Brilliant Maths Puzzles for 6 and 7 year olds

Brilliant Maths Puzzles for 6 and 7 year olds

Intelligent Australia Productions

First published in 2007 by Intelligent Australia Productions

© Ron Shaw 2007

ISBN 0-9758492-1-2

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Teacher’s Notes
Foreword
Over hundreds of years, across many lands, crosswords have combined successful learning with fun.
The sense of achievement in solving a clue is surpassed only by the successful completion of the crossword itself.

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Why ‘Brilliant’?
When the idea for this book first arose it was discussed with a long-serving junior primary school teacher. Would teachers of lower
primary grades consider worksheets that integrated Maths, Reading, Spelling and Logical Thinking too much for their students to
handle? “Oh, no, not at all,” came the reply, “the concept is just brilliant!”

The Age Range

All teachers know that in every class of children there is a wide range of abilities. So in a book catering for both 6 and 7 year olds there
needs to be graded exercises, suited to younger students of moderate ability, older students who are highly capable, and all those in
between. Thus, the puzzles in the book range in degree of difficulty from Easy through to Challenging and are marked thus:
 = Easy  = Medium  = Challenging

About this Book

The puzzles in this book -designed to reinforce mathematical terms, concepts and skills- provide a fun alternative to traditional maths
revision activities. The book provides students with a new, effective method of consolidating maths concepts that cover the whole
spectrum of the curriculum; there is a crossword to consolidate almost every Maths concept.
The puzzles have been written for 6 and 7 year olds so it is likely that some children may need concrete materials to assist them.
With the clues in most crosswords in the form of mini stories the puzzles have been designed to give students practise in Maths,
Reading, Writing, Spelling and Logical Thinking.
The puzzles are clearly suitable for in-class exercises but are they equally appropriate as Homework activities? Yes, most definitely.
Solving puzzles of any kind is a nice way for children and their parents to spend quality learning time together.

Method of ‘Attack’
1. Photocopy puzzle and distribute to all students.
2. Spend a few minutes making sure children understand what is required and explaining what the puzzle is all about.
3. Have one student read the first clue. Then ask, “Are there any questions about that?” Do not ask for the clue’s answer.
4. Choose another student to read the next clue. And so on until all clues have been read out.
NB: Tell students that two-word answers (which are marked as such) need a hyphen.

About the Author

Ron Shaw‟s 30 + educational books are used by teachers in English-speaking countries on four continents.
Ron, a graduate of Claremont Teachers College (Perth) and the Australian National University (Canberra), was a senior teacher for many years before
venturing into educational publishing. Ron has been accepted into membership of the Australian College of Educators, the Australian Teaching Council
and the Australian Mathematical Society.

We know that your students will enjoy completing these stimulating puzzles.

Learn well. Have fun!

The Editors,
Intelligent Australia Productions
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Contents
Concept Theme Page
Ordinal Numbers Sports 4-5
n/a 6-7
Locating Numbers on a Number Line
Number Facts to 18 On the Farm 8-9
n/a 10-11
Counting by 2s, 5s and 10s Patterns
n/a 12-13
Time: Large Units Facts, Conversions etc
n/a 14-15
Money Conversions: Notes and Coins
Adding and Subtracting to Twenty Everyday Objects 16-17

Read and Print Number Words to Twenty Print Numbers as Words 18-19

Additions and Subtractions (one digit numbers) The Circus 20-21

More Additions and Subtractions (one digit numbers) Pets 22-23

Mixed Operations to Twenty At the Market 24-25

Read and Write Numerals to 1000 Pet Shop 26-27

Graphs and Data Birthday Months 28-29

n/a 30-31
Time: Smaller Units Conversions: hours & mins
Basic Subtraction Facts In the Forest 32-33

Mixed Number Facts Swap Cards 34-35

n/a 36-37
Plane Shapes
Place Value Street Numbers 38-39
n/a 40-41
Time Periods
Months of the Year Birthdays 42-43

More Graphs and Data Car Colours 44-45

More Additions and Subtractions (one digit numbers) In My Room 46-47

48-69
Solutions

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Degree of difficulty
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If I raced a turtle
and a snail I’d come
1st, the turtle would
be 2nd and the snail
would be last.

1 2

4 5

6 7

8 9

10 11

12

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1.What comes after 2.The third boat that Amy saw
seventeenth? was the biggest. How many
boats did Amy see before she
3.If one runner beats you, you saw the biggest one?
come …………………. .
3.If Monday is the sixteenth day
5. What comes after sixth? of the month what day of the
month is Tuesday (the next
6.Jamie got the second best
day)?
score. How many children scored
higher than Jamie? 4. Three swimmers beat Teddy
in his race. This means Teddy
8.This comes just before
came ………………….. .
twenty-second. hyphen
7. Just before tenth is …………… .
10. The elephants were walking
in a line and the baby elephant 8. What comes two places after
was fourth. How many elephants tenth?
were in front of the baby one?
9. Keep counting:
11. If there are six swimmers in First, second, …………… .
a race, the one who comes sixth
finishes …………….. .

12. What comes before eleventh?

What comes
after ninety
ninth?

One
hundredth.

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Degree of difficulty
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I like peanuts
more than
numbers.

1 2 3

6 7

10 11

12

13

Write the number line’s missing numbers in the puzzle.

