 
Bobby's Math

By Bobby A. Troutt

Copyright 2014 Bobby A. Troutt

Smashwords Edition

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Table of Contents

The Mad Scientist

The Milky Way

Cool Breeze

Hook, Line & Sinker

Sweet Tooth

The Shoe Store

Catherine's Crazy Garden

Woody

4th of July Math

Bird Brain Math

Nuts & Fruits

Tick, Tick, Tock, Tock

Trick or Treat

The Christmas Tree

Gobble, Gobble, Gobble

Ho, Ho, Ho, Merry Christmas

Hippy Hop's Easter

Crazy Zoo

Pond Lake

Dennis McDuffee's Farm

Sunny the Weatherman

Cornfield Baseball

Country Games

Pow Wow

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Bobby's Math Two

The Mad Scientist

High up in the mountains above the Valley of the Bones lived a mad scientist named Winferd. He lived in a mansion called the Halls of Bell. In a room, covered with a glass dome, atop of the mansion was where the mad scientist's laboratory was located. That's where he did all of his crazy and off-the-wall experiments. His best friends were three ghosts named Herschel, Homer and Gomer and he had a stepsister, a witch named Gladious. The three ghosts were his assistants and Gladious was his lab partner. Every one of them loved to do experiments to see what they would come up with. Late at night, you could see them through the glass dome atop of the mansion doing their crazy experiments. Boos, screams, laughter and cries could be heard throughout the house. If Herschel booed four times, Homer booed five times and Gomer booed twice, there would be _______ boos. If Homer booed three more times, there would be a total of _______ boos. As the ghosts booed, Gladious screamed six times. There was a total of _______ boos and screams in all.

Gladious had a pet black cat that sat near her brooms wiggling its tail. Gladious had a broom for each day of the week which meant she had _______ brooms. She only rode three brooms a week. That means she didn't ride _______ brooms a week. Four times a week she took her cat on the ride with her. There were _______ days that the cat did not ride with her.

Winferd had three blue bottles and four red bottles that he mixed together. He had _______ bottles in all. After he mixed the blue and red bottles together, he added three yellow bottles and two green bottles. He had a total of _______ bottles. After he mixed them altogether, he had a rainbow that shined throughout the lab. Herschel booed twice, Homer booed three times and Gomer just looked around smiling. There were _______ boos sounding throughout the laboratory. Gladious screamed three times as she flew over the rainbow not once but three times. She flew over the rainbow five more times and screamed each time. She flew over the rainbow _______ times and screamed _______ times. The rainbow started to disappear and Gomer became very sad. He was so sad, he screamed six times. When Herschel and Homer flew over to him and hugged him to cheer him up, he boo-hooed seven times and screamed four more times. Gomer screamed _______ times before he began to feel better.

Winferd had eight cups of some white fluffy stuff, two cups of water and three cups of silver liquid. He mixed them together and made a cloud with a silver lining. He used _______ cups in all. As the cloud floated about the room, it suddenly changed. After the cloud turned dark and black, it began to rain. Winferd ran to the closet and got an umbrella for everyone. He had to get _______ umbrellas from the closet. Suddenly, a bolt of lightning flashed from the cloud, not once but twice. Before it was over, seven more bolts of lightning flashed from the cloud. There were _______ bolts of lightning that flashed from the cloud. Once the rain finally stopped, the cloud floated out a window and disappeared in the darkness of night. Gladious and Winferd let out five hoorays and then three more. Herschel booed twice, Homer booed four times and Gomer just smiled as he stood there with water dripping off of him. He was soaked; his umbrella had a hole in it. Gladious and Homer hoorayed _______ times. There were _______ boos in all and there were _______ umbrellas without holes.

Next, Winferd took a box of twelve dried teardrops, four drops of a touch of gray matter and six drops from a jar of liquid black. He mixed them in Gladious's black kettle and boiled them. He used _______ drops in all. Gladious stirred the mixture ten times around and around to the right and then nine times around and around to the left. She stirred the mixture _______ times around and around in all. There were _______ more drops than stirs. As she stirred around and around, the pot began to boil. All at once, the room was filled with a heavy, thick, gray fog. It was so thick they couldn't see. As the fog moved about the room, Herschel, Homer and Gomer flew quickly about. Herschel opened three windows and Homer opened two windows to help clear the air. Herschel opened _______ more windows than Homer. There were a total of _______ open windows. Slowly, the fog moved out of the windows and disappeared in the darkness of the night. Gomer opened three more windows as Gladious flew about the room, here and there. After Gomer opened the windows, he blew on the foghorn five times, then four more times. Gomer blew the foghorn _______ times. There were now a total of _______ windows open. If there were twelve windows in the laboratory, there were _______ windows still closed.

As Gomer flew about the room booing and laughing, he hit his head not twice but four times. Each time he hit his head, it left a knot. He had _______ knots on his head. Herschel and Homer laughed at Gomer before they, too, began to fly about laughing and booing. Herschel hit his head not once but three times which caused him to have three knots on his head. Homer hit his head twice and he had two knots on his head. By that time, everyone was laughing. Altogether, they hit their heads _______ times. The ghostly trio had a total of _______ knots on their heads.

As the night lingered on, Winferd did a little of this and that with Gladious's help. Herschel, Homer and Gomer goofed off as they laughed and booed about. However, by morning, they were all wore out and ready to go to bed. As they left the lab that night, they each said their goodbyes and goodnights.

Pop Quiz

There were a total of _______ boos and screams in the story. Gladious had _______ brooms. There were _______ windows in the lab and _______ of them were open. There were a total of _______ knots on the ghostly trio's heads. The foghorn was blown _______ times.

Addition

1. 3 boos + 4 boos = _______ boos.

2. 2 cries + 7 cries = _______ cries.

3. 4 bottles of liquid + 2 bottles of liquid = _______ bottles of liquid.

4. 6 windows + 4 windows = _______ windows.

Subtraction

1. 10 knots – 6 knots = _______ knots.

2. 8 brooms – 4 brooms = _______ brooms.

3. 12 umbrellas – 3 umbrellas = _______ umbrellas.

4. 5 boos – 0 screams = _______ boos.

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Bobby's Math Two

The Milky Way

"Control tower to little Billy, can you read me?"

"Loud and clear," replied little Billy. "Everything looks good, control tower."

"Get ready for takeoff," instructed the control tower.

"Aye, aye, roger control tower," replied little Billy.

"10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0 – blast off."

The spaceship's rockets fired. Fire one, fire two, fire three sounded the rockets. As the spaceship took off from the launch pad, it left behind a giant cloud of black and white smoke. Up, up the spaceship climbed. Up, up through the clouds in the sky it went. Within minutes, the spaceship disappeared out of sight.

"Control tower to little Billy, do you read me?"

"Loud and clear," little Billy replied. "I'm on my way."

The spaceship entered the dark, black space and was surrounded by millions of twinkling stars. Up, up, up the spaceship continued to climb.

"Whoopee," cried out little Billy. "I'm on my way," he laughed as he looked around.

To his left he saw the big dipper and the little dipper. The big dipper was made up of eight big stars and four little stars. The little dipper was made up of six big stars and three little stars. If the stars of the big dipper and little dipper are added together, there would be _______ stars all together. The big dipper had _______ more stars than the little dipper. The two dippers together had _______ little stars.

When little Billy looked to his right, he saw the Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars. He saw _______ of the nine planets which meant he didn't see _______ of the planets. As the spaceship moved on, he saw the Moon and the North Star. As he flew closer to the moon, he saw its craters. He counted eight big craters and eleven small craters. He saw _______ craters in all. There were three craters with small hills, seven craters with large hills and the rest of the craters didn't have any hills. There were _______ more craters with large hills than there were with small hills. Out of all the craters he saw, _______ of them had no hills.

Little Billy looked around and saw ten stars with eight points, eight stars with four points and twelve stars with six points. He saw a total of _______ stars and _______ points. But, when he looked again, eight of the stars had fallen away which left _______ stars.

Finally, little Billy landed the spaceship on the moon. He got out and walked on the moon to gather some moon samples. He picked up nine buckets of moon rocks, twelve bags of moon dust and eight bottles of moon beams. He picked up a total of _______ samples. One of the buckets of moon rocks was filled with nine blue rocks, six red rocks, five yellow rocks and three green rocks. Little Billy had a total of _______ rocks in that bucket. In another bucket filled with moon rocks, he had six big rocks and fifteen little rocks. He had a total of _______ rocks in that bucket. He took three of the big rocks and broke them in to eight smaller rocks which gave him a total of _______ little rocks. There were five big rocks with a big hole through them. Out of all the big rocks, there were _______ rocks with no holes in them. Out of the bags of moon dust, he had four bags with a hole in them. He had _______ bags of moon dust without a hole in them. He was able to patch two of the bags which left him with _______ bags of moon dust with a hole in them and _______ bags of moon dust without holes. Little Billy continued on with his moon walk. He jumped high in the air and turned around and around.

"Weeeee," he cried. "This is so much fun."

Up, up and over he went before he suddenly stopped, looked up and saw a cow jumping over the moon. Then he saw four more and three more for a total of _______ cows jumping over the moon. There were three black cows, two white cows, two brown cows and one spotted cow. There were _______ more black cows than spotted cows.

"Mooooo, mooooo," the cows cried as they jumped over the moon.

The black cows didn't mooooo, but the other cows did. A total of _______ cows went mooooo as they jumped over the moon. Little Billy was watching the cows when he unexpectedly heard something. He quickly turned around to see what it was. What was it? Who was it? It was the man in the moon.

"Hello," the man in the moon said.

"Hi," Billy replied.

"What's your name?" the man in the moon asked.

"It's Billy," he answered. "What's your name?"

"My name is Virgil," the man in the moon said. "What brings you to the moon, Billy?"

"Oh, I'm just passing through," replied Billy.

"Do you want me to show you around?" he asked.

"Sure, but is the moon really made of cheese?" Billy asked.

"Well, that's what some people say," replied Virgil. "But, I'll tell you a big secret; it's not."

"Silly me," Billy said as they both laughed.

As the man in the moon showed Billy around the moon, they saw nine spaceships flying around the moon. They saw three big spaceships, four little spaceships and ten satellites. They saw a total of _______ objects flying around the moon. Suddenly, out of nowhere, came a meteor shower. Billy and the man in the moon ran for safety. There were twelve meteors in all; five big ones and the rest were small ones. There were _______ small meteors. As they dodged the meteors, three big ones landed close to them and _______ of the big ones fell elsewhere. Boom, boom, boom the meteors sounded when they hit the moon and created more craters. When the meteors hit the moon, they created _______ big craters and _______ small craters. After the meteor storm, the man in the moon said goodbye to little Billy and wished him a pleasant journey home. As little Billy watched him disappear to the dark side of the moon, he took off in his spaceship and waved goodbye to Virgil. As he flew on through the Milky Way, he saw the other _______ planets that he didn't see before for a total of _______ planets in all.

Little Billy's booster rocket fired one, two, three and his spaceship shot through the darkness. In the distance, he could see a comet flying by with its colorful tail. He saw five middle-sized asteroids, six little asteroids and ten other moons along with the comet. He saw a total of _______ objects.

It was time for little Billy to head home. He checked his bearings and headed home. On his way home, he saw eight shooting stars. Two of the shooting stars were to the north of him, five to the south of him and one in front of him. The total of the stars to the north and south of him was _______ stars. His spaceship splashed down into the sea after he reentered the earth's atmosphere. He was safely back at home. The navy ship came by, picked him up and took him the rest of the way home.

Pop Quiz

Little Billy saw _______ planets and _______ moons. He saw a total of _______ planets and moons. He saw _______ big craters and _______ small craters. He also saw _______ cows jumping over the moon and _______ of them were spotted cows. He saw _______ shooting stars when he was on his way home. He saw _______ more shooting stars to the south of him than to the north of him.

Addition

1. 10 rockets + 4 rockets = _______ rockets.

2. 8 meteors + 6 meteors = _______ meteors.

3. 4 cows + 6 cows = _______ cows.

4. 5 moons + 8 moons = _______ moons.

Subtraction

1. 9 planets – four planets = _______ planets.

2. 10 asteroids – three asteroids = _______ asteroids.

3. 6 comets – two comets = _______ comets.

4. 12 spaceships – 10 spaceships = _______ spaceships.

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Bobby's Math Two

Cool Breeze

North of the North Pole was the little community of Frozen Valley. Flakes the snowman and his best friend, Ice Cube the penguin lived in the valley. They lived there with all of their friends. One day, Flakes and Ice Cube, decided they needed to earn some money so they could buy a deep freezer to keep their fish in. So, Flakes and Ice Cube put their heads together and came up with a brilliant idea. They decided to open up a lemonade stand.

"What a great idea," yelled Ice Cube. "We will make a killing."

"I know," replied Flakes. "There isn't a lemonade stand around for miles."

It only took Flakes and Ice Cube a few days to build a lemonade stand in front of their igloo. They put up a sign which read ICE-COLD FRESH LEMONADE - 25¢, PINK LEMONADE - 30¢ AND SLICE OF LEMON - 5¢. Do you know how hard it is to find a lemon north of the North Pole? Flakes and Ice Cube had to have fresh lemons flown in everyday from Florida. The plane flew over and parachuted the crates of lemons down to them. How else would it be fresh?

Not far from Frozen Valley a herd of sea lions lived on a small island called Snow Capped. There were approximately 350 sea lions on the island during the cold season. But, in the warm season, there were only 175. There were _______ sea lions less in the warm season. During the last year, the amount of sea lions tripled in both seasons which meant there were _______ sea lions during the cold season and _______ sea lions in the warm season. There were also 540 walruses on the island. During the warm season ¼ of them migrated to the mainland. There were _______ walruses that migrated to the mainland. If you take the total amount from each season, there would be a total of _______ sea lions (before they tripled) and walruses. If ¼ of the walruses migrated to the mainland during the warm season, _______ walruses stayed on the island. If ½ of the sea lions went with the ¼ of walruses during the warm season, there would be _______ animals would be on the mainland and _______ animals stayed behind. If the longest tusks of the walruses are 12" long and the shortest tusks are 7" long, the average size of the tusks was _______ long.

People came from miles around to buy the lemonade. Young Eskimo fishermen bought it by the gallons to take it with them when they went ice fishing. One thing that helped it sell so fast was that it would almost freeze before they finished drinking it. There were penguins that wandered for miles to buy some and polar bears that came to buy it and then lay out in the sun after they drank it. It was a joyful time as everyone drank fresh ice-cold lemonade and listened to the weather forecast.

Just over the hill from the lemonade stand, the annual polar bear and penguin-sliding contest was held. Each year, people came to see the sliding contest on top of Snowdrift Hill. The bears and penguins climbed to the top of the hill and slid down. They would see who could go the fastest and the farthest. The snow-bunny refereed and oversaw the contest. The polar bears held the record for the farthest distance at 14 feet. The penguins held the record for the fastest speed at 5 mph. This time, however, the competition was close. The polar bears had already set a new distance record of 17.5 feet. The new record was _______ farther than the previous distance record. The penguins had also set a new speed record of 9 mph on the new icy-slick surface. The polar bears held the 1st place distance at 17.5 feet. The 2nd place distance was 14 feet and 3rd place distance was 12 feet. The average distance was _______ feet. The penguins held the fastest speed at 9 mph and the bears were holding at 7 mph. There was a _______ mph difference between the two. If the next contestant traveled ¼ the speed of the fastest speed, they would have traveled _______ mph.

The icicles that hung from the nearby cliffs were a sight to see. Some were as long as 18 feet while others ranged from 14, 12, 10 and 8 feet. The average length of the icicles was _______ feet. There was a _______ feet difference between the largest and shortest icicle. The icicles melted 1 foot an hour. It took the 8 foot icicle 8 hours to melt. It would take an 18 foot icicle _______ hour(s) to melt. If a 12-foot icicle, when melted, produced 6 gallons of water, an 18-foot icicle would produce _______ gallons of water.

