Who do you remember in your own life when someone mentions “Tom and Jerry”? No doubt, your brothers and sisters, right? While adulthood teaches us very well how to behave and maintain good relationships with siblings, childhood is often seen as a battleground where siblings fight over many things, whether it a leftover cheese pizza or a favorite bed piece, or even a TV remote.
Such is the relationship between siblings. Two people born from the same womb can fight to the death for each other, but never let the other get the bigger piece of the pie. Yes, that is the topic of STORY TIME today. Grab some popcorn or a hot cup of coffee and enjoy this story with a bunch of fun math puzzles.
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STORY HOUR- Sarah, Jack and their math puzzle solving battle!
Today we will tell about two sisters Sarah and Jack, both 8 years old, share the same blood but completely different. Sarah is good at intelligent reasoning, while Jack has a calm demeanor. Sarah is the one to ask for more cheese and toppings on her pizza, while Jack is the one who can never leave a pastry shop in town.
Sarah likes to live in the wild and wild, and Jack shows sophistication from an early age. Sarah is ambitious and talkative, while Jack is wise and considerate. Of which one is fire, the other represents still water; are all unique and beautiful in their own way!
The only basis on which they have similarities is that both Sarah and Jack are good math students. None of them ever got below an A in math.
Like every other sibling relationship on the planet, Sarah and Jack’s relationship is hot and cold at times. The two fight all day, for whatever reason. Sometimes it’s for the remote control or sometimes it’s for the AC temperature. On Mondays, they fight over the last remaining scoop of ice cream, and on Tuesdays for no reason at all. Today, the reason for their quarrel is some interesting math puzzles.
Remember when we told you that both Sarah and Jack were good at math?
Well, today’s brotherly battle is precisely excellence in this subject. Today, their parents went to the mall and bought a few books instead of games and toys, much to the delight of the kids. At first, the kids get frustrated and throw tantrums at their parents for bringing books home instead of games, but when the parents deliberately ignore their tantrums, the kids start scribbling and scribbling. Flipping through the pages, when they suddenly discovered that the interesting part was in one of the books.
The fun section has lots of coloring pictures that keep eight-year-olds entertained for the next half hour. After turning another page, both found a section they liked. Both of them exclaimed with delight as they read “Interesting Math Puzzles”.
Unlike every other eight-year-old on the planet, these two are always excited about math puzzles, so they can’t turn down this one. However, the solutions that the two offer to the mathematical puzzles are contradictory. This becomes another big reason for their struggle. Let’s see who is right in these math quizzes.
Fun math puzzles
(Each math puzzle gives 5 points for a correct answer and 0 points for a wrong answer.)
Math Quiz 1:
Emma bought the doll for $25.13. If he gave the doll seller $30, how much change do you think he would get in return?
The options are:
- $3.87
- $4.87
- $5.87
- $6.87
Sarah chose option D, while Jack chose option B.
Math Quiz 2:
Steve wants to bake muffins for his parents. He checked the recipe in the recipe book and was confused. The recipe book asks him to add ¾ cup cocoa powder. However, the guy wanted 3½ muffin recipes. Decide on his behalf how many cups of cocoa powder he needs.
The options are:
- 3 cups
- 2 and a half cups
- 4 cups
- 2 cups
Sarah chose option A, while Jack chose option D.
Math puzzle 3:
John owns a large grocery store. There are a total of 78 boxes of soap in his shop. If John wants to arrange the soap boxes so that the number of boxes on each shelf is equal, how many boxes of soap should be placed on each shelf?
The options are:
- 6 boxes
- 12 boxes
- 18 boxes
- 24 boxes
Sarah chose option A, while Jack chose option C.
Math puzzle 4:
General difference between strings: 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13…
The options are:
- 2
- 3
- first
- 1.5
Sarah chose option C, while Jack chose option A.
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Math puzzle 5:
Which is bigger? Half a second or 1000 milliseconds?
The options are:
- Both are equal
- 1000 milliseconds
- half a second
- It cannot be determined
Sarah chose option B, while Jack chose option D.
Math Puzzle 6:
What is the value of “k” in 4k + 9 = 12
The options are:
- 2
- ¾
- 9/4
- 4
Sarah chose option B, while Jack chose option C.
Both children continued to struggle for an hour trying to prove that their answer was correct.
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Suddenly, the wind turns page after page with answers to puzzles. The kids excitedly started checking their answers to see who was the KING OF MATH!
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ANSWERS TO INTERESTING MATHEMATICS QUESTIONS:
Math Quiz 1:
Emma bought the doll for $25.13. If he gave the doll seller $30, how much change do you think he would get in return?
The options are:
- $3.87
- $4.87
- $5.87
- $6.87
Answer: $4.87
Math Quiz 2: Steve wants to bake muffins for his parents. He checked the recipe in the recipe book and was confused. The recipe book asks him to add ¾ cup cocoa powder. However, the guy wanted 3½ muffin recipes. Decide on his behalf how many cups of cocoa powder he needs.
The options are:
- 3 cups
- 2 and a half cups
- 4 cups
- 2 cups
Answer: 2 cups
Math puzzle 3:
John owns a large grocery store. There are a total of 78 boxes of soap in his shop. If John wants to arrange the soap boxes so that the number of boxes on each shelf is equal, how many boxes of soap should be placed on each shelf?
The options are:
- 6 boxes
- 12 boxes
- 18 boxes
- 24 boxes
Answer: 6 boxes
Math puzzle 4:
General difference between strings: 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13…
The options are:
- 2
- 3
- first
- 1.5
Answer: 2
Math puzzle 5:
Which is bigger? Half a second or 1000 milliseconds?
- Both are equal
- 1000 milliseconds
- half a second
- It cannot be determined
Answer: 1000 milliseconds. (1 second = 1000 milliseconds)
Math Puzzle 6:
What is the value of “k” in 4k + 9 = 12
The options are:
- 2
- ¾
- 9/4
- 4
Answer:
Take a look at the Scoreboard!
(Each math puzzle gives 5 points for a correct answer and 0 points for a wrong answer.)
Yes, no one.
The match ended in a draw.
However, we are happy that the math ended in a draw and both were equal.
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