(some need a hyphen)

l_l_l_l_l_l_l_l_l_l_l_l_l_l_l_l_l_l_l_l_l_l_l_l_l_l_l_l_l_l_l_l
A B 13 14 C 16 D E F G H I 23 24 J 26 27 28 29 K 31 32 33 34 L 36 37 38 39 M 41 N

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1. The number at N is … 1. The number at M is …
hyphen
3. The number at A is …
2. The number at B is …
4. The number at D is …
5. The number at L is …
hyphen 7. The number at C is …

6. The number at E is … 8. The number at F is …

11. The number at I is … 9. The number at G is …

hyphen
10. The number at K is …
12. The number at H is …
hyphen What’s better,
0 or 100?
13. The number at J is …
hyphen

If you’re talking
about cages, 0.
If you’re talking
about peanuts, 100.

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I’d like to be
able to add and
subtract.

1 2 3

5 6

10 11

12

13 14

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1. Shelley collected five eggs on Monday 1. Toby‟s uncle has nine hens on his
and three eggs on Tuesday. How many farm. One of the hens never lays eggs.
eggs did she collect altogether? How many hens do lay eggs?

5. The hens laid seven eggs on Friday 2. Toby found eight fox footprints near
and nine on Saturday. How many eggs did the chicken coop. Then he saw another
they lay altogether? five fox footprints. How many fox
footprints did Toby find?
8. Mum used eight eggs in her cooking
for the week. She used six of those eggs 3. Seven eggs were laid on Toby‟s uncle‟s
between Monday and Friday. How many farm on Thursday. Six of those eggs were
eggs did she use on the weekend? used for the evening meal. How many
eggs were left?
9. There are nine hens in one coop and
nine in another coop. How many hens are 4. Toby gathered up eight eggs but he
there altogether? dropped one and it broke. How many
eggs were left?
10. Shelley‟s little brother collected seven
eggs and her little sister collected three 6. Ten of the goats on Toby‟s uncle‟s
eggs. farm are more than a year old. The other
How many eggs did Shelley‟s little brother eight goats are less than a year old. How
and sister collect altogether? many goats does Toby‟s uncle have on his
farm?
13. Shelley‟s Dad collected eggs on nine
days. It rained on two of those days. How 7. Toby‟s aunt Mary put eight eggs in a
many days did it not rain? red container and six in a green container.
How many eggs did she put in the two
14. Peter fed two of the hens. Rosanna containers?
fed seven hens. How many hens did they
feed altogether? 11. Four people on the farm ate eggs on
Monday and five different people ate eggs
8 steps plus
on Tuesday. How many people ate eggs
another 4
on these two days?
steps, equals…
12. Five eggs were collected and four
had brown shells. How many had a white
shell?

too many
steps!

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I’m going to count
how many flies I
have for lunch
today. Yum!

1 2 3

7 8

9 10 11

12

13

14

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1. What is the next number? 1. What number is missing?
5, 10, 15, 20, …… hyphen ……., 30, 40, 50, 60

4. By how much are the 2. Write the number that comes

numbers going up? first.
2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 ……, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12

7. What number is missing? 3. What is the next number?

5, 10, ……., 20, 25 6, 8, 10, 12, ……

10. Write the number that 5. What number is missing?

comes next. 20, 30, ……., 50, 60
50, 60, 70, 80, …….
6. What number is missing?
12. What number is missing? 60, 70, ……., 90, 100
40, 50, ……., 70, 80
8. What number is missing?
14. What number is missing? 5, ……., 15, 20, 25, 30
14, 16, ……., 20, 22
9. What comes next?
I feasted on 20 10, 20, 30, 40, ………
flies yesterday.
11. Write the first number.
……., 10, 12, 14, 16, 18

13. By how much are the

numbers going up?
10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70

I had more
than that just
for brekkie!

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Degree of difficulty
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I give the
farmer my milk
every day at the
same time.

5 6

7 8

10 11

12

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1. Do 14 months make more than 1. One year plus 5 months equals 17
one year or less than one year? …………………. .

3. How many days in a week? 2. Are 20 hours more or less than a

day?
4. Half a year has how many
months? 3. …….............…… minutes makes one hour.
5. Does half an hour have twenty 5. ………………. hours plus 4 hours equals
minutes or thirty minutes? one day.
7. How many more months do you 6. Two months plus ……………….. months
need to add to 11 months to get one equals one year.
year?
8. If you take four months away
10. One week plus 4 days equals 11 from one year how many months are
……………..… . left?
11. Twenty-one days makes ……………… 9. Which is longer?
weeks. month, week, year, day

12. There are twenty-four hours in a

day. True or false? I make 10
litres of milk
every day.

I make 70 litres
of milk every
week.

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Degree of difficulty


It’s wise to
save your
money.

3 4

8 9 10 11 12

13

14

15

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2. Tom knows that two 50c pieces 1. A $5 note but a $2 ……….. .
make one ………………. .
3. Bonnie knows that …………….. 5c
3. Jane has two $5 notes. pieces make one dollar.
This means she has ………… dollars
altogether. 4. Money comes in dollars and
………….. .
5. “If you have $5 and buy two ice-
creams which cost $2 each you will 5. Jenny has eleven 10c coins. Oliver
have …………. dollar left,” said Tim. has six 20c coins. Who has the most
money?
6. “If I have ………. 20c pieces I
have $2,” said Beth. 6. Dad told Amy that ……….. $5
notes equal one $50 note.
8. How many $2 coins have the
same value as one $20 note? 7. Sam (who had no money) said, “I
will have $1.40 if you give me
9. “If I have a $1 coin and I buy a …………….. 20c coins.”
pencil for 30c I will get ………………….
cents change,” said Robert. 10. Yvonne has a $10 note and a
50c piece. Dale has two $5 notes
12. How many 5c coins equal one and two 20c pieces.
50c coin? Who has the most money?

13. How many 50c coins could I 11. Six 10c pieces have the same
swap for a $5 note and a $2 coin? value as ……………. 20c pieces.