Flakes and Ice Cube really brought in the money. The sales of the lemonade had skyrocketed. It wouldn't be very long before everyone in Frozen Valley would be walking around with a big lemonade belly. Some people even got creative with their lemonade. They would put a stick in their cup, let it freeze and then they would have a lemonade pop.

Each block of ice in the igloo was a 12x12 inch square. There were 4 walls 12 feet high, 12 feet wide and 12 feet deep. And, there were 144 12-inch cubes in the ceiling. It took _______ blocks of ice to make an igloo. There were 48 Eskimos playing tug-of-war. On each side of the rope, there were 24 Eskimos slipping and sliding on a sheet of ice trying to pull the other side into the icy water. If ¼ of one side slipped and fell and ⅓ of the other side slipped and fell, there would be _______ Eskimos still standing on one side and _______ on the other side. The side with _______ Eskimos still standing would probably win. If there are 18 Eskimos, 10 Eskimos, 12 Eskimos and 6 Eskimos, there would be a total of _______ Eskimos. If ½ of them are taken away, there would be _______ Eskimos left. If there were 4 families of Eskimos living in 1 igloo and each family had 6 people per family, there would be _______ Eskimos living in that igloo. However, if there were 6 families of Eskimos and each family had 4 people per family, there would be _______ Eskimos living in that igloo?

The lemonade stand was a huge success. Flakes and Ice Cube earned enough money to buy their deep freezer to put their fish in. They hoped to get enough fish to have a fish fry with all their friends since the ice fishing had been good. Winter had also been good; there was plenty of snow and ice to make everything homey.

The dogsled tournament was good as well. There were 6 teams to enter and 3 of the teams reached the finish line. The 1st place team ran the dogs at 25 mph for 250 miles. It took them _______ hours to finish the race. The 2nd place team ran the dogs at 20 mph for 250 miles. It took them _______ hours to finish the race. The 3rd place team ran the dogs at 10 mph for 250 miles. It took them _______hours to finish the race. There was a difference of _______ hours between the 1st and 3rd place finishers. The teams could have taken a shortcut but they would have been disqualified. The shortcut would have taken 80 miles off the 250 miles each team had to travel. If each team took the shortcut, the 1st place team would have finished in _______hours. The 2nd place team would have finished in _______ hours and the 3rd place team would have finished in _______ hours.

Flakes and Ice Cube closed their lemonade stand, loaded their money in their snowmobile and headed for the trading post to order their deep freezer. As they drove away, they looked back and saw all their friends laid back with their bellies swollen with ice-cold lemonade.

Pop Quiz - Dottie

If you had a 12x12 pan that had 4x4 squares with 16 dots on them, there would be _______ 4x4 squares and _______ dots in the 12x12 pan. If you had 6 black dots, 7 red sots, 8 yellow dots, 4 purple dots, 13 orange dots, 12 blue dots, 10 pink dots, 5 white dots and 9 green dots, it would take _______ more black dots, _______ more red dots, _______ more yellow dots, _______ more purple dots, _______ more orange dots, _______ more blue dots, _______ more pink dots, _______ more white dots and _______ more green dots to have 16 of the same color dots in a 4x4 square. It would take _______ 4x4 squares of the same color dots to fill a 24x24 pan.

Extra Credit – Timed Problem

Take the year you were born, the year before and the year after and total up all three years and then divide your age into it. Add your Mama's and Daddy's age to the answer. Subtract the number of people in your family, multiply the answer by 8 and subtract your age. What is your answer?

Addition

1. 32 igloos + 18 igloos = _______ igloos.

2. _______ Eskimos + 27 Eskimos = _______ Eskimos.

3. 49 dogsleds + _______ = 65 dogsleds.

4. _______ snowflakes + 19 snowflakes = 86 snowflakes.

5. 28 icicles + 14 icicles + 53 icicles = _______ icicles.

Subtraction

1. 46 penguins – 18 penguins = _______ penguins.

2. _______ walruses – 12 walruses = 41 walruses.

3. 108 snowmobiles - _______ = 101 snowmobiles.

4. _______ deep freezers – 32 deep freezers = 80 deep freezers.

5. _______ icebergs – 87 icebergs = 6 icebergs.

Multiplication

1. 29 x 4 = _______

2. 36 x 5 = _______

3. 47 x 12 = _______

4. 18 x 6 = _______

5. 34 x 19 = _______

Division

1. 126 ÷ 6 = _______

2. 112 ÷ 4 = _______

3. 108 ÷ 3 = _______

4. 125 ÷ 10 = _______

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Bobby's Math Two

Hook, Line & Sinker

Just another fish story about Wiggle the worm and the fisherman who almost got away. Womack's Lake set back in the valley and was divided by a set of hills on each side. Every year fishermen came from all around to fish. Now, the little bait shop located by the pier was called Hook, Line & Sinker. It was run by a man nicknamed Hogsucker. No one ever knew his real name. He was quite a cut-up; he liked to play tricks on the fishermen and tell fish stories. He got his nickname because he always wore a snatch hook on his cap.

There came a time at the Fish'n Club, by the lake, when a new young man no one knew came in looking for the bait shop. His name was Simple Crappie. Simple was a real fisherman; he came from a long line of topnotch fishermen. One of the club members told Simple where the Hook, Line & Sinker was located so he made his way over there to buy some bait. Hogsucker discreetly eyed Simple up and down when he walked in. He thought he was a prize candidate to initiate into the club. He knew he could have a little fun with him.

Eagerly, Simple stepped up to the counter and said, "A can of worms, sir."

Hogsucker nodded his head to say hello, placed a worm can in front of him and said, "That'll be 50¢."

Simple flipped Hogsucker two quarters and walked away. Womack's Lake was about 1.5 miles wide and one mile long. Its deepest part was 14 feet deep and its shallowest part was 4 feet deep except around the edges. There was also a spot in the lake where it suddenly dropped off from 14 feet to 10 feet but no one knew exactly where it was. The difference between the deepest part of the lake and the shallowest part of the lake was _______ feet. If the lake was 1.5 miles wide and the fisherman's bot traveled at 20 miles per hour, it would take the fisherman _______ minutes to get to the other side. It would take him _______ minutes to travel the length of the lake if his boat traveled at 30 miles per hour. The width of the lake was _______ mile(s) wider than the length of the lake.

Carefully, Simple sat down on the bank and fixed his rod and reel. He looked out across the lake for just the right spot to cast his rod. He checked the wind and watched the ripples in the water to know just how to cast it. He reached into the can and pulled out a worm; it was all slick and slimy. It wiggled between his fingers as he tried to put it on the hook. He pushed, shoved, twisted and poked but he could not get the worm on the hook.

"Huh!" said Simple as he scratched his head. "What kind of worm are you?" he said as he looked at the label on the can. "Wiggle worm," he read aloud before he sat the can down. "And, there's only one in the can."

Every two years Mr. Womack stocked his lake with fish. He had 32 different kinds of fish that he stocked the lake with. He stocked the lake with 3,280 fish each time he stocked it. In a 5-year period he would have stocked the lake with _______ fish. If ¼ of them were big fish, there would be _______ big fish in the lake. If ⅛ of them were medium sized, there would be _______ medium sized fish in the lake. The remaining _______ fish would be small fish. If he stocked the lake every 2 years with 3,300 fish and within 1.5 years the fishermen caught ⅛ of them, there would only be _______ fish left in the lake until the next stocking. The record for the biggest fish ever caught at the lake was held by Rick Lure; it weighed 48 lbs. The 2nd biggest fish was caught by Bob Floater; it weighed 35 lbs. The third biggest fish was caught by Sammy Sinker; it weighed 28 lbs. The difference between Rick's catch and Sammy's catch was _______ lbs. The average weight of all 3 fish was _______ lbs.

Simple tried everything as he fought and fought to get the worm on the hook. He tried taping it on with clear tape, masking tape and even duct tape. But, the work still wouldn't stay on the hook. It didn't even stay on when he glued it on or when he tied it on with one of his shoelaces. He tried fancy lures, jigger bugs, fake worms and spinners. He even tried flies. No matter what he tried, it wouldn't work. I have never seen a worm so stubborn, thought Simple.

"It must be one of those new thing-a-ma-gigs," he laughed. "They are always coming up with something new."

Every time he threw his line out across the water, the worm would crawl back up the line, skim across the line on top of the water, jump onto the pole, slide down the pole and jump back into the can.

"I've never seen anything like this," Simple chuckled. "Get real, worm," he said. "I need to catch some fish."

The fishermen at Womack Lake wore hip boots when they went out into the water among the brush to fish. Some fishermen waded 3 feet out in the water and casted their lines out 6 feet while others waded out 4 feet in the water and casted their lines out 10 feet. The difference the fishermen waded out in the water was _______ feet and there was a _______ feet difference in the distance they cast their lines out. Some of the fishermen used boats to go out to the middle of the lake so they could fish next to the high bluffs. On Friday there were 240 boats spotted; on Saturday there were 348 boats and on Sunday there were 290 boats. There were _______ boats on the lake that weekend. On Saturday there were _______ more boats on the lake than on Friday. On Sunday there were _______ less boats on the lake than on Saturday. Last year, there were a record number of boats on the lake. From March through October there were 12,710 in all. The average number of boats for each month was _______ boats. Last season, there were 12,710 boats on the lake. So far, in the current season, there have been 10,908 boats on the lake. There would have to be _______ more boats on the lake to exceed last season's total. One stringer of fish weighed 20 pounds and had 25 fish on it. The average weight of each fish was _______ pounds. The 2nd stringer of fish weighed 36 pounds and had 60 fish on it. The two stringers of fish weighed _______ pounds. The 3rd stringer of fish weighed 54 pounds and had 18 fish on it. The average weight of each fish was _______ pounds. There was a total of _______ fish on all three stringers. The three stringers of fish weighed _______ pounds. The average weight of the fish on all three stringers was _______ pounds.

You talk about a fisherman who was frustrated. Simple was about ready to pull out his hair. He had a hard time keeping Wiggle the worm on his hook. Whenever Wiggle got a chance, he would climb upon the floater to lie out in the sun. If he wasn't doing that, he would swing around and around on the fishing line or hang by his tail above the water. At times, he even did chin-ups. I have never in my born days seen anything like this, thought Simple. How in the world will I ever catch a fish with this worm? As he was thinking, a fish shot up out of the water like a flash, sailed across the water, grabbed Wiggle and dove deep into the water. Simple grabbed his pole and the fight was on. As he struggled upon the bank, his fishing pole bent double as he jerked and pulled. He yanked and yanked but kept his feet firmly planted upon the bank to keep from being pulled into the water. The fish splashed the water as it rolled over and over. Splash went the water as the fish flopped about in the lake. Then suddenly the fish turned and headed toward the bank as fast as it could go. Once it reached the bank, it spit the worm out.

"Phooey," the fish said as he looked up at Simple, spit again and jumped back into the lake.

"Wow, I can't believe it," Simple said as he rubbed his chin and eyed the worm.

Over a 10-year period, the fishing club at the lake had 56 members. One-fourth of them had been members for 10 years and the rest had only been members for one year. Of the 56 members _______ of them had been members for 10 years and _______ of them had only been members for one year. Every year the fishing club had its annual fish fry. If 50 families showed up and they cooked 200 pounds of fish, 1,250 hushpuppies and 100 pints of coleslaw, each family would get _______ pounds of fish, _______ hushpuppies and _______ pints of coleslaw. They also gave away several door prizes. The grand prize was a brand new wiggle worm rod and reel valued at $128.95. The second prize was a pair of hip boots valued at $29.95 and the third prize was a tackle box with assorted lures, flies and plugs valued at $19.95. There was a _______ total value for all three prizes.

"Dang nab it," yelled Simple as he threw his rod and reel down. "I can't believe it," he screamed. "I haven't had a bite all day and then when I do," he cried, "I lose it."

About that time, Simple's feet went out from under him and he fell into the water. As Simple fought to stay afloat, Wiggle watched him from the bank.

"Help me," cried Simple. "Help me," he yelled as he went under the water. "Someone please help me!" he yelled as he struggled and fought. "I can't swim!"

Wiggle sat quietly and watched as Simple went under a second time. When Simple went under the third time, Wiggle knew he had to do something. Wiggle jumped into the water, swam out to Simple, grabbed him and pulled him upon the bank; Simple was out cold. Quickly, Wiggle climbed on top of Simple and started giving him mouth to mouth. After giving him about three breaths, Simple moved his eyes, opened his mouth and coughed up water.

"That was a close call," Simple said. "Thank you, worm, for helping me."

Once Simple gathered his composure, he packed up his things, placed Wiggle back inside the can and headed for the bait shop.

"Here you go, Hogsucker. I believe this belongs to you," Simple said as he placed the can upon the counter.

"Looks like you had a good workout," said Hogsucker.

"Yes, I did," replied Simple. "The next time I'm going to play golf instead," Simple said as he walked away still coughing up water.

Hogsucker winked at Wiggle and Wiggle winked at Hogsucker.

"That's the big one that almost got away," Wiggle whispered to Hogsucker.

"Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha," they both laughed.

Pop Quiz – The Office Building

The skyscraper was 235 stories high with a total of 2,500 offices. 1,500 of the offices had windows. Three-fourths of the offices had two windows per office and ¼ had only one window. There were _______ offices that had two windows and _______ offices that had one window. There were _______ more offices with two windows than one window. It took a team of 25 window washers to wash the windows in the giant office tower. If 25 window washers worked 7.5 hours a day and were able to wash 75 windows in that amount of time, it would take them _______ days to wash all the windows. Each window washer would have to wash _______ windows each day if all of them did the same amount of work. If the 25 window washers worked 7.5 hours straight without lunch or a break, they would each clean _______ windows in the 7.5 hour shift.

Addition

1. 32 floaters + 18 sinkers = _______ floaters and sinkers.

2. _______ lures + 27 lures = 62 lures.

3. 103 snags + _______ snags = 155 snags.

4. 72 worms + 83 crickets + 49 flies = _______ worms, crickets and flies.

Subtraction

1. 36 boats – 12 boats = _______ boats.

2. _______ floaters – 24 floaters = 9 floaters.

3. 89 sinkers - _______ sinkers = 47 sinkers.

4. 124 lures - 29 lures = _______ lures.

Multiplication

1. 125 x 6 = _______

2. 53 x 4 = _______

3. 17 x 9 = _______

4. 62 x 10 = _______

Division

1. 112 ÷ 6 = _______

2. 54 ÷ 3 = _______

3. 76 ÷ 9 = _______

4. 102 ÷ 5 = _______

Extra Credit

Add 14 + 32 + 17 + 82, divide answer by 3, subtract 12, add 55 to it twice and then multiply by 5 to get final answer.

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Bobby's Math Two

Sweet Tooth

Sweet Sue's Sweet Shop was a small bakery on the corner of Donut Road and Candy Stick Lane in the small town of Sugar Creek. Everyone came to Sweet Sue's to buy her cookies, cakes, pies and candy. They called her the gourmet chef in the baking world. People from out of town also came to Sugar Creek to buy her sweet treats or they would order them by mail. Sweet Sue had a sweet tooth for sweets. Her cookies were out of this world.

Sue baked one dozen chocolate chip cookies, two dozen macadamia cookies and two dozen sugar cookies. She baked a total of _______ dozen cookies which equaled _______ cookies. She sold her chocolate chip cookies for 25 cents apiece. A customer came in and bought 5 macadamia cookies for $2.50, 8 sugar cookies for $2.00 and $3.00 worth of chocolate chip cookies. The customer had to pay Sue _______ for the cookies. Another customer came in and bought $5.00 worth of macadamia cookies, $6.00 worth of sugar cookies and $7.00 worth of chocolate chip cookies. That customer had to pay Sue _______ for their cookies. The chocolate chip cookies cost 25 cents each; the macadamia cookies cost 50 cents each and the sugar cookies cost 25 cents each. If you bought eight chocolate chip cookies, ten macadamia cookies and fifteen sugar cookies, you would have to pay _______ for the cookies.

