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A student
Before beginning ready for Beast
Beast Academy 2D, Students
Academy 2D should
students should know should understand
be able to answer at
how to measure and place value and be
least 10 of the 13
compute with common able to use a variety of
problems below
units of length. addition and subtraction
correctly.
strategies for mental
computation.

Step 1. The student should try to answer every question without a calculator and without help.
Step 2. Check the student’s answers using the solutions at the end of this document.
Step 3. The student should be given a second chance on problems answered incorrectly.

Solve each problem below using a ruler.

1. Draw two dots on the line below that are each 4 centimeters from dot D.

2. Draw a line below that is 4 inches long. Then, find the 2. ________ cm
length of the line you drew to the nearest centimeter.

Solve each problem below.

3. Write 273 centimeters in meters and centimeters. 3. ______ m _______ cm

4. Snorff is 7 ft 3 in tall. Glorff is 3 ft 7 in tall. How 4. _______ ft _______ in

much taller is Snorff than Glorff?

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Fill the boxes to make each equation true.

5. 554−86+ =555 6. 221+ −220=444

Fill the blanks in the skip-counting patterns below.

7. , , 33 , 44 , 55 , , , , , .

8. , , , , , 180 , 210 , 240 , , .

Solve each problem below.

9. Compute 41+44−14+41−44+41+14. 9. ____________

10. Compute (71+73+75+77)−(61+63+65+67). 10. ____________

11. Winnie’s number is half of 220. What is half of 11. ____________

Winnie’s number?

Fill every empty hexagon with an 8 or a 9 so the sum of the numbers in

every horizontal ( ) and diagonal ( or ) row of hexagons is odd.

12. 13.
9 8 8 8
8 9 8 8 8
8 9 8
8 9
8 9

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Solutions
1. We place the 0 cm mark of the ruler at the dot marked D 5. 555 is 1 more than 554. So, we add 1 more than we
and turn our ruler until the 4 cm mark lands on the line. subtract. Since we subtract 86, the number in the box is
We can do this on the right and on the left. We draw dots 87.
on the line at the 4 cm mark on both sides of the D.
554−86+ 87 =555.
6. Adding then taking away 220 gives the same result
7
5
6 as taking away 220 then adding .
D 3
4
Subtracting 220 from 221 gives 1. So, we must add 443
2
0 cm
1 to get 444.
So, the number in the box is 443.
221+ 443 −220=444.

7
7. We skip-count by 11’s to complete the pattern to the right
6
5 of 55.
4 +11 +11 +11 +11 +11 +11 +11
3
2
1
0 cm __, __, 33, 44, 55, 66, 77, 88, 99, 110.
Since the number to the right of 33 is 11 more than
D 33, the number to the left of 33 is 11 less than 33. We
2. First, we draw a line that is 4 inches long. continue this pattern to the left.
−11 −11
0 in 1 2 3 4 5 6
11, 22, 33, 44, 55, 66, 77, 88, 99, 110.

8. Since 240 is 30 more than 210, we are skip-counting by

30’s.
Then, we measure the line in centimeters. The line is
about 10 centimeters long. We skip-count by 30’s to complete the pattern to the right.
+30 +30 +30 +30

0 cm 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 , , , , , 180, 210, 240, 270, 300.

Since the number to the right of 180 is 30 more than 180,

the number to the left of 180 is 30 less than 180. We
3. 273 centimeters is more than 200 centimeters continue this pattern to the left.
(2 meters) but less than 300 centimeters (3 meters). −30 −30 −30 −30 −30
Since 273−200=73, we know 273 centimeters is 73
centimeters more than 2 meters. 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, 180, 210, 240, 270, 300.
So, 273 centimeters is 2 m 73 cm. 9. We cross out addition and subtraction that cancel, and
4. Snorff is 7 ft 3 in − 3 ft 7 in taller than Glorff. compute the expression as shown.

Since we can’t take 7 inches from 3 inches, we rewrite 41+44−14+41−44+41+14

7 ft 3 in as 6 ft 15 in. Then, we subtract. =41+44−14+41−44+41+14
+4
+444
4 −4
−4
44
4
6 ft 15 in =41 −14+41
−1
14
4 +41+14
+1
+1
14
4
7 fft 3 in
i =41 +41 +41
− 3 ft 7 in =123.
3 ft 8 in 10. 71 is 10 more than 61.
So, Snorff is 3 ft 8 in taller. 73 is 10 more than 63.
75 is 10 more than 65.
or 77 is 10 more than 67.
To find the difference between 7 ft 3 in and 3 ft 7 in, we So, (71+73+75+77) is 10+10+10+10=40 more than
can count up. (61+63+65+67).
We count up by 5 in to get from 3 ft 7 in to 4 ft. So (71+73+75+77)−(61+63+65+67)=40.
We count up by 3 ft 3 in to get from 4 ft to 7 ft 3 in.
11. Since 110+110=220, half of 220 is 110. So, Winnie’s
All together, we count up by 5 in + 3 ft 3 in = 3 ft 8 in. number is 110.
So, Snorff is 3 ft 8 in taller.
110 is 100+10. Half of 100 is 50, and half of 10 is 5.
So, half of Winnie’s number 110 is 50+5=55.
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12. We can tell whether a sum is even or odd by how many 13. Each row must have an odd number of 9’s. We complete
odd numbers are in the sum. If there is an even number the puzzle as shown below.
of odds, the sum will be even. If there is an odd number
Step 1: Step 2:
of odds, the sum will be odd.
Since 9 is odd and 8 is even, there must be an odd 8 8 9 8 8 9
number of 9’s in each row to get an odd sum. It does not
matter how many 8’s are in each row. 8 8 8 8 8 9 8
We fill the blanks so that each row has an odd number of 9 8 9 8 8
9’s as shown below. 9 9

Step 1: Step 2:
Step 3: Step 4:
9 8 8 9 8 8
8 9 8 8 9 8 8 8 9 8 8 9
8 9 8 9 8 8 9 8 8 8 9 8
8 8 9 8 9 8 9 9 8 9 8
8 8 9 8 8 9 9 9 9
8 8
Step 3: Step 4:
Step 5: Final:
9 8 8 9 8 8
8 8 9 8 8 8 9 8 8 8 9 8 8 9

8 9 9 8 8 9 9 8 8 9 8 8 8 9 8

9 8 9 8 9 9 9 8 9 8 9 9 8 9 8

8 8 9 8 8 9 8 9 9 8 9 9 9
9 8 8 9 8
Final:
You may have used a different set of steps to arrive at the
9 8 8 same answer.
8 8 9 8
8 8 9 9 9
9 9 8 9
8 8 9

You may have used a different set of steps to arrive at the

same answer.

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