15. How many $2 coins equal one 14. Josie has two $2 coins and four
$10 note? 50c coins. How many dollars is this?

…but
Coins weigh notes are
more than worth
notes…. more.

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Degree of difficulty


12 icebergs plus 3
icebergs equals
lots and lots and
lots and lots of ice!

1 2

4 5

7 8

9 10

11

12 13

Cool …
Very cool !! 14

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2. Tommy had 11 marbles. Jesse had 14 1. You will get this number if you add
marbles. How many more marbles did seven to thirteen.
Jesse have?
2. How much is two plus eight?
3. Tara‟s Mother had nine buttons. Then
she found three more. How many buttons 4. Sam took fifteen minutes to get
did Tara‟s mother have now? dressed and four minutes to clean his
teeth. How many minutes did Sam take
4. Jenny picked 4 apples from the apple altogether?
tree. Holly picked 5 apples. How many
apples did the girls pick altogether? 5. Joey caught 8 fish and Bobby caught
16. How many more fish than Joey did
7. Billy had twenty swap cards but then Bobby catch?
he lost four. How many swap cards did he
have left? 6. There are eight signs on the street
but only three are yellow. How many are
8. How much is thirteen take away not yellow?
twelve?
10. There are three dogs and six cats.
9. How much is six plus four more? How many animals altogether?

11. Father collected eighteen eggs but 13. There are eleven boys and nine
three broke. How many eggs were left? girls. How many more boys are there than
girls?
12. How much is twenty take away
three?

14. How many apples are left if there

were twelve to start with and then eight
children each ate one?
I waddled along the
ice for 17 steps and
you only waddled
along 9 steps.

Does that mean

you did 6, 7 or
8 more waddles
than me?

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Sometimes we
need to write
numbers in words.

1
1 354 907 is written
one million, three
2
hundred and fifty
four thousand, nine
hundred and seven.

3 4 5

6 7

9 10

11 12

13

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2. One less than nine. 1. Two more than three.

4. Two more than ten. 3. What you get if you add three to
ten.
6. Ten plus five more.
4. Ten plus another ten.
7. The number that follows nine.
5. One more than ten.
10. The first number.
8. This number comes after six.
11. One before twenty.
9. If you take two away from eleven
13. Three more than one. you will get this number.

12. One more than one.

Teachers really
like it when you
do your neatest
writing.

Your writing
should be as clear
as my stripes.

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2 pieces
of cheese

plus 7
pieces of
cheese… makes 9 pieces of
cheese.
That’s 5 pieces for
me and 4 for you!

1 2 3 4

5 6

7 8

10

11

12

13

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1. Mrs Brown took her year 2 class to the 1. Daisy saw 5 circus workers enter the
circus. Nine boys wore a hat and 6 girls lions‟ cage. Three of these workers were
wore a hat. How many more boys than ladies and the rest were men. How many
girls wore a hat to the circus? men entered the lions‟ cage?
3. Jesse counted 7 lions in cages. Tony 2. Robyn and Lucille had fun watching the
counted 3 tigers in cages. How many clowns. Robyn counted 6 clowns with
more lions than tigers were in cages? baggy white pants. Lucille counted 5
clowns with baggy red pants. How many
5. Lauren saw 9 ladies on the high
clowns wore white or red pants that were
trapeze. Two of these ladies were wearing
baggy?
gold tops. How many of these ladies were
not wearing gold tops? 4. There were 4 performing seals. Three
of these seals flapped their flippers. How
7. Danny counted the elephants. There many seals did not flap their flippers?
were 8 adult elephants and one baby
elephant. How many more adult elephants 6. Sandy watched as 6 men climbed on
were there than baby elephants? the strongman‟s shoulders. Then another
2 men climbed up. How many men were
10. Susannah watched as the horses now on the strongman‟s shoulders?
paraded. She saw 2 white horses and 6
brown horses. How many horses did she 7. The magician took 9 birds out of a hat.
see altogether? Then he took 7 birds out of another hat.
How many birds did the magician take out
12. Barnaby saw the bears doing tricks. of the two hats?
There were 8 brown bears and 7 black
bears. How many bears were doing tricks? 8. Sarah laughed as one of the clowns did
3 somersaults. Then the clown did
13. Joseph counted the poles holding up another 6 somersaults.
the tent. He counted 9 large poles and 9 How many somersaults did this clown do?
smaller ones. How many poles were
holding up the tent? 9. Toby saw 3 clowns climb up a rope.
Then another 5 clowns climbed the rope.
I have an extreme How many clowns climbed the rope
allergy to all altogether?
things feline.
11. Five of the elephants were on parade.
Four of these waved their trunks in the
air. How many of these elephants did not
wave their trunks in the air?
12. The ringmaster said there were two
more tricks that the lions would do. They
had already done three tricks. How many
tricks could the lions perform altogether?

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Degree of difficulty


How quickly and

accurately can
you add and
subtract numbers?