A pan of 24 pieces of peanut butter fudge cost seven dollars and twenty cents. Each piece of peanut butter fudge cost _______ cents. A pan of 36 pieces of chocolate fudge cost five dollars and forty cents. Each piece of chocolate fudge cost _______ cents. A pan of peanut butter fudge cost _______ dollars and _______ cents more than the chocolate fudge. A piece of peanut butter fudge cost _______ cents more than the chocolate fudge. If you bought ½ a pan of peanut butter fudge and ½ a pan of chocolate fudge, it would cost you _______ for the fudge.

Sue's brownies were the talk of the town. A pan of 8 brownies cost $4.40, which means the brownies cost _______ cents each. Some days she baked three pans of brownies. If she sold all three pans of brownies, she would make _______ and would have sold _______ brownies. Sometimes, she baked two pans of brownies with 16 small pieces in each pan. She sold the small brownies for 30 cents each. She would make _______ if she sold both pans of small brownies.

If you bought ten sugar cookies, a pan of peanut butter fudge and a pan of brownies, you would have to pay _______ for your sweet treats. A pan of 36 pieces of chocolate fudge would cost _______ more than a pan of 8 brownies.

Sue was a whiz at baking cakes, too. Chocolate, coconut and pineapple-upside-down cake were her specialty cakes which she sold for $10.95 each. She also baked her regular cakes of carrot, devil's food, lemon Bundt and German chocolate which she sold for $6.75 each. If she sold two carrot cakes, three devil's food cakes, four lemon Bundt cakes and two German chocolate cakes, she would get paid _______ for the cakes. Her specialty cakes cost _______ more than her regular cakes. If she sold two chocolate cakes and three coconut cakes, she would get paid _______ for the cakes. Sometimes she had a cake sale and her regular cakes were $4.50 and her specialty cakes were $8.25. On sale, her specialty cakes cost _______ more than her regular cakes. If she sold two pineapple-upside-down cakes, one German chocolate cake, and three carrot cakes at the sale price, she would get paid _______ for the cakes. Also, on special occasions, she would make prune cakes, red velvet cakes and angel food cakes and sell them during a cake walk special for $3.75 each. The cakes she sold at the cake walk special were _______ cheaper than her cakes she sold at her sale price. She also sold cupcakes of all flavors and kinds for $3.50 each. She sold 45 cupcakes and made _______ from the sale of the cupcakes. She sold another 50 cupcakes and made _______ from the sale of the cupcakes. She sold an additional 25 cupcakes and made _______ from the sale of those cupcakes. She made a total of _______ from the sale of all the cupcakes.

Also at Sue's you could buy chocolate, chess and pecan pies for $5.00 each. It would cost _______ to buy two chocolate pies, three chess pies and three pecan pies. Her specialty cakes, not on sale, cost ______ more than her pies. Her regular cakes, not on sale, cost _______ more than her pies.

It was very hard for any of Sue's customers to leave the bakery without buying some of her homemade candy. She made hard candy, suckers, lollipops and candy bars. A bag of hard candy was $2.25 a bag. Suckers were $1.50 a bag. Lollipops were $1.75 a bag. And, candy bars were $1.00 apiece. If you bought two bags of hard candy, two bags of suckers and six candy bars, you would have to pay _______ for the candy. If you bought a bag of lollipops, three bags of hard candy and four candy bars, you would have to pay _______ for the candy.

No matter what was bought at Sweet Sue's Sweet Shop, it was yummy, yum-yum.

Pop Quiz

Sue's wedding cakes were her masterpiece. Her two-layer wedding cakes cost $12.00. Her three-layer cakes cost $15.95. The three-layer cakes cost _______ more than the wedding cakes. If she sold five two-layer wedding cakes and ten three-layer wedding cakes in a month, she would make _______ that month from the sale of her wedding cakes.

Addition

1. 15 cookies + 22 cookies = _______ cookies.

2. 8 pieces of fudge + 12 pieces of fudge = _______ pieces of fudge.

3. 16 pies + 10 cakes = _______ pies and cakes.

4. 14 brownies + 5 candy bars = _______ brownies and candy bars.

Subtraction

1. 18 wedding cakes – 12 wedding cakes = _______ wedding cakes.

2. 36 cookies – 24 brownies = _______ cookies and brownies.

3. 15 cakes – 9 pies = _______ cakes and pies.

4. 9 pieces of fudge – 5 pieces of fudge = _______ pieces of fudge.

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Bobby's Math Two

The Shoe Store

Lace Walker's Toe to Heel Shoe Store was located on the square of a small town in Stumble Falls. Walker's Shoe Store was always one of the busiest stores in town. People from everywhere came by to get a good deal on shoes. He had every kind of shoe you could imagine.

Erica, who loved running and exercising, went to Walker's Shoe Store and bought two pair of running shoes for $30.00 a piece and a $25.00 pair of sandals. Erica bought _______ pairs of shoes. She had to pay Mr. Walker _______ for the shoes. She gave Mr. Walker $100.00 for the shoes and he gave her _______ in change. After Erica left, Todd came in to buy some cowboy boots. He ended up buying a pair of cowboy boots and a pair of army boots for hunting. The cowboy boots were $65.00 and the army boots were $36.00. He had to pay _______ for his boots. The cowboy boots cost _______ more than the army boots. Erica paid _______ for her shoes and Todd paid ______ for his boots. Mr. Walker made _______ from the sale of Erica's and Todd's shoes and boots. Todd paid _______ more for his boots than Erica did for her shoes. Beverly also went to Walker's Shoe Store. She bought herself a pair of high heels for $37.00. She also bought her two children a pair of flip flops which cost $12.00 each and a pair of house slippers priced 2 for $8.00. She paid a total of _______ for the shoes. She paid a difference of _______ for her high heels and the children's shoes. She bought a total of _______ pairs of shoes. Erica, Todd and Beverly bought a total of _______ pairs of shoes. Beverly wore a size six and the two children wore a size four. Beverly's foot size was _______ sizes bigger than her children's shoe size. Bowlegged Lucy came in as well to buy some shoes. As she walked around the store, she looked at this pair and that pair; she tried this one and that one. Lucy tried on four different pairs of saddle oxfords and three pair of high heels. She tried on a total of _______ pairs of shoes. She finally decided to buy 2 pairs of used flip flops for $6.00 a pair and a pair of sandals for $28.00. She had to pay Mr. Walker _______ for the flip flops and sandals. On her way out of the store, she saw a pair of wingtip dress shoes she thought her boyfriend would like; they were $15.50. Including the wingtip dress shoes, she spent a total of _______ for shoes. Beverly paid _______ more for her shoes than Lucy.

The shoe store stayed busy all morning with people coming and going, even Junior; everyone called him Bubba. Bubba was in need of some brogans. However, when Bubba took off his old shoes his feet stunk so bad some of the customers left because the smell of his feet made them sick. Hurriedly, Mr. Walker tried some shoes on Bubba to cover up his stinking feet. Bubba tried on four pairs of slippers, six pairs of stacks and five pairs of brogans. Bubba tried on a total of _______ pairs of shoes. Finally, he found a pair of brogans that fit which cost $12.95. To get Bubba to leave the store, Mr. Walker just gave him the brogans for free. Old Bubba just laughed as he walked out the door.

As Bubba was going out the door, Pigeon Toe Sammy came in a bought a $16.75 pair of stacks. Right behind Sammy was Hammer Toe Tommy. He bought a pair of brogans for $17.85 and two pairs of sneakers that cost $12.06 a pair. Tommy had to pay Mr. Walker _______ for his shoes. Tommy paid _______ more than Sammy for his shoes.

That afternoon, the store really got busy. Big Toe Billy, a ballplayer, came in and bought a pair of cleats for $24.95. Knock Knee James came in and bought a pair of leather boots for $25.00, one pair of dress shoes for $10.95 and two pairs of dress shoes for $16.75. Billy had to pay Mr. Walker _______ for his boots and shoes. James' boots and shoes cost _______ more than Billy's cleats. James also paid _______ more for his boots and shoes than Tommy paid for his brogans. Mr. Walker made _______ from the sale of Sammy's, Tommy's, Billy's and James' shoes. Mr. Walker sold a total of _______ pairs of shoes to Sammy, Tommy, Billy and James.

The shoe store really filled with excitement when the blue light flashed about the store. Mr. Walker announced the blue light meant that ladies could buy one pair of shoes and get another pair free of equal or lesser price as long as the blue light was flashing. Sore Toe Ruth bought a pair of penny loafers for $14.95. Jean, who had long toe nails, bought four pairs of flip flops for $6.75 a pair; she bought a red, yellow, blue and green pair. Ruth and Jean paid a total of _______ for their shoes combined. Debbie had fallen arches so she bought one pair of flip flops for $6.75 and a pair of moccasins for $8.00 at the blue light sale. She paid Mr. Walker _______ for her shoes. Alice Ann, who had corns and bunions on her feet, bought a pair of tap shoes for $10.00, a pair of dress slippers for $12.00 and some house shoes for $5.95. Alice Ann spent _______ for her shoes. Debbie and Alice Ann bought _______ pairs of shoes at the sale. During Mr. Walker's blue light sale, he gave away _______ pairs of free shoes.

At the end of the day, Mr. Walker closed his store. He had sold _______ pairs of shoes and made _______ for the day.

Pop Quiz – Shoe Store Customers

Lucy, Ricky, Frank, Bob, Tony, Beverly, Susie, Todd, Billy, Toby, Henry, Rob, Catherine, Sammy, Mike, Rita, Ruby, Carl, Johnny, Luther, Bobby, Sally, Tommy, Ruth and Junior were all shoe store customers. Willie, Russell, Karen, Jamie, Shara, Cherry, Debbie, Robin, Blair, Erica, Steven, Michael, James, Robby, Alice Ann, Jean, Jimmy and Jim were also shoe store customers. There were _______ customers with boy names and _______ customers with girl names. There were _______ more boy names than girl names. If the names of the boys and girls are divided in half, there would be _______ boy names and _______ girl names for a total of _______ boys and girls. If twelve boy names and eight girl names are taken off the list, there would be _______ names remaining. If five boy and seven girl names were added back to the list, there would be _______ names on the list since _______ names were added back to the list. If the boys and girls are paired in to couples, there would be _______ couples. After the boys and girls are paired in to couples, there would be _______ girls left as singles.

Now, go back to the original list of names. If half the names are taken off the list, there would be _______ names remaining on the list. Divide that number in half and there would be _______ names on the list. Add thirteen names back to the list and there would be _______ names on the list since _______ names were taken off the list. Originally, there were _______ names on the list and now there are _______ names on the list.

Addition

1. $12.95 + $10.00 = $_______

2. $6.25 + $8.45 = $ _______

3. $12.00 + $11.45 = $ _______

4. $7.00 + $10.00 = $ _______

Subtraction

1. $14.95 - $6.00 = $ _______

2. $10.95 – $4.15 = $ _______

3. $9.00 - $3.75 = $ _______

4. $6.25 - $2.00 = $ _______

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Bobby's Math Two

Catherine's Crazy Garden

This year, Catherine planted six rows of corn. She put 48 bags of corn in her freezer. Last year, she planted four rows of corn and put 37 bags of corn in her freezer. She put _______ more bags of corn in her freezer this year than she did last year. She had a total of _______ bags of corn in her freezer. She gave her friend, Becky, nine bags of this year's corn which left her with _______ bags of corn in her freezer. This year, she planted four rows of green beans which made 53 quart jars of green beans for her pantry and 23 bags of green beans for her freezer. She had _______ more quart jars of green beans than she did bags of green beans in her freezer. Last year, she planted three rows of green beans which made 47 quarts of green beans for her pantry and 28 bags of green beans for her freezer. Last year, she had _______ more quarts of green beans in her pantry than she did bags of frozen green beans in her freezer. She gave Belinda 13 quarts of green beans from her pantry and 14 bags of frozen green beans from this year's crop. After sharing her green beans with Belinda, Catherine had _______ quarts of green beans left in her pantry and _______ bags of green beans in her freezer from this year's crop. During the fall, she used 10 quarts of green beans from her pantry which left her with _______ quarts of green beans in her pantry from this year's crop. She also planted three rows of squash. She was able to put 26 bags of squash in her freezer. She gave Becky eight bags of squash and Belinda four bags of squash. Catherine had _______ bags of squash left. Catherine used two bags of squash to make a squash casserole. She made Beverly, her sister, three squash casseroles. She used ______ bags of squash to make the three squash casseroles for her sister.

Catherine's tomatoes really did make a show this year. She planted four rows of tomatoes which made 63 quarts of tomato juice and 24 quart cans of tomatoes. She got a total of _______ quarts from her tomatoes. She had 18 quarts of tomato juice and 12 quart cans of tomatoes left from last year. She had a total of _______ quarts of tomato juice and _______ quart cans of tomatoes left from last year. Counting this year's crop of tomatoes and last year's crop of tomatoes, Catherine had a total of _______ quarts of tomato juice and _______ quart cans of tomatoes. In the winter months, Catherine made soup 18 times and it took 1½ quarts of tomato juice to make one pot of soup. She used _______ quarts of tomato juice to make the soup 18 times which left her with _______ quarts of tomato juice.

She also planted three rows of peas which made 32 bags of peas for her freezer. She planted two rows of okra which made 16 bags of cut okra and 32 bags of whole okra for her freezer. She had a total of _______ bags of peas and okra in her freezer. She had _______ more bags of peas than she did cut okra in her freezer. She gave Jimmy, her friend, eight bags of peas, three bags of cut okra and nine bags of whole okra. She gave him a total of _______ bags of vegetables. She put _______ more bags of corn in her freezer than she did peas. She also put ______ more bags of corn than squash in her freezer.

Catherine planted two rows of beets which made 46 quarts. This year, she had _______ more quarts of green beans than she had beets and _______ more quarts of tomato juice. Odell, her uncle, loved beets. She gave him 12 quarts which left her with _______ quarts of beets. She planted two rows of cucumbers which made 112 quarts of pickles and she had 53 quarts of pickles left over from last year. She had a total of _______ quarts of pickles. She gave Becky 16 quarts, Belinda 20 quarts, Jimmy 15 quarts and Odell eight quarts of pickles. She gave away _______ quarts of pickles. This year, she had _______ quarts more of pickles than tomato juice. She also had _______ more quarts of pickles than green beans and _______ more quarts of pickles than beets.

She raised two rows of sweet peppers which made 27 bags of peppers for her freezer. She also had 26 bags of squash, 32 bags of peas, 32 bags of green beans, 16 bags of cut okra and 22 bags of whole okra in her freezer. She had a total of _______ bags of vegetables in her freezer.

She planted two rows of potatoes which made 6½ bushels. She planted two rows of sweet potatoes which made 8 bushels of sweet potatoes. She had a total of _______ bushels of potatoes and sweet potatoes combined. She gave Jimmy two bushels of potatoes and Becky three bushels of sweet potatoes. She gave away a total of _______ bushels of her potatoes and had _______ bushels of her potatoes left.

One of Catherine's favorite garden fruits was her melons. She planted two rows of regular watermelons which produced 32 big melons and 14 small melons, a total of _______ watermelons. She also planted three rows of cantaloupes which produced 19 melons and she planted two rows of honeydew melons which produced 16 melons. Her garden produced a total of _______ melons. There were _______ less cantaloupes and _______ less honeydew melons than watermelons.

Pop Quiz

In the fall, Catherine planted four rows of turnips which made 17 bushels of turnips. She had _______ more bushels of turnips than potatoes and _______ bushels of turnips than sweet potatoes. Next year, she is going to add one extra row for each vegetable which means she will have a total of _______ rows of vegetables in her garden.

Addition

1. 52 cans of green beans + 16 cans of green beans = _______ cans of green beans.

2. 18 bags of frozen corn + 12 bags of frozen corn = _______ bags of frozen corn.

