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Cousin Question
When Olivia last saw her cousin Amelia, Amelia was half her age. Now Amelia is only 4 years younger than she is!
How old was Olivia the last time she saw Amelia?
Gather Up 25
Fill the cookie jars with a combination of the given numbers below so each adds up to 25. You may use each number more than once or not at all.
Silly Snowball Fight!
Complete the story below by choosing any number you’d like from the number bank. You may use each number only once. Your challenge? See if you can make the answer to the question at the end an even number!
Number Bank
34
245
1,451
67
18
5
2
903
It was ____ degrees in Wintertown, and there were ____ inches of snow on the ground. It was time for a snowball fight! Leo made ____ snowballs in ____ minutes. Mateo made ____ times as many! Sofia launched ____ of Leo’s snowballs at Mateo and Zoey. Zoey threw ____ of Mateo’s snowballs at Sofia and Leo. They played for ____ hours.
How many total snowballs did Mateo and Leo make?
Two Truths and One Lie
One of the three equations below is a lie! Pick the one thatʼs not true.
ANSWERS: MATH LOGIC: Olivia was 8, 4 × 2 = 8; MAKE A NUMBER: All answers that add to a total of 25 are valid; MATH MAD LIBS: All answers with correct calculations that total to an even number are valid; PICTURE EQUATION: Equation #2 is a lie, 14 ÷ 2 = 7, 10 − 4 = 6.