1 2 3 4

5 6

8 9

10 11

12 13

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1. Kylie has 7 pet parrots and 9 canaries. 2. Jana had 9 tropical fish in her fish tank.
How may pet birds does she have? Then her mother bought her 9 more. How
many tropical fish did Jana now have?
3. Two of Katrina‟s 7 pet kittens have
spots. How many do not have spots? 3. Callum counted 6 black puppies in the
pet shop. Then he counted 8 brown
6. Robbie has 9 pet rabbits and 5 of these
puppies. How many puppies did Callum
are babies. How many are not babies?
count altogether?
7. Cassie has 7 ponies on her farm. Five
4. Julie saw that 3 of her canaries were
of these ponies have brown tails. How
sitting on the perch. Her other 5 canaries
many do not have brown tails?
were at the bottom of the cage. How
8. Jack has 5 guinea pigs and Tim has 6 many canaries did Julie have altogether?
guinea pigs. How many guinea pigs do the
5. Lisa‟s cat had a litter of 7 kittens and
boys have together?
her friend Anna‟s cat had a litter of 5. How
9. Charlie had 7 fish in his fish tank. How many kittens were in the two litters?
many fish did he have after he put 3 more
10. Tommy‟ dog buried 2 bones in the
fish in the tank?
yard. Then he buried another 4 bones.
10. Belinda has 9 goldfish and her brother How many bones were buried by Tommy‟s
Barnaby has 8 goldfish. How many dog?
goldfish do they have together?
11. Walter had 7 goldfish and five of
12. Giles saw 9 white mice in the pet them were babies. How many of Walter‟s
shop. Three of these mice were feeding. goldfish were not babies?
How many were not feeding?
13. Tammy‟s labrador, Bessy, had a litter
of 9 puppies. Five of the puppies had a
white patch on their belly. How many did
not have a white patch on their belly?

If there were 23 goats

and only 7 produced
milk, how many didn’t
produce milk?

If there was a herd of

28 reindeer and 11
were males how many
were females?

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

If you go to the
market you need
to know your
number facts.

1 2 3

5 6 7

10

11 12

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1. At the market stall Sally saw five 1. There were three rows of market
boxes, each holding five apples. stalls, with ten stalls in each row. How
How many apples were there altogether? many stalls were there altogether?
(hyphen)
2. There were seven large umbrellas for
6. Robbie took $10 to the market and sale and six smaller ones. Were there
came home with $2. How many dollars more than thirteen umbrellas for sale?
did he spend?
3. Sally bought twelve books at the
8. Sally went to seven stalls before lunch market. Seven were mystery stories. How
and five stalls after lunch. How many many were not mystery stories?
stalls did she visit altogether?
4. Robbie saw nine basketballs for sale.
9. Robbie counted twelve bicycles for Five of these were not new. How many
sale at the market and eight of those were new?
were red. How many were not red?
5. Jess counted five stalls that only sold
10. Sally bought five apples and seven boys‟ clothing and six stalls that only sold
oranges. How many pieces of fruit did girls‟ clothing. How many stalls did Jess
she buy altogether? count?

11. At the market there were 12 7. Robbie saw five of his friends at the
balloons tied to a pole. 5 balloons were market. Sally saw three of her friends.
red, 4 were blue and the rest were How many more friends than Sally did
yellow. Were there as many yellow Robbie see?
balloons as blue ones?
9. There were five stalls that sold drinks.
12. Robbie bought ten small lollies. He Each stall had three people working at it.
ate some and had three left. How many How many people were working at the
did he eat? drink stalls altogether?

10. Stall A sold seven pineapples. Stall B

sold five pineapples. How many more
pineapples did stall A sell?

I have 20
apricots but 6
are not ripe.
How many are
ripe?

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Degree of difficulty
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What’s the difference
between 1 000 and
one thousand?.......

.......one thousand
takes longer to write.

1 2

3 4

9 10

11 12

13 14

15

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3. At Pete‟s Pet Shop there were more 1. So far this year Pete has sold 998
than 100 small fish in the fish tank. Write hermit crabs. If someone comes in and
100 as a word.....without the „one‟. buys two more that will make one
…………………….………… sales of hermit crabs.
5. The largest fish tank in the shop cost
$962. That‟s nine hundred and sixty 2. Pete had 20 cute kittens for sale and
………….…… dollars. then he sold half of them. How many did
he sell?
7. Last week 380 people went into Pete‟s
Pet Shop. That‟s three hundred and 4. Bobby‟s big brother saved $400. Then
…………………………….….. . he spent $10 buying a tropical fish.
Bobby‟s brother now has three hundred
8. Pete‟s Pet Shop is at number 783 Kitty and ………………………..………… dollars.
Lane. That is, ……………………….. hundred and
eighty three. 6. Angela‟ mother bought an aquarium
at Pete‟s Pet Shop. She gave Pete $820
9. Pete, the pet shop owner, has sold and she received $3 change.
353 canaries this year: that is three The aquarium cost eight hundred and
hundred and ………………..………. three. …………………….………… dollars.

12. Pete fed his fish 469 grams of fish 10. Pete had to spend $998 on new
food. That‟s four hundred and sixty shelves for his shop. That‟s nine hundred
………………………….. grams. and ninety ………………………..…….. dollars.

13. Last month Pete‟s sales of goldfish 11. Pete‟s telephone bill came to $810.
came to $375. That is three hundred and We write this as eight hundred and
……………………….……….. five dollars. ……………………….…… dollars.

15. Pete had to order 690 more 14. Pete has 533 goldfish and 523
canaries. We write this as six hundred tropical fish. How many more goldfish
and ……………………….…………. . than tropical fish does Pete have? ………………..

Hurry up!

Slow down!
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Degree of difficulty

Get the

1
picture?
2

3 4

7 8

9 10

11

12

Yippee….my golf score gets

lower with every birthday!

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Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
** 1 face represents 10 children **
School Birthdays
Across Down
2. Damien and Josie are looking at a 1. In which month are there twenty less
graph showing the birthday months of birthdays than in March?
children at their school. In which month
3. Which month has the same number of
are their 100 birthdays?
birthdays as October?
4. Josie‟s birthday is in March. How many
4. How many more birthdays are there in
children have their birthday in March?
January than in February?
5. There are three more birthdays in
7. There is one month with the same
October than in July. True or false?
number of birthdays as August. Which
6. In which month are there ten more month is that?
birthdays than in August?
8. How many birthdays are there in May?
7. Damien has his birthday in the month
10. How many fewer birthdays are there
that has ten more birthdays than
in June than in August?
February. In which month is Damien‟s
birthday?
9. How many birthdays are in
September?
Graphs
11. Two months have ten more birthdays give us a
than September. They are October and better
………….…..?
‘picture’
12. The difference between the number of things.
of birthdays in April and September is the
same as the difference between the
number of birthdays in March and June.
True or false?