3. 23 bags of frozen peas + 13 bags of frozen peas = _______ bags of frozen peas.

4. 14 bags of cut okra + 18 bags of whole okra = _______ bags of cut and whole okra.

Subtraction

1. 17 watermelons – 8 watermelons = _______ watermelons.

2. 12 bushels of potatoes – 8 bushels of potatoes = _______ bushels of potatoes.

3. 112 jars of pickles – 49 jars of pickles = _______ jars of pickles.

4. 63 cans of tomato juice – 9 cans of tomato juice = _______ cans of tomato juice.

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Bobby's Math Two

Woody

Buzzzzz went the giant saw at Woody Splitwood's Sawmill. Buzzzzz went the saw as it ripped its way through the giant logs and made them boards and planks. The sound of the saw echoed down Saw Dust Road and throughout Tree Stump Valley. As soon as one log was sawed, the machine pushed through another. Woody's sawmill was a small operation but Woody ran a lot of trees through it and made a lot of lumber. He had three helpers who had worked for him for years; they were the backbone of the sawmill. Splinter, the oldest and group leader, was a high-tech operator when it came to sawmill work. Knothead and Buzz were the other two helpers. Buzz was Woody's grandson and would eventually take over the sawmill one day. Knothead and Buzz were stacking the sawed lumber when they suddenly heard a cry of pain.

"Ouch!" cried Buzz after his finger was pinched between two boards.

Woody's sawmill had 18 stacks of banded lumber in the yard that was ready to be shipped. There were 4 stacks in row one, 3 stacks in row two and 5 stacks in row three. If each stack of lumber had 35 boards in a stack, row one would have _______ boards; row two would have _______ boards and row three would have _______ boards. If the stacks had 28 boards in each stack; row one would have _______ boards; row two would have _______ boards and row three would have _______ boards. If an order of lumber was pulled from the yard that consisted of 4-10 foot boards at 23¢ a foot, 8-8 foot boards at 35¢ a foot, 2-12 foot boards at 26¢ a foot and 1-14 foot board at 58¢ a foot, the customer would have to pay _______ for the order. They would have purchased _______ boards and the length of the boards altogether would be _______ feet.

Carefully, Knothead and Buzz stacked the lumber as Splinter operated the saw. As Splinter cut up the giant timber, the buzz of the saw and sawdust filled the air. A few hours had gone by before the whistle blew for their first break. Splinter, Knothead and Buzz went over to a nearby shed and took a break. Knothead turned on the radio so they could listen to a little music. When the song Saw-tooth Rag came on, he jumped up and started dancing.

"Get it, Knothead," yelled Buzz.

"Ooh-wee," laughed Splinter. "Look at all the dust he is stirring up with those brogans."

Then Buzz jumped up and cried out, "Let's Boogie.

He slung his arms and legs left to right and bounced his head about his shoulders. As they danced, Splinter just clapped and laughed.

"Get down! Get down!" Splinter yelled.

Grading the lumber was quite a job, especially while it was being sawed. However, Knothead was the best around; he had an eye for it. There were 4 grades. Grade 1 was the best. Grade 2 was the next best. Grade 3 wasn't so good. And, Grade 4 was a rough cut. There were 24 stacks of graded lumber in the back lot that needed to be loaded onto a train. One-half of the stacks were Grade 1 lumber. There were _______ stacks of Grade 1 lumber. One-fourth of the stacks were Grade 2 lumber. There were _______ stacks of Grade 2 lumber. The remaining stacks were Grade 3 lumber. There were _______ stacks of Grade 3 lumber. A good stack of Grade 1 lumber cost $800.00 a stack. If there were 40 boards in a stack of Grade 1 lumber, _______ would be the cost of each board. If a stack of Grade 2 lumber cost $680.00 and there were 40 boards in a stack, _______ would be the cost of each board. If there were 4 stacks of Grade 1 lumber and 3 stacks of Grade 2 lumber (Grade 1-$800.00 and Grade 2-$680.00), it would cost _______ for all the lumber. The Grade 1 lumber cost _______ more than the Grade 2 lumber. Sometimes the price of Grade 3 lumber was 3 boards for $7.00. At that price, a stack of Grade 3 lumber with 35 boards in it would cost _______. Around the sawmill, there were several stacks of Grade 4 lumber that could be bought for $100.00 a stack. A customer would have to pay _______ for 7 stacks of Grade 4 lumber.

After the dust settled down from all the dancing Buzz and Knothead did, the crew headed back to work. Buzzzzz went the saw and putt-putt went the old diesel engine as it cranked the mill.

"Ouch!" screamed Buzz. "I hit my finger again!"

The trucks delivered big logs from the nearby woods to the sawmill all hours of the day. The larger trucks hauled in 12 logs on a truck while the smaller trucks hauled in 8 logs. If 6 large trucks delivered 12 logs each to the sawmill a day and 6 small trucks delivered 8 logs each, the sawmill would get _______ logs a day. By the end of a 5-day work week, the sawmill would have received _______ logs. If they sawed 110 logs per day, they would saw _______ logs in a 5-day work week. At the end of the 5-day work week, there would be _______ logs left.

"Ouch," screamed Buzz when a board slipped out of his hand and fell on his toe.

As he bent over and grabbed his foot, Knothead turned around with a board in his hand to see what was going on and barely missed hitting Buzz with the board.

"Whew, that was close," mumbled Knothead.

"Oh, me!" cried Buzz as he rolled around on the ground holding his toe.

"Lunch time!" yelled Knothead when the lunch horn blew.

They gathered their lunch boxes and went to sit under the shade tree to eat their lunch.

"It sure is a hot day," said Splinter.

"I think it's supposed to get up to 95 degrees today," replied Knothead.

"It already feels like a 100 degrees," stated Buzz.

"What do you have for lunch today, Splinter?" Knothead asked.

"Ah, a couple of bologna and cheese crackers wrapped in newspaper, a bag of potato chips and a coke," answered Splinter. "What do you have?"

"I don't know," replied Knothead as he dug down into his brown paper sack and pulled out a can of beanie weenies, some crackers, a can of Vienna sausage and a quart jar of kool-aid.

"Let me see what I have," said Buzz as he eagerly looked into his bag and then quickly closed it.

"What you got?" asked Knothead.

"Oh nothing," replied Buzz, "nothing."

"Surely you have something," said Splinter.

Buzz put his hand deep inside the brown paper bag and then jerked his hand out.

"A can of possum sardines, some crackers, a coke and a can of pork-n-beans," he mumbled.

"That's nasty!" yelled Knothead. "Get over yonder and eat those stinking things."

"Don't be so hard on him, Knothead," said Splinter. "They're not too bad with a little hot sauce on them."

"Splinter, you know those things are nasty, man," replied Knothead."

People came from miles around to buy mulch at the sawmill. A full scoop sold for $25.00, which was a large pick-up load. One-half a scoop sold for $12.00, which was a small pick-up load. If they sold 18 full scoops and 9 one-half scoops in one day, they would make _______ from the sale of the mulch. If, during a 5-day work, they sold that amount for 3 days and ½ of that amount for 2 days, they would sale _______ full scoops and _______ one-half scoops. The mulch could also be bought in 25 lb. bags, 50 lb. bags and 100 lb. bags. The 25 lb. bag cost $2.25. The 50 lb. bag cost $4.25 and the 100 lb. bag cost $8.00. If you had $50.00 to spend on mulch and you had to buy a combination of 25 lb., 50 lb. and 100 lb. bags, you could buy _______ 25 lb. bags, ______ 50 lb. bags and three 100 lb. bags for $50.00

Their lunch break was soon over and the rest of the day went quickly. Before they knew it, it was time for them to go home. Splinter and Knothead ran and got into the pickup.

"Scoot over, Knothead," said Buzz, "so I can get in."

"Oh, no," Knothead cried. "Not today, you're riding on the back, sardine breath."

Extra Credit

Take your age and add 48 to it. Multiply that number by 5, add 2 and subtract your age. Divide that number by 3 and add 5 to it to get the final answer.

Addition

1. 12 hammers + 8 saws = _______ hammers and saws.

2. 28 boards + _______ boards = 46 boards.

3. 32 nails + _______ nails = 80 nails.

4. _______ drills + 17 levels = 73 drills and levels.

5. _______ sheets of plywood + 17 sheets of plywood = 41 sheets of plywood.

6. 46 nails + 28 nails + 4 nails = _______ nails.

Subtraction

1. 116 saws – 26 saws = _______ saws.

2. 212 boards - _______ boards = 194 boards.

3. _______ table saws – 12 table saws = 64 table saws.

4. 72 bottles of glue - _______ bottles of glue = 49 bottles of glue.

5. 132 squares - _______ squares = 46 squares.

Multiplication

1. 56 x 18 = _______

2. 47 x 20 = _______

3. 86 x 7 = _______

4. 48 x 12 = _______

5. 34 x 19 = _______

Division

1. 86 ÷ 2 = _______

2. 45 ÷ 3 = _______

3. 57 ÷ 3 = _______

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Bobby's Math Two

4th of July Math

Big Charlie opened up his fireworks stand on the side of Short Fuse Road outside of Kaboom Valley. His giant red and white tent covered all his fireworks. He had four U.S. flags flying atop of the tent and a sign that read Fireworks for Sale, All Kinds, Have a Blast.

Big Charlie sold a pack of 64 firecrackers for $2.00. He sold a jumbo pack of firecrackers with twice as many for $3.50. A pack of 12 roman candles cost $5.50 and a pack of 24 roman candles cost $10.50. If you bought 6 packs of firecrackers, 2 jumbo packs and a pack of 24 roman candles it would cost you _______ for your fireworks. It would cost _______ for a pack of 12 roman candles and a jumbo pack of firecrackers. A box of 12 cherry bombs cost $3.50. A box of 32 cherry bombs cost $5.75. It would cost you _______ for 2 boxes of 32 cherry bombs, 3 packs of 24 roman candles and 4 packs of jumbo firecrackers. A pack of 32 cherry bombs cost _______ less than a pack of 24 roman candles. A box of 18 sparklers cost $2.50. A box of 12 whistle chasers cost $4.50 and a box of 24 bottle rockets cost $10.25. If you bought one box of each, it would cost you _______ for the fireworks. If you had $30.00 and bought 1 box of bottle rockets for $10.25, a pack of roman candles for $10.50 and 2 packs of jumbo firecrackers for $7.00, it would cost you _______ for the fireworks and you would have _______ left. If you bought 8 packs of firecrackers for $16.00, a pack of 12 roman candles for $5.50, a pack of 12 cherry bombs for $3.50, 1 box of sparklers for $2.50 and 1 box of whistle chasers for $4.50, it would cost you _______ for the fireworks. If you had $50.00, you could buy _______ jumbo packs of firecrackers for $10.50, _______ pack of 12 roman candles for $5.50, _______ boxes of 12 cherry bombs for $10.50, _______ sparklers for $10.00 and _______ whistle chasers for $13.50. A pack of 8 rockets cost $12.00 and a pack of 10 smoke bombs cost $6.75. If you bought 2 packs of 8 rockets and three boxes of 10 smoke bombs, it would cost _______ for your fireworks. If you paid with a fifty dollar bill, you would receive _______ in change. M-80s cost $2.50 each. If you had $30.00, you could buy _______ M-80s.

Ricky's fireworks stand sold $253.00 worth of fireworks and Henry's fireworks stand sold $475.00 worth of fireworks. Henry sold _______ more than Ricky. They sold a total of _______ dollars' worth of fireworks. Across town, Jerry's fireworks stand sold $625.00 worth of fireworks. Jerry sold _______ more dollars' worth of fireworks than Ricky and _______ more dollars' worth of fireworks than Henry. Ricky, Henry and Jerry sold a total of _______ dollars' worth of fireworks.

This year, on the town square, they flew 18 US flags and last year, they flew 12 flags on the town square for a total of _______ flags. Next year, on the 4th of July, they plan to fly 32 flags. They will have flown a total of _______ flags for the three years. If they fly 32 flags next year, they will fly _______ more flags than this year and _______ more flags than last year.

This year, three bands marched down Main Street in the 4th of July parade. The first band had 34 people, the second band had 46 people and the third band had 52 people. There were a total of _______ people marching in the three bands combined. The third band had _______ more people than the first band and _______ more people than the second band. There were also 14 floats in this year's parade; last year, there were 26 floats in the parade. Last year's parade had _______ more floats than this year's parade. Forty-seven clowns paraded down Main Street this year. Last year, there were 6 clowns and the year before there were 10 clowns. This year, there were _______ more clowns than last year and _______ more clowns than the year before.

Pop Quiz

On the night of July 4th, the town shot $650.00 worth of fireworks. They shot 12 jumbo rocket blasts, 18 jumbo night sparklers, 23 fire cannons and 26 jumbo night flares for a total of _______ fireworks. The jumbo rocket blasts cost _______, the jumbo night sparklers cost _______, the fire cannons cost _______ and the jumbo night flares cost _______ to add up to $650.00.

Addition

1. 35 firecrackers + 47 firecrackers = _______ firecrackers.

2. 12 cherry bombs + 23 cherry bombs = _______ cherry bombs.

3. 14 sparklers + 8 sparklers = _______ sparklers.

4. 36 roman candles + 12 roman candles = _______ roman candles.

Subtraction

1. 32 cherry bombs – 11 cherry bombs = _______ cherry bombs.

2. 17 whistle chasers – 8 whistle chasers = _______ whistle chasers.

3. 48 flags – 18 flags = _______ flags.

4. 39 clowns – 15 clowns = _______ clowns.

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Bobby's Math Two

Bird Brain Math

Whooooo went the owl. Whippoorwill, whippoorwill went the whippoorwill as it cried out in the darkness of the night. As the darkness of night slowly disappeared, the breaking dawn arose over the town of Long Creek. Johnny arose from his sleep and jumped out of his bed. Johnny was always an early riser because he was a bird watcher; he loved birds. He hurriedly got dressed and quickly took off for McKinney Forest in Whitcher Hollow to see all of his feathered friends.

When he left his house, he saw 5 robins, 3 blue jays, 2 doves and 3 mocking birds in his front yard. He saw a total of _______ birds in his front yard. When he pulled out of his driveway, he saw 4 more robins and 3 more blue jays in his neighbor's yard which meant he saw a total of _______ robins and _______ blue jays. As he was driving toward Whitcher Hollow, he saw 5 red cardinals which was one of his favorite birds, 6 mockingbirds and 4 blue jays. He saw a total of _______ birds as he was driving toward Whitcher Hollow. He saw _______ more mockingbirds when he was driving than he saw in his front yard. He had seen six blue jays. If four of them flew away, there would be _______ blue jays left. He also saw some sparrows sitting on the electrical line as he was driving toward Whitcher Hollow; he counted 26 in all. When he looked again, he counted 16 which meant _______ of the sparrows had flown away. If he saw 26 the first time and only 6 flew away, there would be _______ sparrows remaining on the electrical line. If half of the 26 sparrows flew away, there would be _______ sparrows remaining on the electrical line. As he drove a little further down the road, he saw 18 buzzards flying and gliding around in the sky and 6 more were sitting next to the road. He saw a total of _______ buzzards. When he passed by the buzzards sitting next to the road, they flew off and joined the others in the sky. If ½ of the buzzards disappeared into the clouds, there would be _______ buzzards remaining.

Finally, he arrived at McKinney Forest. When he arrived, he immediately saw 4 woodpeckers, 2 chickadees and 3 doves for a total of _______ birds. As he walked through the woods, he saw 3 more woodpeckers and 2 hawks sitting on a limb. So far, he had seen _______ birds in McKinney Forest. A little further into the woods, he saw some more buzzards sitting in a dead tree; he counted 18 of them. He also saw three fly by and land in a nearby tree and 1 woodpecker pecking on a tree. So far that day, he had seen _______ buzzards, _______ woodpeckers and _______ hawks. He had seen _______ more sparrows than buzzards. Once he reached Whichter's Pond, he saw 8 redwing blackbirds. As he stood and watched them, 4 more flew in for a total of _______ redwing blackbirds. If ½ of the redwing blackbirds flew away, there would be _______ redwing blackbirds left. If he saw 24 buzzards and 26 sparrows, he saw a total of _______ buzzards and sparrows. Also, around the pond, he counted 7 regular blackbirds. He saw a total of _______ redwing blackbirds and regular blackbirds.

