolate Chip Cookies 30/84 measurement medium 6+ 20-30
Coast to Coast 8/85 coordinates easy 4+ 10-20
Coffee 9/85 multiplication easy 4+ 20-30
Decimal Ruler 10/85 measurement easy 4+ 1 5--20
Dessert 32/85 fractions medium 5+ 20-30
Destry's Missing Numbers 1 1 /85 decimals easy 6+ 10-20
Dog Apartments 34/85 multiplication medium 5+ 20-30
E.F. Bingo 12/85 equiv. fractions easy 5+ 10-20
Elevator 68/86 averages difficult 6+ 30-40
Famous Person 13/86 pre-algebra easy 5+ 10-15
Field Trip 36/86 decimals medium 6+ 20-30
Figs 69/86 fractions difficult 5+ 30-40
Fishing 4/86 deductive beginning 4+ 10-15
reasoning
Flea Market Leftovers 37/86 measurement medium 5+ 20-30
Flighty Decimals 14/86 decimals easy 4+ 10-20
Foul Shots 70/86 fractions difficult 6+ 40-50
Four Cups 38/87 measurement medium 5+ 20-30
Fractions Prom 39/87 fractions medium 4+ 20-30
Fund-Raiser 40/87 add/subtract medium 4+ 20-30
Garage Sale 7 1 /87 deductive difficult 5+ 30-40
reasoning
Golf 42/87 deductive medium 6+ 20-30
reasoning
Grade Book 43/87 averages medium 5+ 20-30
Great Pencil Sale 72/88 computation difficult 6+ 40-50
Heather's Garden 1 5/88 add/subtract easy 3+ 20-30
Hidden Grades 73/88 graphs difficult 6+ 40-50
High Rent 74/88 deductive difficult 6+ 40-50
reasoning
Hot Dogs 44/88 computation medium 4+ 20-30
Hundred-Miler 76/88 averages difficult 6+ 40-50
Jump Rope 5/88 computation beginning 3+ 20-30
Longest Drive 46/88 measurement medium 6+ 20-30
Lunch at Paul's 48/89 computation medium 5+ 20-30
Mathathon 1 6/89 decimals easy 5+ 20-30
Motorcycle 77/89 percent difficult 6+ 40-50

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Puz./Sol.
Mountain Climb 17/89 computation easy 5+ 20-30
Mountain Race 18/90 add/subtract easy 4+ 20-30
Multiplication Jeopardy 50/90 computation medium 5+ 20-30
Ned's Newspaper Route 1 9/90 deductive easy 4+ 20-30
reasoning
Old House 5 1 /90 add/subtract medium 4+ 20-30
Party Time 78/90 time/speed difficult 6+ 40-50
Play Ball 52/9 1 decimals medium 6+ 20-30
Pocket Change 6/91 add/subtract beginning 4+ 20-30
Potato Chips 54/9 1 computation medium 6+ 20-30
Queen Rachel's Bridge 55/91 decimals medium 6+ 20-30
Toll
Rhoda Tiller 56/91 protractors medium 6+ 20-30
Roommates 79/91 deductive difficult 6+ 40-50
reasoning
Runners 80/92 metrics difficult 6+ 40-50
Sand 57/92 decimals medium 5+ 20-30
Shapes 58/92 decimals medium 4+ 20-30
Skateboard Contest 59/92 add/subtract medium 5+ 20-30
Slug Crawl 60/93 decimals medium 5+ 20-30
Square Count 62/93 pre-geometry medium 6+ 20-30
Stephanie's Investments 82/93 percent difficult 6+ 40-60
Taber's Birdhouse 63/93 area in em. medium 6+ 20-30
Tallest 83/93 pre-geometry difficult 4+ 20-30
Temperature 7/93 estimating beginning 4+ 1 5--20
Time Zone 64/94 time zones medium 5+ 20-30
Turkeys in the Road 65/94 deductive medium 4+ 20-30
reasoning
Vegetable Soup Contest 66/94 computation medium 5+ 20-30
Wild Numbers 20/94 fractions easy 5+ 20-30
Zox 2 1 /94 fractions easy 5+ 20-30

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