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Degree of difficulty

The big hand is
nearly on the 5
so it’s almost
8:25.

1 2


5
10:07

9:07 6 7 8

10

11 12

13

14

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Across Down
1. When Debbie looked at the time 2. If Alice leaves home at 7.30 and
it was 7.15. The minute hand on the arrives at school at 8.30 it takes her
clock was pointing to the ………………………… . one ……………………… to get to school.
4. Debbie started to eat her toast at 3. Jeff said, “There are ………………… hours
7.15 and it took 5 minutes. Now the between 7.30 in the morning and
minute hand was pointing to the 9.30 in the morning.”
……………………..………. .
4. Jessie said, “……………….…. minutes
6. At 7 o‟clock the small hand on pass when the minute hand on my
Russel‟s watch was pointing to the watch goes from the 1 to the 2.”
number ………………………..…….. .
5. Judy said, “When it is 5.30 the
8. Jason‟s bus came at 7.30. That‟s minute hand on my watch is
when the minute hand is pointing to pointing to the six and the hour
the …………………….…….. . hand is just past the …………………………. .”
10. At a quarter to eight the minute 7. Bonnie has 30 minutes to get to
hand on Sharon‟s watch was school. It is now 8 o‟clock. This
pointing to the ………………………………. . means she has to be at school by
……………………..…… thirty.
11. Bobby said, “When the hour
hand is half way between the 8 and 9. “When the minute hand points to
the 9 and the minute hand points to the 9 and the hour hand points to
the 6, the time is eight …………………………… .” the 8, it is ………………...…… minutes before
8 o‟clock,” said Jade.
13. “One hour later than nine
o‟clock is …………………….. o‟clock,” said Sue. 12. “There are thirty minutes in
………………..………. an hour,” said Trudy.
14. Lucy said, “Another way of
saying 8.30 is …………………….……. past eight.”

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Degree of difficulty

I may be very young
but I know that
Subtraction, Minus
and Take Away
are all the same thing.

5 6 7

8 9

10

11 12

13

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Across Down
1. John saw 9 squirrels in the forest. Then he 1. Suzie counted the branches on a tree. She
saw some more. Altogether he saw 13 squirrels. counted 6 branches and then saw some more
So how many did he see the second time? through the leaves. Altogether she counted 11
branches on the tree. How many branches did
2. Bethany counted 5 red flowers near a tree. Suzie see through the leaves?
Then she saw some more. Altogether she
counted 11 red flowers. How many did she count 2. John took some sweets with him. He ate 5
the second time? sweets and later he ate some more. He ate 12
sweets altogether so how many did he eat after
4. Shane counted 12 gum trees altogether. At the first 5 sweets?
first he had seen 7 and then he saw another
……….……….. more. 3. The children walked past 6 clearings in the
forest. Later, they passed some more. Altogether
5. Jasmine collected 6 pine cones. Then she they walked passed 15 clearings. How many
collected some more until she had a total of 14 clearings did they pass after the first 6?
pine cones. How many did she collect the second
time? 6. Tommy caught 9 fish. After a break he caught
some more and he ended up catching 12 fish
7. Tommy saw some parrots and then he saw altogether? How many fish did Tommy catch
another 4 more. Altogether he saw 13 parrots so after having his break?
how many did he see the first time?
7. Sherry watched as 4 rabbits hopped into the
8. Jeff counted 7 rabbit prints on the forest bushes. Soon after she counted more rabbits.
track. Then he saw some more rabbit prints. He Altogether Sherry saw 13 rabbits so how many
saw 14 rabbit prints altogether, so how many did did she see after those first 4?
he see the second time?
9. Joshua threw 7 pebbles into the stream. After
11. Jenny found 4 acorns. Soon after she found he had thrown some more pebbles he had
some more acorns and now she had 12. How thrown 16 pebbles altogether. How many did he
many did she find the second time? throw after the first 7 pebbles?
13. Adam saw 8 fish in the stream. He saw 10. Sally-Anne saw 8 boys running along the
some more and that made a total of 12 fish that forest path. Then she saw some more boys
he saw. How many did he see the second time? running along the path, making 12 altogether.
How many boys did Sally-Anne see the second
time?

12. Beth was thirsty so she had 9 sips from her

drink bottle. She was still a little thirsty so she
had some more sips, making 11 altogether. How
many sips did she have the second time?

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Degree of difficulty
I’ll give
OK…and

you 7 of
these. I’ll give you
4 of these.

Then I’ll 1
have 3
more than
I did have.

3 4

6 7 8

9 10

11 12 13

14

15

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Across Down
1. Teri gave 9 of her 14 swap cards to 1. William lost 7 swap cards and he then
Alice. Teri had ……………………. swap cards left. had 7 left. How many did he have to
begin with?
2. Bonny had 13 swap cards in her
drawer. She took 9 out of the drawer; 4. A big wind blew 4 of Eve‟s 13 swap
there were …………………..…… left in the drawer. cards away. How many did she now
have?
3. Penny was given 7 swap cards by
Eleanor who then had 9 left. Eleanor had 5. If Anna had 11 swap cards and she
………………….………….. swap cards before she gave gave 5 to her brother, how many did she
those 7 to Penny. have left?