He left the pond and headed toward the cornfield. He heard an owl in the distance along with some crows. In the clearing, right before he reached the cornfield, he saw three deer, a buck, a female and two baby fawns. When he reached the cornfield, he counted 12 crows flying above the cornfield and saw six crows up in a tree. He saw a total of _______ crows. Suddenly, a cubby of quail flew out of the cornfield and startled him; there were 24 of them. All but 16 of them flew away. There were _______ quail that flew away.

Johnny was so tickled that he had seen so many birds that morning. He was laughing to himself as he thought about his bird's eye view when he heard chirping coming from a nearby bush. He turned to look and saw 4 chickadees and 3 wrens. He quietly watched and listened before they flew away. The day had slowly passed so he headed back to his car to go home. On his way back, he saw 6 redbirds and 8 gold finches at the edge of the cornfield eating seeds from the tall brush. Including the chickadees, wrens, redbirds and gold finches, he saw a total of _______ birds in the cornfield. He saw _______ more quails than he did wrens. He also saw _______ more quail than he did redbirds and _______ more quails than he did gold finches. There were _______ more quails than there were crows. He saw _______ more regular blackbirds than crows.

While driving home, he saw some pigeons fly over. He quickly counted 18 in all. One-half of them flew out of sight and the other half circled above. There were _______ pigeons circling above. He also saw 17 more sparrows sitting on the electrical line. If he counted the 26 sparrows he saw on his way to Whitcher Hollow and the 17 he saw on his way back, he would have seen _______ sparrows that day.

When he arrived home, he looked over at his birdbath and smiled. He saw 3 redbirds and 4 wrens splashing about in the water; they were having so much fun. Around his birdfeeders, there were 8 gold finches eating thistle seed, 3 doves on the ground and 2 more redbirds eating sunflower seeds. There were _______ birds in all around the birdfeeders. Johnny stopped to think for a minute. He was having trouble remembering how many redbirds he had seen that day; he had seen _______ redbirds that day. When he walked around his house to the backyard, he noticed his bluebird boxes. There were six pairs of bluebirds about the boxes. Then he looked over at the purple martin houses in his neighbor's backyard. He counted 14 purple martins. There were _______ more purple martins than bluebirds. High up in the sky he saw two eagles circling above. He was so excited; it almost took his breath away. He watched and watched as they glided about so gracefully before they flew out of sight. As he made his way inside the house, he saw 6 hummingbirds flying about his flowers. One-half were males and the others were females. Two of the hummingbirds flew away which left _______ hummingbirds flying about his flowers.

Inside his house, he had 2 pair of lovebirds, 12 parakeets, 2 canaries and 1 big McCall parrot in cages. He had a total of _______ birds in cages. It turned out to be such a blessed day for Johnny. He was so happy he got to see all his feathered friends again. He couldn't wait to go again the next day. He believed he would see even more of his feathered friends than he had seen that day. How did he know? A little bird told him so.

Pop Quiz - Dottie

A farmer had twenty-four rows of corn in his cornfield. One day, he counted 28 crows eating the corn from his cornfield before 12 more crows flew in and started eating corn as well. There were a total of _______ crows eating corn from his cornfield. When the wind blew through the cornfield, it shook the scarecrow and made him move about. That drove off half of the crows which left _______ crows eating corn from his cornfield. At first, there were 40 crows in the cornfield before ½ of them were scared away by the scarecrow. Eventually, fire more of them left. There were _______ crows remaining in the cornfield. The farmer shook his head and looked up. He saw 18 geese flying overhead; he knew then winter was near.

Addition

1. 17 crows + 5 crows = _______ crows.

2. 14 doves + 8 doves = _______ doves.

3. 9 hummingbirds + 4 hummingbirds = _______ hummingbirds.

4. 10 cardinals + 5 cardinals = _______ cardinals.

Subtraction

1. 29 quails – 17 quails = _______ quails.

2. 14 robins – 10 robins = _______ robins.

3. 19 redwing blackbirds – 8 redwing blackbirds = _______ redwing blackbirds.

4. 32 sparrows – 14 sparrows = _______ sparrows.

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Bobby's Math Two

Nuts & Fruits

Jimmy, Jimbo they called him, had a nut orchard and a fruit tree orchard. He lived out in the country on a farm not far from town. He loved his farm and his orchards. He had seven different kinds of nut trees and five different kinds of fruit trees. He also had grape, blackberry and blueberry bushes. This year, in his nut orchard, he had eight chestnut trees in one row which bared 12½ bushels of unshelled chestnuts. After they were shelled, he only had 8 bushels of chestnuts. There was a _______ bushel difference between the unshelled and shelled chestnuts. Last year, he had 16 bushels of shelled chestnuts. Last year, he had _______ more bushels of shelled chestnuts than he did this year. Last year, he got 16½ bushels of unshelled chestnuts. Last year, he had _______ more bushels of unshelled chestnuts than he did this year. Jimmy also had two rows of pecan trees; he had 16 pecan trees in all. There were _______ pecan trees in each row. This year alone, he had enough pecans to fill 36 grass bags. Each grass bag of pecans weighed 50 pounds. Altogether, the 36 grass bags of pecans weighed _______ pounds. If each 50 pound bag made 3½ bushels, he would have _______ bushels of pecans. He gave a 5 gallon bucket of pecans to each of his 8 friends. It took ½ of a grass bag to fill a 5 gallon bucket. He used _______ grass bags of his pecans to fill the 5 gallon buckets for his 8 friends.

His hazelnut trees, this year, didn't do as good as last year or the year before. This year, he harvested 5 bushels of hazelnuts. Last year, he harvested 8½ bushels and the year before he harvested 9½ bushels. He harvested a total of _______ bushels of hazelnuts in the three years. His black walnut tree produced 28 bags of shelled black walnuts. He kept half of them for himself to use in the winter months. He kept _______ bags of the shelled black walnuts. He divided the other half between two of his friends. Each friend got _______ bags of shelled black walnuts. Because of the weather, it was a bad year for his English walnut and almond trees. This year, he only harvested 3½ bushels of English walnuts and 4 bushels of almonds. This year, he harvested _______ more bushels of hazelnuts than he did English walnuts and _______ more bushels of hazelnuts than he did almonds. He harvested a total of _______ bushels from his hazelnut, English walnut and almond trees combined. Last year, he produced 6 bushels of English walnuts and 7 bushels of almonds. Last year, he produced _______ more bushels of English walnuts and _______ more bushels of almonds than he did this year. This year, Jimmy planted 6 rows of butternut trees; he harvested 32 bushels of nuts from those trees. Last year, his butternut trees produced twice as many nuts. In two years, his butternut trees produced _______ bushels of nuts. His hickory nut trees were one of his favorites. This year, he harvested 48 bushels of unshelled hickory nuts. This year, he harvested _______ more bushels of unshelled hickory nuts than he did unshelled chestnuts. After he shelled the hickory nuts, he had 42 bushels. He had _______ more bushels of shelled hickory nuts than he did shelled chestnuts.

Although he loved his nut orchard, he loved his fruit trees even more. He had 6 apple trees, 12 peach trees, 7 pear trees, 8 plum trees and 6 cherry trees. Altogether, he had _______ fruit trees. At the market, he sold 14 boxes of apples with 24 apples in each box for $18.00. If he sold the apples individually, it would cost _______ for one apple. He also sold 12 boxes of pears with two dozen pears in each box for $30.00. If he sold the pears individually, it would cost _______ for one pear. He had 12 boxes of peaches with 36 peaches in a box. If he sold ½ of the boxes, he would have _______ boxes of peaches left. If he sold the remaining peaches at 4 peaches for $2.50 each, he would make _______ from the sale of the peaches. His plums outdid themselves. He harvested 18 boxes of plums with 28 plums per box. If he sold 4 plums for $3.00, he would make _______ if he sold all 18 boxes of the plums. His cherry trees also did very good. He harvested 68 boxes of cherries from his 8 cherry trees. He harvested _______ more boxes of cherries than apples, _______ more boxes of cherries than pears, _______ more boxes of cherries than peaches and _______ more boxes of cherries than plums.

Not only did he have nut trees and fruit trees, he also raised strawberries. He had 18 rows of strawberries with 24 strawberry plants in each row. From each row, he harvested 32 gallons of strawberries. He harvested ________ gallons of strawberries from the 18 rows. He sold them for $4.50 a quart, already picked, and $2.50 a quart if you picked them yourself. You would save _______ a quart if you picked them yourself. If you picked 3 gallons yourself, you would have to pay _______ for the strawberries. If you bought 6 gallons that were already picked, you would have to pay _______ for the strawberries. You would save _______ if you picked the 6 gallons yourself. He had 18 rows of strawberries with 24 plants in each row. He planted a total of _______ strawberry plants. This year, he set a harvest record with his strawberries; he harvested 120 crates of strawberries. Last year, he only harvested 86 crates for the season because of bad weather. He harvested _______ more crates of strawberries this year than last year. He also had 24 grapevines, 12 blackberry bushes and 18 blueberry bushes for a total of _______ vines and bushes. His grapes sold for $2.75 a quart; his blackberries sold for $3.25 a quart and his blueberries sold for $4.00 a quart. If you bought 4 quarts of grapes you would have to pay _______ for 8 quarts of blackberries and _______ for 6 quarts of blueberries. Altogether, you would have to pay _______ for your blackberries and blueberries. For $26.00 you could by 3 quarts of grapes, _______ quarts of blackberries and _______ quarts of blueberries.

Pop Quiz

Jimmy's best friend that he went to school with lived in Florida and had a citrus orchard of orange, tangerine, lemon and grapefruit trees. He had 127 orange trees, 158 tangerine trees, 168 lemon trees and 175 grapefruit trees. Altogether, he had _______ citrus trees in his orchard. He sold his oranges for $12.95 a box, his tangerines for $14.95 a box, his lemons for $15.00 a box and his grapefruits for $18.95 a box. If he sold one box of each, he would make _______ from the sale. It would cost _______ for 2 boxes of oranges, _______ for 3 boxes of tangerines, _______ for 2 boxes of lemons and _______ for 3 boxes of grapefruits.

Addition

1. 18 boxes of apples + 24 boxes of apples = _______ boxes of apples.

2. 110 boxes of cherries + 87 boxes of cherries = _______ boxes of cherries.

3. 28 boxes of pears + 15 boxes of pears = _______ boxes of pears.

4. 32 boxes of oranges + 17 boxes of oranges = _______ boxes of oranges.

Subtraction

1. 28 boxes of grapefruits – 13 boxes of grapefruits = _______ boxes of grapefruits.

2. 49 boxes of tangerines – 18 boxes of tangerines = _______ boxes of tangerines.

3. 56 boxes of grapes – 19 boxes of grapes = _______ boxes of grapes.

4. 48 boxes of strawberries – 22 boxes of strawberries = _______ boxes of strawberries.

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Bobby's Math Two

Tick, Tick, Tick, Tock

In Winford's clock shop he built, fixed and sold clocks. He had all kinds of clocks from all over the world. His grandfather clocks sold for $2,500.00 and his grandmother clocks sold for $1,500.00. His grandmother clocks were _______ cheaper than his grandfather clocks. One day, he sold three grandfather clocks and 2 grandmother clocks. He made _______ from the sale of the five clocks. He made _______ more from the sale of the three grandfather clocks than the two grandmother clocks. He also had some coo-coo clocks, one of his favorite kinds of clocks. He sold his coo-coo clocks for different prices. He sold them for $125, $170.00 and $325.00. He sold more coo-coo clocks than any other clocks, except his grandfather clocks. He sold two coo-coo clocks for $325.00 each and one coo-coo clock for $170.00. He made _______ from the sale of the three coo-coo clocks. You would have to pay _______ for one grandfather clock, one coo-coo clock for $325.00, one grandmother clock and two coo-coo clocks for $170.00 each. You would have to pay _______ for one grandfather clock and three coo-coo clocks for $125.00 each.

He also sold mantle clocks; the price of the mantle clocks ranged from $25.00-$125.00. If he sold four mantle clocks for $35.00 each, three for $25.00 each and three for $125.00 each, he would get paid _______ for the mantle clocks. A grandmother clock would cost _______ more dollars than a $125.00 mantle clock, _______ more dollars than a $170.00 coo-coo clock and _______ more dollars than a $118.00 mantle clock. If you had $800.00, you could buy _______ $25.00 mantle clocks.

He also sold alarm clocks, wall clocks and regulator clocks. The cost of his alarm clocks ranged from $4.95-$12.00; the cost of his wall clocks ranged from $26.00-$85.00 and the cost of his regulator clocks ranged from $1.35-$2.75. If you bought three alarm clocks for $5.95 each, one wall clock for $75.00, two wall clocks for $56.00 each and one regulator clock for $2.75, you would have to pay _______ for the clocks. In one day, he sold one man twelve alarm clocks for $10.95 each and eight wall clocks for $49.95 each; he made _______ from the sale of the clocks. The very same day, he sold another man a grandfather clock, one regulator clock for $178.00 and one regulator clock for $210.00. He made _______ from the sale of those clocks. The second man spent _______ more for his clocks than the first man.

Winford loved to repair watches. He spent a lot of time repairing them for his customers. He repaired all kinds of watches and pocket-watches. He charged an hourly fee of $8.00 to repair a watch. One day, it took him 12 hours to repair six watches. He made _______ that day repairing watches. On a good day, he could repair ten watches. He would make _______ on a good day. He would make _______ more if he repaired 10 watches instead of six.

If your flight left Nashville at 2:30 p.m. and arrived in Chicago at 3:15 p.m., your flight would have been _______ hours and _______ minutes long. If your flight left New York City at 12:45 p.m., landed in Los Angeles at 4:00 p.m. and then flew to Baltimore and arrived there at 3:15 p.m., your flight would have been _______ hours and _______ minutes long. If your flight left Atlanta at 10:30 a.m. and arrived in Minneapolis at 12:00 a.m. with a 45 minute layover before flying to Seattle which was a 3 hour flight, you would have landed in Seattle at _______ a.m.

Pop Quiz

If it was 2:00 p.m. and you lived in the Central Standard Time zone and you ran your clock ahead (spring forward) 1 hour, it would be _______ in the Eastern Standard Time zone, _______ in the Mountain Standard Time zone and _______ in the Pacific Standard Time zone. If it was 12:00 a.m. and you live in the Pacific Standard Time zone and you turned your clock back (fall backward) 1 hour, it would be _______ in the Central Standard Time zone.

Addition

1. 17 grandfather clocks + 2 grandmother clocks = _______ clocks.

2. 28 alarm clocks + 16 wall clocks = _______ clocks.

3. 52 wall clocks + 18 coo-coo clocks = _______ clocks.

4. 37 watches + 10 pocket watches = _______ watches.

Subtraction

1. 29 wall clocks – 13 wall clocks = _______ wall clocks.

2. 64 alarm clocks – 18 alarm clocks = _______ alarm clocks.

3. 120 watches – 98 watches = _______ watches.

4. 57 grandfather clocks – 8 grandfather clocks = _______ grandfather clocks.