6. Daniel gave 9 swap cards to Peter. 7. Jill and Jesse each had 9 football
This meant that Daniel now had 6 cards. cards. How many did they have between
How many did he have to begin with? them?

8. Joe gave 5 of his 15 swap cards to 9. Felicity had 3 swap cards left after
Billy. How many did he have left? giving some to her friend. If she had 12
to begin with how many did she give to
9. After Anne had given Belinda some her friend?
swap cards she had 4 left. If she had 13
to begin with how many cards did she 10. Max had 15 glossy swap cards. He
give to Belinda? liked only 7 of them so he gave some
away. How many did he give away?
12. Peta had some swap cards in her
room. After giving 8 to her friend Nicole 11. Jenny gave some of her basketball
she had 9 left. How many swap cards did cards to her friend Nicola. She kept 4 of
Peta have to begin with? her 11 cards; how many did she give to
Nicola?
14. How many swap cards did Evelyn
have left if she gave 6 of her 16 cards to 13. Toby had 14 soccer cards. After he
her sister Teri? gave Owen some cards he had 6 left.
How many cards did Toby give to Owen?
15. Jodi had 6 cards left after giving
some of her 14 cards away to a friend.
How many did she give to her friend?

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Degree of difficulty
Plane shapes
have no

thickness.

I can’t put
plane shapes
into my
bag…only
solid ones.

I love
octagons!

1 2

3 4 5

6 7

9 10 11

12 13

14

15

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Across Down
1. “Which shape has five straight sides?” 2. James said, “A shape with eight sides
asked Joan. is called an ……………………... .”
“I know,” said Toby, “a ………………….. ”.
4. Larry said, “A hexagon has …………..………
3. Jennifer asked, “Are the sides of a sides.”
square all the same length?”
Ruth replied, “……………….” 7. Bobby said, “Two triangles do ……….…..
have five sides altogether.”
5. Pete said to Dennis, “A hexagon has
………..…… more sides than a rectangle”. 8. Kerry asked, “Which one is round:
square, circle, hexagon, triangle?”
6. Anne asked Jayne, “What do we call a “The …………...……………. is,” replied Hannah.
shape that has six straight sides?”
“A ……………….……, said Jayne.” 9. Kane wondered, “How many
rectangles have the same number of
10. Phil said, “Did you know that the sides as an octagon?”
sides in shapes like triangles, rectangles “I‟ll tell you,” said Michael, “it‟s
and pentagons don‟t have to be the same ………………… .”

………………… as each other?”

11. “A triangle and a pentagon have
13. Jenny asked “How many sides does how many sides altogether?” asked Toni.
a rectangle have?” Then someone told Toni that the answer
Katie replied, “…………..” is ………………….…… .

14. “How many more sides than a 12. “Three rectangles have the same
square does an octagon have, Sam?” number of sides as two hexagons. Is this
asked Ben. true or false?” asked Lorna.
Sam replied, “I know the answer, “It‟s ………………………,” replied Meg.
it‟s ……………….. .”
13. “How many more sides than a
15. Jill said, “A square and a rectangle triangle does an octagon have?” asked
each have four sides but which one has Dave.
sides that are not all the same length as “…………………...,” answered Molly.
each other?”
“The …………..…..,” replied Paula.
What’s your
favourite
shape?

Shapes that
remind me
of acorns.

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Degree of difficulty

Ones, tens, hundreds,
thousands, tens of
thousands, hundreds
of thousands, millions,
tens of millions…

1 2 3

30 tens
4 5 equals
3 hundred.
6

30 hundreds
equals
3 thousand.

7 8

9 10

11 12

13

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Across Down
1. Jason lives at number 36 Amazon 2. A grumpy old man lives at
Street. Which digit in his street number 253 Baron Road. The 3 in
number is in the tens place? this number means three ones, the
5 means five tens and the 2 means
3. Diane‟s house number is 45. How
two ……………………….. .
many tens are there in this number?
3. “Tom‟s Treasure House of Toys”
4. Bette‟s family moved house.
is on the highway at number 75. In
They now live at number 47 Beach
the number 75 the digit in the ones
Drive. Which digit is in the ones
place is the ……………………… .
place in Bette‟s house number?
4. “Mandy‟s Amazing Museum” is at
6. Jodi‟s family lives in an
number 256. The …………..…….. is in the
apartment. The apartment is
ones place in this number.
number 89. In 89 the first digit
means eight tens and the second 5. Right at the end of Juniper Street
digit means ……………….… ones. is house number 527. The 7 in this
number means seven …………….……., the 2
7. Benny‟s best friend lives at
means two tens and the 5 means
number 85 Ives Rd. In the number
five hundreds.
85 the 8 is in the ……………………. place.
8. Josie‟s aunt lives in a white
9. Sandy lives right at the end of
house at number 19 Perry Avenue.
Blue Mountain Street, at number
In the number 19 there are nine
172. In this number which digit is in
ones and one ……………………….…. .
the tens place?
10. Bob‟s Bike Shop is at number
11. Nicole and Cindy are twins who
834 Richmond Highway. How many
live in a large house at number 124
hundreds in 834?
Grove Way. Which digit is in the
ones place in their house number? 12. Toni‟s friend Sally lives at
number 128 Wilson Street. Which
13. Bobby‟s teacher lives in a small
digit is in the hundreds place in the
apartment (number 145). In the
number 128?
number 145 the 1 is in the …………………………
place.

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What is Degree of difficulty

Time?  Time?
I’m having a
great time!

1 2

5 6

7 8

Slow down!
9

10 11

12

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Across Down
1. Does it take more, or less, 1. Most children take about ten
than 5 minutes to have a meal ……..… to get dressed for school.
with your family?
2. Write the best answer:
3. Write the answer that is A snail would take about
closest: A baby will become an fifteen/ eighty/ ninety minutes to
adult in another nine/ nineteen/ travel five centimetres.
twenty-nine years.
4. Write the best answer:
5. Write the best answer: A sandwich takes about
The news program your parents five/ twenty/ fifty minutes to eat.
watch on television goes for
6. ……….… months pass by
about
between the start of one
twenty-five/ seventy-five/
summer and the start of the
ninety-five/ minutes. (hyphen)
next summer.
7. Does it take more or less than
8. There are …………………….
10 minutes to clean your teeth?
days between the start of one
10. Write the best answer: weekend and the start of the
Someone your age might have a next weekend.
grandfather who has lived for
9. Do most people take more or
twenty/ thirty /seventy years.
less than 10 minutes to do up
12. Write the best answer: their shoelaces?
A very tall tree in a forest might
10. Winter and spring together
have been planted
last for ………. months.
seven/ eight/ sixty years ago.
11. Write the best answer:
Most people go away on holidays
for about
two/ twenty/ thirty weeks.
Hungry
Woo-hoo! little
fella.

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Degree of difficulty
 There’s a full
moon once a
month.

1 2 3 4

6 7 8 9 10

11

12

13

14

15

16

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Across Down
1. Sandy’s birthday is in the month 2. In the month between March and
after February. In which month is May Sam invited six friends to his
Sandy’s birthday? seventh birthday party. In which
3. Josh will turn 8 in the month month is Sam‟s birthday?
before June. In which month is 4. Julie has her birthday in
Josh‟s birthday? February. Cassie‟s birthday is two
5. Alison and Noelle are twins who months later. In which month is
were born in the second month of Cassie‟s birthday?
the year. In which month were the 6. Diana has her birthday in the
twins born? month just before September.
7. Lonnie has his birthday in Which month is this?
December. Lonnie‟s birthday is in 8. Sally-Anne‟s birthday is in March
the …………….…….. month of the year. which is the third month, and
9. Tommy is going to England in Jessica‟s birthday is in February
September, two months after his which is the ……………….. month.
birthday. In which month is 9. Bobby‟s birthday month comes
Tommy‟s birthday? two months after April. In which
12. In August Daniel has to wait month was Bobby born?
two more months for his birthday. 10. Joanna was born in November
In which month was Daniel born? which is the second last month of
13. January is month number one the ……………………..….
and December is month number 11. Harry‟s birthday comes three
twelve. Billy was born in July which months after August. Harry‟s
is month number …………………? birthday is in …………………………………..?
14. Sherelle‟s baby sister was born
last month. It is now January. In
which month was Sherelle‟s baby
sister born?
15. Jason‟s mother has her birthday in
the month that comes right after August.
When is Jason‟s mother‟s birthday?
Hm, nearly
16. Gail was born in the first month Christmas time.
of the year. I’d better be good.
In which month is Gail‟s birthday?

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Need a greater challenge

Degree of difficulty than this crossword?....try
walking sideways.

1
 2

3 4

5 6

8 9

10

11

Colours of Cars Counted by Children

75
70
65
60
55
50
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
Blue Yellow Green White Red Grey
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Children Counting Cars
Across Down
3. Lauren counted 55 cars of 1. Which colour car were there
the same colour; what colour 30 of?
was this?
2. How many more blue cars
4. How many more grey cars than red cars were there?
than white cars were counted?
3. There were 40 of which
5. How many cars of the most coloured car?
common colour were there?
hyphen 4. Sasha‟s task was to count the
white cars. How many did she
8. There were how many grey see?
cars? hyphen
6. How many blue cars were
10. Toby counted 50 cars of counted by Frederick?
the same colour. What colour
was this? 7. Of which colour were there
fewest cars?
11. What colour car was the
most common? 8. How many more yellow cars
than red cars were there?
9. How many green cars were
counted?

Why are graphs

useful?....
a picture is worth
a thousand words.

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Degree of difficulty


I’m strong and I’m fast.

To be strong and fast in
Maths you need to know
the basic number facts.

1 2 3

5 6

10 11

12

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Across Down
1. In my room there are six books on the 1. I have eight pictures on one wall and
top shelf and seven books on the bottom four on another wall. How many pictures
shelf. How many books are on the two do I have on the two walls?
shelves?
2. There are 4 shirts on one side of my
4. In my room I have four comics near my wardrobe and 4 on the other side.
bed and seven comics on the top shelf. Together that makes ………………..……… shirts.
How many comics do I have in my room?
3. I had 12 tennis balls in a box near the
5. I had eight stickers on my door but I cupboard but I lost three. Now I have
took five off. How many stickers do I now ……………………….. tennis balls in the box.
have on my door?
4. I have some coloured pencils in a
8. I have three pairs of socks in one cardboard box on my desk. 9 are new and
drawer and five pairs of socks in the other 9 are quite old. Altogether there are
drawer. How many pairs of socks do I ………………..……. coloured pencils in the box.

have in the two drawers?

6. I had 17 marbles in a tin but my
10. In my room I have seven pairs of brother took 9 of them Now there are
shoes. Four pairs are black so how many ………………….…… left in the tin.

pairs are not black?

7. There are 9 chapters in the book I am
11. I have 14 swap cards on my desk. reading. I have read 6 chapters so this
7 of these belong to my friend. How many means I have ……………………………. chapters left to
are mine? read.
12. Three of the 12 toys in my room are 9. I had 4 of my best sketches taped to
made of wood. How many are not made my window but three peeled off. Now
of wood? there is only ……………….… sketch left on the
If I laid a window.
dozen eggs
and 12 10. There are 8 mobiles hanging from my
broke… ceiling. 6 of them are birds and the rest
are fish. How many are fish?