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Bobby's Math Two

Trick or Treat

It was October 31, Halloween. Rachel and her friends were getting ready to go trick-or-treating in the small town of Autumn Falls. Her uncle Bill raised pumpkins and had a big pumpkin patch. This year, he had 150 pumpkins of all sizes in his pumpkin patch. He sold all of them but 112 and gave 17 of them away to the neighborhood children. He had _______ pumpkins left. He also gave one store 36 pumpkins, another store 18 pumpkins and another store 12 pumpkins which left him with _______ pumpkins. His largest pumpkin weighed 32 pounds and the next largest weighed 28 pounds. There was a ______ pound difference between the two. Uncle Bill also carved his pumpkins with different kinds of faces. The carved pumpkins sold for $15.00 each and the uncarved pumpkins sold for $9.00 each. The carved pumpkins cost _______ more than the uncarved pumpkins. Twenty-seven of the pumpkins rotted before they were fully grown. If they hadn't rotted, he would have had a total of _______ pumpkins. Last year, he raised 185 pumpkins. Last year, he raised _______ more pumpkins than he did this year. Last year, he sold 132 of his pumpkins. He sold _______ more pumpkins last year than he did this year and he gave away 19 pumpkins which meant he had _______ pumpkins left. Next year, if he grew double the amount of pumpkins that he grew this year, he would grow _______ pumpkins.

On Halloween night, in the town of Autumn Falls, the night was filled with excitement as Rachel and her friends went door to door trick-or-treating. While on their way, they saw a dozen bats flying across a full moon. When they looked back, they only saw seven bats; _______ of the bats had disappeared out of their sight. Later on, they saw 18 more bats flying across the sky. They saw a difference of _______ bats. Twelve of the bats flew out of their sight but they could still see _______ of the bats. They saw a total of _______ bats on Halloween night. Out of that total, _______ of them disappeared out of their sight.

While on their way, they stopped off at a haunted house. When they went in, they saw eight ghosts, thirteen skeletons, eight goblins and fourteen witches. They saw a total of _______ spooky creatures. As they moved on throughout the haunted house, they saw twice as many spooky creatures than when they first went in which meant they saw a total of _______ ghosts, _______ skeletons, _______ goblins and _______ witches. They had seen a total of _______ spooky creatures in the haunted house. If each witch had four brooms and seven black kettles, there would be a total of _______ brooms and _______ black kettles in the haunted house. Nine of the ghosts flew about crying out booooo and eight of the witches flew about on their brooms. There were _______ less witches flying about than ghosts. The goblins and several other witches screamed as they jumped out from everywhere. They counted eleven goblins and six witches screaming and jumping out. There were _______ goblins and witches screaming and jumping out. In one room, there were four witches stirring some green bubbly stuff in black kettles and in another room there were eight doing the same thing. There were _______ witches stirring some green bubbly stuff in black kettles. Upstairs, they counted sixteen dancing skeletons. But, four of them fell which left _______ dancing skeletons.

Also, at the haunted house, Rachel and her friends bobbed for apples in a black kettle. There were twenty-four apples in the black kettle. Rachel bobbed and got six apples. Her three friends each got four apples. Altogether, they bobbed a total of _______ apples. There were _______ apples left in the black kettle.

When they left the house, they noticed eleven scarecrows playing leapfrog in the backyard next to a field. As the scarecrows leaped about, five of them landed on their heads and the other _______ hopped on over. They looked again and saw eight of the eleven scarecrows dancing a jig and the other _______ scarecrows were cheering them on. Then, all of a sudden, the sixteen dancing skeletons came out and danced a jig with the eight scarecrows. There were a total of _______ skeletons and scarecrows dancing a jig. There were _______ more dancing skeletons than scarecrows.

It was the best Halloween Rachel and her friends ever had. Each of them got two bags of candy for a total of _______ bags of trick-or-treat candy. On their way home, 20 black cats crossed their path. Thirteen of them had lanterns hanging from their mouths. There were _______ black cats that didn't have lanterns hanging from their mouths. The wind blew out seven of the lanterns which left _______ lanterns still lit. A car went by and startled seven of the black cats; they ran away and disappeared in the darkness but the remaining _______ black cats just kept on walking. They saw _______ more black cats than dancing skeletons. They saw _______ more black cats than scarecrows dancing a jig. Meow, purr went the cats.

Not far from home, they passed by the cemetery. They counted one hundred and thirty-five tombstones. Sixty of them dated back to the 1800's and the others were dated in the 1900's which meant there were _______ tombstones dated in the 1900's. Fifty-three of the tombstones had jack-o-lanterns on top of them. The remaining _______ tombstones didn't have jack-o-lanterns on them. If the wind blew out twenty-seven of the jack-o-lanterns, there would be _______ jack-o-lanterns still lit. As Rachel and her friends played around the graveyard, they saw black cats lying on 32 of the graves. There were _______ graves without black cats lying on them.

Finally, they arrived home. It had been an awesome night; they had so much fun and they couldn't wait until next year.

Pop Quiz

In the darkness of the night, they heard forty-three booooos, twenty-three screams and eighteen cries. They heard _______ boos, screams and cries in all. There were _______ more boos than screams and _______ more boos than cries. There were _______ more screams than cries. If they heard twice as many boos than screams and cries, they heard _______ more boos and _______ more cries. If they heard twice as many cries than boos and screams, they heard _______ boos and _______ cries.

Addition

1. 13 boos + 24 boos = _______ boos.

2. 16 witches and 23 witches = _______ witches.

3. 11 skeletons and 10 skeletons = _______ skeletons.

4. 13 black cats and eight black cats = _______ cats.

Subtraction

1. 27 scarecrows – 13 scarecrows = _______ scarecrows.

2. 10 black kettles – 8 black kettles = _______ black kettles.

3. 16 screams – 4 screams = _______ screams.

4. 22 cries – 17 cries = _______ cries.

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Bobby's Math Two

The Christmas Tree

It was that time of year again and everyone was decorating for Christmas. The streets were adorned with candles, candy canes, bells and twinkling lights of all colors. The houses were decked with Santa Clauses, snowmen, reindeers, lights, manger scenes with stars, angels and mistletoe hanging above the doors.

Betty Lou loved Christmas. She loved to decorate her tree and house for the season. Betty Lou bought three strings of lights with 28 lights on each string. There were a total of _______ lights on the three strings. She had two strings of lights left from last year; they had 18 lights on each one. There were _______ lights on those 2 strings. She had a total of _______ lights on the five strings of lights. If she bought three more strings of lights with 28 lights on each string, she would have _______ lights on the eight strings of lights. One string of her outdoor lights had 6 red, 8 blue, 4 clear, 6 green and 4 yellow lights. That string of outdoor lights had _______ lights on it. Two strings of her outdoor lights had 18 red, 10 blue, 4 clear, 12 green and 14 yellow lights. Those two strings of outdoor lights had _______ lights on them. The two strings of lights had _______ more lights than the one string of lights. On those three strings of lights, she had _______ red, _______ blue, _______ clear, _______ green and _______ yellow lights.

The rope she used to dress her tree was 12 feet long and wrapped around the tree four times. If the rope was 24 feet long, it would wrap around the tree _______ times. If the rope was 60 feet long, it would wrap around the tree _______ times. She had three boxes of balls with 24 balls in each box and she had four boxes of balls with 48 balls in each box. She had a total of _______ balls. In the boxes with 24 balls, ½ of them were red and ½ of them were blue. In the boxes with 48 balls, ½ of them were blue and ½ of them were silver. She had a total of _______ red balls, _______ blue balls and _______ silver balls.

When Betty Lou went shopping, the store had Christmas decorations on sale. A box of 12 balls cost $8.50, a box of 24 balls cost $10.95 and a box of jumbo balls were 2 boxes for $26.00. If she bought one box of each, she would have to pay _______ for the balls. A box of icicles cost $4.75. It cost her _______ for four boxes of icicles. If she bought two boxes of 24 balls for $10.95 each, a box of ornaments for $15.95, two strings of lights for $8.00 each and three boxes of rope for $8.75 each, it would cost her _______ for the decorations.

At the Christmas tree sale, a 6-foot tree cost $6.75, an 8-foot tree cost $8.95, a 10-foot tree cost $12.00 and a 16-foot tree cost $15.75. If you bought one of each size tree, you would have to pay _______ for the trees. If you bought six 10-foot trees and twelve 8-foot trees, it would cost you _______ for the trees. A 16-foot tree cost _______ more than a 6-foot, _______ more than an 8-foot and _______ more than a 10-foot tree. Betty Lou bought a 6-foot tree for herself and a 10-foot tree for her best friend. She had to pay _______ for the two trees.

Betty Lou had 120 presents under her tree. If the 120 presents were for her three friends, each friend would get _______ presents. If she had 160 presents under her tree and they were for her six other friends, each friend would get _______ presents. Her six friends would get _______ more presents than her three friends.

Betty Lou had $400.00 in her savings account to buy Christmas decorations. She bought an 8-foot tree for $8.95, 6 boxes of balls for $10.95 each, 8 boxes of rope for $12.95 each, seven strings of lights for $15.95 each, 2 Christmas wreaths for $10.75 each and a $6.00 angel to set on top of her tree; it cost her _______ for the decorations. She had _______ left out of her $400.00 so she decided to buy 8 boxes of wrapping paper for $3.75 each, a box of 24 Christmas cards for $7.50 and 8 bags of bows for $9.95 each; it cost her _______ for those items and she had _______ left out of her $400.00. She spent a total of _______ for all her Christmas cheers.

Pop Quiz

The town's Christmas tree was decorated with 485 strings of light, 784 balls and 386 ornaments. The Christmas tree had _______ decorations on it. They had 485 strings of lights on the tree; each string of lights had 60 lights. There were _______ lights on the Christmas tree. If each string of lights had 30 lights instead of 60, there would be _______ lights on the Christmas tree. The Christmas tree had 784 balls and 386 ornaments on it. There were _______ more balls than ornaments.

Addition

1. 32 strings of lights + 12 strings of lights = _______ strings of lights.

2. 16 boxes of icicles + 18 boxes of icicles = _______ boxes of icicles.

3. 125 balls + 57 balls = _______ balls.

4. 28 boxes of rope + 42 boxes of rope = _______ boxes of rope.

5. 10 boxes of paper + 16 bags of bows \+ 1 angel = _______ items.

Subtraction

1. 58 Christmas trees – 36 Christmas trees = _______ Christmas trees.

2. 161 Christmas bells – 18 Christmas bells = _______ Christmas bells.

3. 72 ornaments – 18 ornaments = _______ ornaments.

4. 215 presents – 56 presents = _______ presents.

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Bobby's Math Two

Gobble, Gobble, Gobble

Old Joe Turkey had a turkey farm in the small town of Turkey Creek just north of Gobble, Gobble Hollow. He also had ducks, chickens, geese and hens. He raised 250 turkeys, 185 ducks, 165 chickens, 125 geese and 162 hens. He raised a total of _______ animals. He raised _______ more turkeys than chickens, _______ more turkeys than geese and _______ more turkeys than hens. Last year, on his turkey farm, he raised twice as many turkeys, ducks, chickens, geese and hens than he did this year. Last year, he raised _______ turkeys, _______ ducks, _______ chickens, _______ geese and _______ hens.

His main business was raising turkeys; it was his pride and joy. On any given day, when the sun was shining, you could see his turkeys walking around enjoying the weather wearing bowties and sunglasses. One-half of the 250 turkeys strutted about doing the turkey trot in the bright sunlight. There were _______ turkeys strutting around doing the turkey trot. The other half played it cool and was laid out in the sun. Some sunny days he had 113 turkeys doing the turkey trot which left _______ turkeys lying out in the sun. He had turkeys of all kinds. He had big turkeys, young turkeys, old turkeys and jive turkeys. If he had 132 of these turkeys along with his 250 other turkeys, he would have _______ turkeys in all. If 13 of the turkeys were big, 12 were young and 20 were old, that would be _______ of the 132 turkeys and the remaining _______ would be jive turkeys. He also had white turkeys and brown turkeys. If 97 of the 250 turkeys were white, there would be _______ brown turkeys. If 56 of the 250 turkeys were brown, there would be _______ white turkeys. Any given time of day, the gobble, gobble, gobble of the turkeys could be heard. One day, there were 163 of the 250 turkeys gobbling away while the other turkeys couldn't because they had a sore throat. There were _______ turkeys with a sore throat.

Old Joe Turkey was noted for his wild turkey; he raised 223 of them each year. Fifty-seven of them had long necks and 62 had short legs. So, _______ of them were normal wild turkeys. With the 250 turkeys and 223 wild turkeys, Jo Turkey had _______ turkeys. He had _______ more turkeys than wild turkeys.

It was getting close to Thanksgiving and 117 of his turkeys flew the coop. Out of the 250 turkeys, he had _______ turkeys left. Also, 96 of his wild turkeys flew the coop. He had _______ wild turkeys left. He was able to catch 36 of the turkeys and 37 of the wild turkeys that had flown the coop. Now, there were only _______ turkeys and _______ wild turkeys that had flown the coop. Some of the turkeys got gobble fever. Out of the 250 turkeys, 23 of them had gobble fever. There were _______ regular turkeys without gobble fever. Fifty-eight out of the 223 wild turkeys had gobble fever. There were _______ wild turkeys without gobble fever. Altogether, there were _______ turkeys with gobble fever and _______ turkeys without gobble fever.

Old Joe Turkey fed his birds well. He bought 316 bags of grain twice a month for all his feathered friends. Each month, he bought _______ bags of grain for his feathered friends. If each bag cost $35.00, it cost him _______ a month for the feed. One day, he bought a 50 pound bag of feed for $39.00, a 75 pound bag of feed for $43.00 and a 100 pound bag of feed for $75.00. It cost him _______ for the feed that day. If he bought 24 bags of feed for $39.00 each, 13 bags of feed for $43.00 each and 52 bags of feed for $57.00 each every two weeks, it would cost him _______ every two weeks for feed or _______ for a month (four weeks).

Right before Thanksgiving, he loaded his truck with ½ of his 250 turkeys and ½ of his wild turkeys and took them to the market. He loaded _______ turkeys and wild turkeys onto his truck. If he loaded ½ of his wild turkeys and all of his 250 turkeys onto the truck, he would take _______ turkeys to the market. At the market, he sold his small 25-pound turkeys for $9.00 a pound. It cost the customer _______ for a small turkey. He sold his medium 28-pound turkeys for $12.00 a pound. It cost the customer _______ for a medium turkey. He sold his large 30-pound turkeys for $14.00 a pound. It cost the customer _______ for a large turkey.

Finally, Thanksgiving arrived and Joe Turkey and his family sat down for their traditional Thanksgiving dinner of ham and all the trimmings. You see, Joe Turkey couldn't eat turkey for Thanksgiving because turkeys were his feathered friends. The word turkey was used _______ times in this story.

Pop Quiz

To make a Thanksgiving dinner for eight people, you would have to pay $37.90 for two turkeys, $18.95 each, $16.00 for the ingredients for dressing and giblet gravy, $3.00 for cranberry sauce, $4.95 for a large can of green beans, $3.75 for a large can of corn and $5.00 for two cans of sweet potatoes. It would cost _______ for a Thanksgiving dinner for eight people; it would cost _______ per person. However, the same meal would cost $5.95 per person at a restaurant. It would cost _______ for a party of eight to eat at a restaurant on Thanksgiving. It would cost _______ less to eat at a restaurant than at home.

Addition

1. 38 turkeys + 16 wild turkeys = _______ turkeys.

2. 18 turkey breasts + 14 turkey drumsticks = _______ turkey breasts and drumsticks.

3. 37 bags of feed + 12 bags of feed = _______ bags of feed.

4. 110 gobbles + 48 gobbles = _______ gobbles.

Subtraction

1. 78 turkeys trotting – 18 turkeys trotting = _______ turkeys trotting.

2. 83 turkeys – 27 turkeys = _______ turkeys.

3. 52 gobble-fever turkeys – 13 gobble-fever turkeys = _______ gobble-fever turkeys.

4. 38 long-neck turkeys – 16 short-leg turkeys = _______ short-leg turkeys.