…you’d be
traded in!

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E I G H T E E N T H
W
S E C O N D
E
F S E V E N T H
O N E E N
U T WE N T Y - F I R S T
R W T N H
T H R E E E L A S T I
H L E H R
F N D
T E N T H
H H

Solution
to

Ordinal
Numbers
p4

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F O R T Y - T WO T W E L V E
O L
R S E
T H I R T Y - F I V E V
Y V E
E I G H T E E N F
N N I
I T T F
T N W T W E N T Y - T WO
H E E E E
I T W E N T Y - O N E E
R E T N
T W E N T Y - F I V E
Y N

Solution
to
Locating
Numbers on a
Number Line
p6

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E I G H T O
I H N S
G S I X T E E N E
H F R I V
T WO T G E
U E I G H T E E N
R E T
T E N E N
E O E I
S E V E N N I N E
N E E

Solution
to
Number Facts
to 18
p8

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T W E N T Y - F I V E
W W O
E T WO U
N R F
T E T O
Y F I F T E E N R
G E E T
F H N I N E T Y
S I X T Y I
F Y G T
T H E
Y E I G H T E E N

Solution
to
Counting by
2s, 5s and 10s
p10

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M O R E
O
N L
T S E V E N
H I S
S I X S
T
T H I R T Y
W E
E O N E
N I
T G Y
D A Y S T H R E E
T A
T R U E

Solution
to

Time:
Large Units
p12

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C
D O L L A R
T E N C I
W E O N E
E T E N L
N E T I S
T E N S E V E N T Y T T E N
Y E V H V
R F O U R T E E N
N E N
S N E
F I V E
X

Solution
to

Money:
Conversions
p14

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T T H R E E
T W E L V E
E N N I N E
F N I I
S I X T E E N O N E G
V Y E H
T E N T T
I F I F T E E N
N E
S E V E N T E E N
W
F O U R

Solution
to
Adding and
Subtracting to
Twenty
p16

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F
E I G H T
V
T T W E L V E
H W L
F I F T E E N T E N
S R N V
E T T E
V E Y N O N E
E E I
N I N E T E E N
W E
F O U R

Solution
to
Read and Print
Number Words
to Twenty
p18

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T H R E E F O U R
W L N
O E S E V E N
S E V E N I
I E I E G
X N N I H
T E I G H T
E H O
E F I F T E E N
N I E
V
E I G H T E E N

Solution
to

Additions and
Subtractions
p20

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S I X T E E N F I V E
I O I
T G F O U R G
T WO H R H
E T T T
E L E V E N T E N
V E E
S E V E N T E E N
I W
S I X F O U R

Solution
to
More Additions
and Subtractions
p22

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T W E N T Y - F I V E
H O I
I V F
R E E I G H T O
T W E L V E W U
Y E F O U R
V I
T W E L V E F
W N T
N O S E V E N
E
N

Solution
to
Mixed
Operations to
Twenty
p24

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T T
H U N D R E D
T WO I N
S U N
E S E I G H T Y
V A T
S E V E N Y
N D
F I F T Y E
E T N I N E
S E V E N T Y G
N N E H
N I N E T Y
Solution
to
Read and Write
Numerals to
1000
p26

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F
D E C E M B E R
B
M T H I R T Y
F A L S E U
Y N A P R I L
R
J A N U A R Y
U I
L N
Y E I G H T Y
T W
M A Y E
N
T R U E
Y

Solution
to

Graphs and
Data
p28

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T H R E E
T O
W U
F O U R
I
V F
S E V E N S I X
I F V
G N I N E
H F
T H I R T Y
A E
L T E N
H A L F N

Solution
to

Time:
Smaller Units
p30

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F OU R
I S I X
N V E
F I V E V
N E
E I G H T N I N E
H I
R N
S E V E N
E I
N F
E I G H T O
W U
F OU R

Solution
to
Basic
Subtraction
Facts
p32

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F I V E
O
F O U R
R
S I X T E E N
E I
S E N
F I F T E E N T E N
X I
G N I N E
H I I
S S E V E N T E E N G
E I E E H
V G T E N T
E I G H T N
N T

Solution
to
Mixed Number
Facts
p34

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P E N T A G O N
C
Y E S T WO
I A
H E X A G O N
O O C
T L E N G T H I
W T I F O U R
F O U R G I C
U H V L
R E C T A N G L E E

Solution
to

Plane
Shapes
p36

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T H R E E F O U R
U I
S E V E N O V
I D N I N E
X R E
T E N S T
D E
S E V E N
I F O U R
G N
H U N D R E D S
T

Solution
to

Place Value
p38

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M O R E F
I I
N I N E T E E N F
U F T
T W E N T Y - F I V E
E W V E
S L E S S E N
L E
L V V
E S E V E N T Y
S I N W
S I X T Y O

Solution
to

Time
Periods
p40

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M A R C H M A Y
P P
R F E B R U A R Y
I I
A L A S T J U L Y
U E U E
G C N N A
U O C T O B E R R
S E V E N V
T D E C E M B E R
M
S E P T E M B E R
E
J A N U A R Y

Solution
to

Months of
the Year
p42

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B F
L I
U V
G R E Y F I V E
R I
S E V E N T Y - F I V E
E H T
N I Y
R R
F I F T Y - F I V E
I Y O D
F R
WH I T E T
Y Y E L L OW

Solution
to

More Graphs
and Data
p44

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T H I R T E E N N
W I I
E L E V E N G N
I L T H R E E
G V T T I
H E I G H T G
T R O H
T H R E E S E V E N T
W E E E
O N I N E

Solution
to
More Additions
and Subtractions
p46

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