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Bobby's Math Two

Ho, Ho, Ho, Merry Christmas

It was Christmas Eve night in the little town of Merryville and all of the children were asleep and snug in their beds. There were 486 people who lived in the little town. High in the sky, Santa and his eight reindeer flew into Merryville. He left 22 presents at the first house, 19 at the second house, 10 at the third house and 15 at the fourth house. He left a total of _______ presents at the four houses. At the next five houses he left 18, 21, 13, 9 and 7 presents. He left _______ presents at those five houses. He left _______ more presents at the five houses than the four houses. Altogether, he left _______ presents at the nine houses.

There were 375 houses in Merryville and 310 of the houses had chimneys. There were _______ houses without chimneys. The houses without chimneys had woodstoves so Santa had to land in their front yards. Some people had fires in their fireplaces. There were 218 people who had fires in their fireplaces; the other _______ houses did not have fires in their fireplaces.

Each of the 375 houses left one glass of milk, five cookies and four brownies for Santa. There were a total of _______ glasses of milk, _______ cookies and _______ brownies left for Santa. As Santa placed the presents and toys under the trees, he noticed they had stockings hanging from the fireplace mantles and the woodstoves. If each house had four stockings hanging from the mantles of the fireplaces and by the woodstoves, he would fill _______ stockings in the little town of Merryville.

At the orphanage in Merryville, there were 120 children. If Santa left each child five gifts, he would leave _______ gifts for the children in the orphanage. The children at the orphanage had their stockings hanging on their bedroom doors. There were five children in each room so there were _______ rooms in the orphanage. One-half of the children placed a Christmas card for Santa in their stockings and the others placed a candy cane in their stockings for him. Santa received _______ Christmas cards and _______ candy canes.

Shortly after his arrival in Merryville, he delivered the gifts and toys before he took off to the next little town. Ho, ho, ho, he cried as his sleigh and eight reindeers flew into the Christmas Eve night sky and out of sight.

Pop Quiz

One-half of the 485 people who lived in Merryville were children; Santa brought them 9 presents each. Santa delivered _______ presents for the children of Merryville.

Addition

1. 26 presents + 18 presents = _______ presents.

2. 32 candy canes + 24 candy canes = _______ candy canes.

3. 35 stockings + 19 stockings = _______ stockings.

4. 48 Christmas cards + 29 Christmas cards = _______ Christmas cards.

Subtraction

1. 49 ho, ho, ho's – 8 ho, ho, ho's = _______ ho, ho, ho's.

2. 59 chimneys – 29 chimneys = _______ chimneys.

3. 43 woodstoves – 18 woodstoves = _______ woodstoves.

4. 64 treats for Santa – 28 treats for Santa = _______ treats for Santa.

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Bobby's Math Two

Hippy Hop's Easter

Hippy Hop was a cool rabbit that lived in Easter Valley. What it is, man or what's going on, my main man, he would say. Give me five, brother. All the other rabbits looked up to him because he was so cool. A lot of the young bunnies wanted to be like him when they grew up. He was so awesome. He wore bell bottom blue jeans, a balloon sleeve shirt with a wide lapel, a headband and he also wore a headband on one of his legs just above his knee. What it is, my man; what it is, he would say. He was also a good business man; he owned an egg factory which produced Easter eggs.

This year, if his factory produced 1,753 eggs every 2 months, he would produce _______ eggs a year. He regularly produced 250 red, 320 yellow, 276 blue, 314 pink, 300 orange and 218 purple eggs each month, he produced _______ different colored eggs a month. The remaining _______ eggs would be white. Sometimes he would run a special order of 225 red, 318 yellow, 250 blue, 296 pink, 273 orange and 215 purple eggs. His special order consisted of _______ colored eggs and the remaining _______ eggs were white. Combined, he produced a total of _______ white eggs from his regular and special orders. Last year, his factory produced 1,496 eggs every 2 months. He produced _______ more eggs this year.

Not only did his company produce Easter eggs but it also produced Easter baskets and chocolate bunnies. Hippy Hop stored 2,843 baskets in his warehouse for Easter. 587 of the baskets were from last year's inventory which meant he produced _______ baskets this year. He sold his baskets for $5.95 each. If he sold ½ of the 2,843 baskets, he would make _______ from the sale of the baskets. If he sold all 2,843 at a special price of $2.85 each, he would make _______ from the sale of the baskets. The special price of the baskets was _______ cheaper than the regularly priced baskets. His baskets with eggs sold for $8.95 each. If he sold 15 of his baskets with eggs, he would make _______ from the sale of the baskets. Sometimes he sold his baskets with eggs for a sale price of $4.75. If he sold 15 of his baskets with eggs for the sale price, he would make _______ from the sale of the baskets. At times, he added chocolate bunnies to his baskets with eggs. He added $1.25 for each chocolate bunny he added to the basket. A $4.75 basket with eggs and one chocolate bunny would cost _______. If he sold 1,363 baskets with eggs and one chocolate bunny, he would make _______ from the sale. If he sold 1,387 regular baskets without eggs for $5.95 each, 1,629 baskets with eggs for $4.75 each and 1,629 baskets with eggs and a chocolate bunny for $6.00 each, he would make _______ from the sale of all the baskets. If he donated ½ of that sale to charity; he donated _______ to charity.

He also raised baby chicks, ducks and rabbits for pets. He sold the baby chicks two for $3.00, the ducks for $2.50 each and the bunnies for $3.75 each. If he sold 248 chicks, 198 ducks and 241 bunnies, he would make _______ from the sale. If he sold 1,200 chicks, he would make _______ from the sale. If he sold 2,340 ducks, he would make _______ from the sale. If he sold 1,117 bunnies, he would make _______ from the sale.

He sold a three-pound bag of mixed colored jellybeans for $5.95. He sold a five-pound bag for $7.49. If he sold 1,430 three-pound bags, he would make _______ from the sale. If he sold 1,678 five-pound bags, he would make _______ from the sale. If he produced 1,753 Easter eggs every two months and produced 2,158 jellybeans every two months, he would produce a total of _______ Easter eggs and jellybeans in two months. In two months, he would produce _______ more jellybeans than Easter eggs. He would produce _______ jellybeans in a year. If he sold 10 three-pound bags of jellybeans and 8 five-pound bags of jellybeans, he would make _______ from the sale.

Yes, old Hippy Hop had it made. He was not only a cool dude but he had the coolest eggs and egg baskets in town. One of his favorite Easter activities was the town's Easter parade. He loved to sit on his Easter float and toss Easter eggs to the children. What's happening, my man, he would say to some as he passed by. Yeah, man, you're my top dog, he would say to others and butt fists with them. Cool, my man, cool; I'll catch you later, he would say as his float went on by.

Pop Quiz

Cool daddy Hippy Hop sold 156 baby chicks, 178 bunnies and 124 baby ducks for Easter. He sold a total of _______ animals. If he sold his baby chicks for $2.50, his bunnies for $6.75 and his ducks for $4.50, he would make _______ from the sale of the animals. Cluck! Cluck! Quack! Quack!

Addition

1. 368 Easter eggs + 149 Easter eggs = _______ Easter eggs.

2. 549 Easter baskets + 273 Easter baskets = _______ Easter baskets.

3. 59 baby chicks + 87 baby chicks = _______ baby chicks.

4. 67 bunnies + 82 ducks = _______ bunnies and ducks.

Subtraction

1. 1,288 eggs – 436 eggs = _______ eggs.

2. 1,349 baskets – 373 baskets = _______ baskets.

3. 149 chocolate bunnies – 59 chocolate bunnies = _______ chocolate bunnies.

4. 1,679 jellybeans – 274 jellybeans = _______ jellybeans.

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Bobby's Math Two

Crazy Zoo

Marsha's mother took her and her two best friends, Tonya and Samantha, to see the wild animals at the Crazy Zoo. They were so excited they couldn't wait to get there. When they arrived, they bought one adult ticket for $6.00 and three children's tickets for $3.50 each. They paid _______ for the tickets.

They decided to take the train around the zoo. The train had 15 seats and there were seven people already on the train so there were _______ empty seats. After they got on, there were _______ empty seats left. As the zoo train took off, it disappeared around a tall thick wall and entered the Crazy Zoo world. Their first stop was to see the different kinds of monkeys. There were 58 monkeys in all. They saw eight chimpanzees with no tails, six gorillas with no tails and four mandrels with no tails. They saw a total of _______ tailless monkeys. They also saw twelve spider monkeys with long tails and nine more long-tailed monkeys. They saw a total of _______ long-tailed monkeys. They saw _______ more long-tailed than tailless monkeys. Out of the 58 monkeys there were nineteen monkeys with sore tails. The remaining _______ monkeys did not have a sore tail.

As they moved on, they saw 18 ostriches. Seven out of the 18 had their heads in the sand and the other _______ ostriches were running across the field. When they looked again, four more ostriches had stopped running and stuck their heads in the sand. There were a total of _______ ostriches with their heads in the sand and _______ running across the field. Also in the field, they saw 24 giraffes. There were eighteen tall giraffes that stood 12-feet tall and six short giraffes that stood 9-feet tall. The tall giraffes were _______ feet taller than the short giraffes. Eight of the 24 giraffes had sore throats and the remaining _______ giraffes didn't have a sore throat. The giraffe was one of Marsha's favorite animals. However, Tonya liked monkeys and Samantha liked zebras.

As they moved on, they saw a herd of 28 zebras. They saw fourteen black and white ones and fourteen white and black ones. When they counted again, they counted four more they didn't see at first. So, there were actually _______ zebras.

Then, all of a sudden, they heard a very loud noise. When they looked around, they saw a big old elephant crying out. There were 27 elephants in all. Nine of them had big tusks and fourteen of them had no tusks. There were _______ more elephants with no tusks than elephants with big tusks. The zoo guide told them the reason the elephants were crying out was because some of them had an earache. He told them six of the elephants had earaches so there were _______ elephants with no earache. Then Samantha saw five baby elephants that were hidden by the trees. Counting the ten baby elephants, there were a total of _______ elephants.

The girls started laughing when they pulled up to the camels. They got so tickled watching the camels chew. There were twenty-two camels in all. One-half of them had two humps and the other half had one hump. There were _______ camels with two humps and _______ camels with one hump. Suddenly, seven of the camels started crying out. The zoo guide turned to them and said that the seven were crying out because of back pain. There were _______ camels that didn't have back pain. Then nine of the camels with two humps began to cry out. The guide told them the camels with two humps hurt twice as bad than the camels with one hump. If there were seven camels with two humps crying out with back pain and six camels with one hump crying with back pain, there were _______ camels crying out with back pain and _______ camels not crying out with back pain.

The next stop was the big cat cage. As soon as they arrived, they heard a loud roar. They saw four lions, six tigers, three black panthers, five bobcats and four mountain lions. They saw a total of _______ big cats. Out of all the animals, the cat cage was the most breathtaking for the girls so far. The lions had three cubs with them; the tigers had two cubs and the mountain lions had three cubs. There were a total of _______ cubs. They saw three more black panthers and four more bobcats walk out of a cave. They saw a total of _______ black panthers and _______ bobcats.

Marsha and her friends were having a ball at the Crazy Zoo. The train pulled over at the snack bar for lunch. The girls ordered hamburgers, fries and cokes. Marsha's mother had a cup of coffee with a pastry. After a short lunch break, the train pulled off from the snack bar and moved on to see the other animals. The girls wondered just how many animals they had seen so far. Help them with the total. They had seen _______ animals so far.

As the train moved on, they soon arrived at the Bear's Paw. They saw nine black bears, five brown bears and five bear cubs. They saw a total of _______ bears and cubs. Eight of the bears were sleeping and the remaining _______ were awake. When they looked up, three of the cubs had climbed up into a tree. Four of the black bears and two of the brown bears were trying to get the cubs down and the rest were just watching. There were a total of _______ bears trying to help the cubs get down. They also saw six koala bears and four polar bears. This made a total of _______ bears they saw. There were _______ more black bears and brown bears than there were polar bears and koala bears. They saw _______ more black bears than black panthers. They saw _______ more zebras than brown bears.

At the end of their zoo journey, they saw fifteen alligators and ten crocodiles. They saw a total of _______ alligators and crocodiles. The zookeepers were helping the reptiles. Four alligators and five crocodiles had toothaches. There were nine of them with toothaches so there were _______ without a toothache. They also saw seventeen hippos and thirteen rhinos for a total of _______ hippos and rhinos. There were _______ more hippos than rhinos. There were _______ more monkeys than hippos and rhinos. In all, they saw _______ different kinds of animals at the zoo that day.

On the way home, the girls laughed and talked about their trip to the zoo. They had so much fun; they couldn't wait to go back again to visit all of their animal friends.

Pop Quiz

The zoo's wild bird cage had 153 different kinds of birds. In the reptile building, there were 164 different kinds of reptiles and in the bug and insect section there were 110 different kinds of insects. The zoo had _______ different kinds of animals, bugs and insects. There were _______ more reptiles than birds and _______ more reptiles than bugs and insects.

Addition

1. 63 monkeys + 12 monkeys = _______ monkeys.

2. 37 elephants + 18 giraffes = _______ elephants and giraffes.

3. 125 tigers + 53 lions = _______ tigers and lions.

4. 86 ostriches + 31 zebras = _______ ostriches and zebras.

Subtraction

1. 38 crocodiles – 12 alligators = _______ crocodiles and alligators.

2. 43 camels – 18 camels = _______ camels.

3. 126 bears – 43 bears = _______ bears.

4. 113 hippos – 14 hippos = _______ hippos.

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Bobby's Math Two

Pond Lake

Pond Lake was smaller than a lake but bigger than a pond. Everyone loved to go fishing there, especially Billy Bubba. Billy Bubba was a top class, number one fisherman. He had been fishing ever since he was a little boy. Out of all the places he had fished, Pond Lake was his favorite place. Pond Lake was a paid fishing hole. A lot of the time, Pond Lake would overflow into the pond beside it. That's how it got its name.

It cost $3.50 to fish all day at Pond Lake. But, you could keep what you caught. Yeah, Billy loved Pond Lake. On a good day, there were twenty frogs and 12 bullfrogs playing around the pond for a total of _______ frogs. Some days, there were thirty frogs and eighteen bullfrogs sitting on the bank and jumping in and out of the water for a total of _______ frogs. There were _______ more frogs sitting on the bank and jumping in and out of the water than frogs playing around the pond.

In the summer, Billy Bubba would go frog gigging. He would gig ten to twelve frogs a night. It only cost $2.75 to frog gig at the pond. It was _______ cheaper to frog gig than to fish. One night, Billy gigged fourteen frogs and three turtles. He gigged a total of _______ frogs and turtles. Besides fish, Billy Bubba loved frog legs and turtle. On another night, he gigged fifteen frogs and two turtles. That night, he gigged _______ more frog and _______ less turtle. In two nights, he gigged a total of _______ frogs and turtles. Late in the summer nights, the frogs ribbiting and the bullfrogs croaking could be heard. What a life Billy Bubba would say. He caught a twenty-pound mud turtle one night; it wasn't the biggest turtle he had ever caught. He had caught a thirty-two pound turtle before. The thirty-two pound turtle was _______ pounds heavier than the twenty-pound turtle. He also caught a twelve-pound and fifteen-pound turtle. The thirty-two pound turtle was _______ pounds heavier than the twelve-pound turtle and _______ pounds heavier than the fifteen-pound turtle.

In the daytime, the pond was alive with snake doctors, dragonflies, crickets and butterflies. One day, while sitting around the pond, Billy Bubba counted ten different butterflies, eight snake doctors, six dragonflies and eleven crickets. He counted a total of _______ insects. He counted _______ more butterflies than he did snake doctors. He counted _______ more butterflies than he did dragonflies. He counted _______ more crickets than he did butterflies.

Around the cattails, there were hundreds of baby tadpoles swimming about in the pond. He caught thirty-two tadpoles in his first jar, twenty-seven in his second jar and fifty-six in his third jar. Altogether, he caught a total of _______ tadpoles. He caught _______ more tadpoles in his third jar than the first and _______ more than the second jar. Out of the first jar, he put fifteen tadpoles back into the pond. He had _______ tadpoles left in his first jar. He put eleven tadpoles from his second jar back into the pond. He had _______ tadpoles left in his second jar. He put eighteen tadpoles from his third jar back into the pond. He had _______ tadpoles left in his third jar. Altogether, he had _______ tadpoles remaining in the three jars. Before he left the pond, he emptied all three jars of tadpoles back into the pond.

Billy Bubba saw eighteen baby frogs sitting on lily pads basking in the sun. Five of the baby frogs jumped back into the water. There were _______ baby frogs remaining on the lily pads. When two more baby frogs jumped back into the water, it left _______ baby frogs sitting on the lily pads.

As he walked around the pond, he counted twenty-seven mushrooms. He saw _______ more mushrooms than he did baby frogs. He accidentally stepped on five of the mushrooms which left _______ mushrooms. But, when he stepped back, he saw eight more mushrooms growing by a nearby log. There were now _______ mushrooms.

Suddenly, from out behind a log, a water snake crawled out and nearly scared him to death. He didn't like snakes so he high-tailed it out of there.

At the lake, he saw five redwing blackbirds. The redwing blackbird was one of his favorite birds. The other day, when he was on the lake, he counted twelve of them. He saw a total of _______ redwing blackbirds. Some days he only saw two or three. But, no matter how many he saw, he still loved to look at them.

One day while he was at the lake, he caught nine large-mouth basses and ten small-mouth basses. He caught a total of _______ basses. The next day, he went back to the lake and caught eleven large-mouth basses and sixteen small-mouth basses; he caught a total of _______ basses that day. Altogether, he caught a total of _______ large-mouth basses and _______ small-mouth basses. On a good day, Billy Bubba caught thirty brim and twenty-one sun perch which made a stringer with _______ fish on it. He caught _______ more brim and sun perch than he did large-mouth and small-mouth basses.

Billy Bubba not only loved to fish in the daytime; he loved to fish at night. He spent a lot of his summer nights catching catfish at Lake Pond. He loved catfish, hushpuppies and coleslaw. The first night, he caught seven mud catfish and four channel catfish. He caught a total of _______ catfish the first night. The second night, he caught 11 channel catfish and two mud catfish. In two nights, he caught a total of _______ catfish. He caught _______ more channel catfish than he did catfish.

All in all, Billy Bubba had a good year fishing last year. He wondered how many fish, frogs and turtles he had caught at Pond Lake. Can you help him? He caught _______ fish, _______ frogs and _______ turtles. He caught a grand total of _______ fish, frogs and turtles.

Pop Quiz

Billy Bubba, late one sunny summer day, had a fish fry for his friends. He cooked fifty-six pounds of catfish, forty-one pounds of brim, thirty-three pounds of bass and twenty-eight pounds of sun perch. He cooked a total of _______ pounds of fish. He also cooked one-hundred hushpuppies and served thirty-three tubs of coleslaw. Everyone enjoyed the fish fry and when it was over they were already looking forward to next year's fish fry.

Addition

1. 58 frogs + 16 frogs = _______ frogs.

2. 69 tadpoles + 27 tadpoles = _______ tadpoles.

3. 13 bullfrogs + 19 bullfrogs = _______ bullfrogs.

4. 11 redwing blackbirds + 21 redwing blackbirds = _______ redwing blackbirds.

Subtraction

1. 96 turtles – 31 turtles = _______ turtles.

2. 107 tadpoles – 87 tadpoles = _______ tadpoles.

3. 16 dragonflies – 5 snake doctors = _______ dragonflies and snake doctors.

4. 38 butterflies – 10 butterflies = _______ butterflies.

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Bobby's Math Two

Dennis McDuffee's Farm

It was early in the morning as the sun began to rise that old Red Rooster flew up on the fence and went cock-a-doodle-do, not once, not twice but three times. He awakened Dennis McDuffee and all his farm animals. Cock-a-doodle-do cried out old Red Rooster. Slowly, old farmer McDuffee, got dressed, ate breakfast and headed out the door.

In the barnyard, at the chicken coop, he saw Yellow Hen, White Hen, Brown Hen, Black Hen and Red Hen scratching in the dirt; they were cluck, cluck, clucking away. He got them some feed and pitched it to them. They all quickly gathered around him. Old Yellow Hen went cluck, cluck. White Hen went cluck, cluck, cluck. Brown Hen didn't cluck because she was too busy eating. Black Hen and Red Hen both clucked five times each. There was a total of _______ clucks.

As the hens ate their breakfast, farmer McDuffee went inside the henhouse to gather the eggs. Yellow Hen had three eggs in her box. White Hen had three eggs in her box. Brown Hen had four eggs in her box. Black Hen had three eggs in her box. Red Hen had three eggs in her box. Farmer McDuffee gathered a total of _______ eggs from the hens. Yesterday, he gathered twice as many eggs which meant he gathered _______ eggs. In two days, he gathered a total of _______ eggs. Also, yesterday, there were three less clucks. Yesterday, there were _______ clucks. In two days, there were _______ clucks. He also had ten chickens but four of them had disappeared. He believed a hawk or a fox may have gotten inside the henhouse and got them. He had _______ chickens left. If the six chickens each laid two eggs a day, they would each have to lay _______ more eggs a day for him to get two dozen eggs a day from his chickens. If the hens and chickens laid four dozen eggs a day, he would have _______ eggs.

When he went around behind the barn, he came upon Pinky Winky the pig. She had six baby pigs and all of them went oink-oink. If all of them went oink-oink nine times each, farmer McDuffee would hear _______ oink-oinks. While he was feeding them, the hogs came over to eat with them. If he fed them three 10-pound bags of feed every two days, he would need _______ pounds of feed to feed them for ten days. It cost him $12.95 for one bag of feed. It would cost him _______ to feed the pigs and hogs for ten days. A 5-pound bag of chicken feed cost $6.75. He fed the chickens 10 pounds of feed a week. It cost him _______ to feed the chickens a week. Well, the hens and chickens clucked and Pinky Winky pig went oink-oink.

When he went inside the barn, he saw Bessie Mae the cow and his seven other cows. After he fed them, he sat down to milk Miss Bessie. She mooed twice and the seven other cows mooed eight times each. The cows mooed a total of _______ times. From the eight milk cows, he got thirty-two gallons of milk. If each cow gave the same amount, he would get _______ gallons from each cow. He would have to get _______ gallons from each cow to get forty gallons. After the cows were milked, he let them out of the barn so they could graze in the pasture. If he skimmed 4 pints of cream off the top of the milk to make a pound of butter, he would be able to make _______ pounds of butter from the thirty-two gallons of milk and _______ pounds of butter from the forty gallons of milk.

Outside the barn, in the pasture, he heard Freddie the horse heeeee five times and then he heard him go heeeee another eight times. Freddie went heeeee _______ times. Next, he heard Jack the donkey hee-haw six times. Sara Jane and Betty Ann, his two mules, went heeeee seven times each. Altogether, Freddie the horse and the two mules went heeeee _______ times. Farmer McDuffee pitched out some hay for them to eat. He pitched out eight bags of hay. If they ate eight bales of hay every two days, he would need _______ bales of hay for a week. He used the two mules to plow his garden, cornfield and tobacco patch. Sometimes they would step in the rows and break some of the plants. Sara Jane was stubborn and Betty Ann was hardheaded. But, he was able to get the work done. It took him two hours to plow the garden, six hours to plow the cornfield and seven hours to plow the tobacco patch. It took him _______ hours to plow all three areas.

Farmer McDuffee had five goats that ate out of his fence row. He also had twelve sheep. Each of the sheep cried out baa-baa nine times for a total of _______ cries. Out of the twelve sheep, eight of them were white. The remaining _______ sheep were black.

Farmer McDuffee heard something high in the sky above his cornfield. There were fifteen crows that cawed five times each. Altogether, the fifteen crows cawed _______ times. Then six of the fifteen crows flew away. The remaining _______ crows cawed five times each for a total of _______ caws.

Pop Quiz

Farmer McDuffee woke up one morning and heard Red Rooster crow cock-a-doodle-doo six times, Pinky Winky Pig oink five times, a hen cluck ten times, a cow moo eight times, Freddie the horse heeeee three times and Jack the donkey hee-haw eight times. He heard _______ different farm animal sounds. If Billy the goat and a sheep went baa-baa six times, a crow cawed nine times and two mules cried out four times each, he heard ______ animal sounds. Do you know what Farmer McDuffee said? He said it's time to get up and then he laughed. Oh, what a day. What a day it is—ha, ha, ha.

Addition

1. 16 hens + 18 chickens + ______ hens and chickens.

2. 14 cows + 9 cows = _______ cows.

3. 5 goats + 18 sheep = _______ goats and sheep.

4. 10 pigs + 15 pigs = _______ pigs.

Subtraction

1. 18 mules – 4 mules = _______ mules.

2. 23 crows – 17 crows = _______ crows.

3. 47 hens – 13 hens = _______ hens.

4. 52 cows – 12 cows = _______ cows.

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Bobby's Math Two

Sunny the Weatherman

Sunny was not only a groundhog, he was also the weatherman for all the animals and children that played in Bear Wallow Forest. He kept them informed of the weather, whether it was good or bad. All the animals and children loved and respected Sunny. It was winter in Bear Wallow Forest when Sunny posted his weather forecast. He predicted three snows for the winter; a three-inch snow in December, a five-inch snow in January and a four-inch snow in February. He predicted a total of _______ inches of snow. Last year, he predicted it would snow fifteen inches. He predicted it would snow _______ less inches this year. He predicted the lowest temperature would be 20o and the highest temperature would be 80o. The lowest it got last year was 15o. The lowest temperature this year will be _______ higher than last year. The highest it got last year was 39o. The highest temperature this year will be _______ higher than last year. He also predicted early frosts for the last of October and the first of November. There were three heavy frosts and four light frosts in that time period for a total of _______ frosts. There were also two days of heavy fog during that time period as well. There were a total of _______ frosts and fogs. He predicted heavy rain for the winter months; a lot more than last year. This year, he predicted there would be 3½ inches of rain. Last year, it only rained 1½ inches of rain. There will be _______ more inches of rain this year than last year. He also predicted there would be four bad days of sleet and freezing rain in December, three in January and three in February. There will be _______ bad days of sleet and freezing rain. Even with the predictions, the winter months would be mostly mild weather and temperatures. The coldest nights in winter were 18o, 15o and 10o. The warmest days in winter were 32o, 34o and 41o. The winter days were _______, _______ and _______ warmer than the winter nights. A sudden snowstorm fell the last week of January. Two feet of snow with heavy sleet and freezing rain fell during that week and the temperature fell to 9o. The schools were closed and the children enjoyed playing in the snow. They made five snowmen and six snow angels for a total of _______ snowmen and snow angels. They had snowball fights, went sledding and skated on the pond. They had so much fun. But, within a few days, it warmed up, the snow melted and the children went back to school. Winter finally slipped out and spring moved in. Everyone was happy spring had arrived.

Sunny put out his prediction for spring. Spring came in like a lamb with warm to moderate temperatures. Sunny predicted the temperatures for the months of March, April and May would be 40o-50o for highs and 30o-40o for lows. He predicted the temperatures in March would be a little cooler than the months of April and May. He predicted the temperatures would be 30 o, 40 o and 45o the first 3 days of March. In April, he predicted the temperatures would be 30o, 48o and 52o. The temperatures in April would be _______, _______ and _______ warmer than March. In May, he predicted the temperatures would be 52o, 61o and 68o. The temperatures in May would be _______, _______ and _______ warmer than March and _______, _______ and _______ warmer than April. He also predicted late frosts in March and April and the temperatures at night would fall into the teens. The temperatures would be 16o, 12o and 19o at night and 24o, 38o and 42o during the day. The daytime temperatures will be _______, _______ and _______ higher than the temperatures at night. Sunny stated they would have several little winters that could damage plants and early budding trees. They would have a dogwood, redbud, strawberry and a blackberry winter. The last little winter, cotton britches, would come the first of June. He predicted the rainfall for the spring months would be good. He was calling for 23 inches of rain in March and April and 14 inches in May for a total of _______ inches of rain. Last year, it rained a total of 32 inches; he predicted _______ less inches of rain for this year. He also predicted there would be a good chance of thunderstorms. He predicted two weeks of thunderstorms in March, a week in April and a week in May for a total of _______ weeks of thunderstorms. Last year, they had a record number of thunderstorms; there were 8½ weeks of thunderstorms. This year, there will be _______ less weeks of thunderstorms. The previous record for the number of thunderstorms was seven weeks. The new record of thunderstorms broke the old record by _______ weeks. The children loved spring because it meant school was almost out. The spring came in like a lamb and went out like a lion. Spring and summer were two of Sunny's favorite months but he also loved fall.

As spring moved out and summer rolled in, Sunny gave his prediction for the months of June, July and August. The temperatures in the summer ranged between 70o-100o. Sunny predicted the daytime temperatures would be 89o, 92o and 98o and the nighttime temperatures would be 53o, 64o and 78o. The daytime temperatures would be _______, ______ and _______ higher than the nighttime temperatures. He predicted the hottest days in July would be 93o and 99o. The hottest days in May were 61o and 68o. The hottest days in July were _______ and _______ hotter than May. Sunny predicted there would be 19 inches of rain in June, 12 inches of rain in July and 16 inches of rain in August. Last year, it rained 14 inches in June, 10 inches in July and 8 inches in August. He was predicting _______ more inches of rain for June, _______ more inches of rain for July and _______ more inches of rain for August. He also predicted three weeks of thunderstorms in June. There would be _______ more weeks of thunderstorms in June than there were in April. Overall, Sunny predicted a mild but hot and dry summer with several days in the upper 90's. The children enjoyed the summer because they could fish and play outdoors. The coolness of fall turned the hot days of summer into beautiful fall colors and the children started back to school after a good summer break.

As Sunny posted his Bear Wallow Forest forecast for fall, the animals and children prepared for the coming of winter. Autumn fell in September, October and November with temperatures between 60o-70o. Sunny predicted a high temperature of 78o in September, 68o in October and 69o in November. He predicted a low temperature of 63o in September, 53o in October and 47o in November. The high temperatures would be _______ higher in September, _______ higher in October and _______ higher in November than the low temperatures. He also predicted heavy fogs and early frosts for September and October and he also predicted a wet fall. He predicted it would rain 39 inches this fall. Last fall, it rained 24 inches. He was predicting _______ more inches of rain for this year. Autumn in Bear Wallow Forest was beautiful this year. The children enjoyed raking and burning leaves. But, most of all, they loved the beautiful colors. Autumn moved out and winter lay ahead. All the animals prepared for old man winter.

Pop Quiz

If it rained 19 days of spring, 14 days of summer and 24 days of fall, it would have rained _______ days. If it snowed 8 days in December, 12 days in January and 9 days in February, it would have snowed _______ days. It rained and snowed a total of _______ days.

Addition

1. 12 sunny days + 18 sunny days = ______ sunny days.

2. 26 rainy days + 7 rainy days = _______ rainy days.

3. 13 cold days + 21 cold days = _______ cold days.

4. 38 hot days + 14 hot days = _______ hot days.

Subtraction

1. 29 thunderstorms - 14 thunderstorms = _______ thunderstorms.

2. 38 rainy days - 19 rainy days = _______ rainy days.

3. 29 days of sleet – 15 days of sleet = _______ days of sleet.

4. 15 snow days – 7 snow days = _______ snow days.

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Bobby's Math Two

Cornfield Baseball

"Welcome everybody to Barefoot Park. I am Tight-lipped Sammy and I will be your announcer for today's game. Today, the Billy Bubbas from the cornfield will be playing against the Hayfield Losers from Hickman County. It sure is a nice day here at Barefoot Park in old Uncle Ned's cow pasture. Today is the final game of the season and we have a tie for last place between the Bubbas and the Losers. The loser today will walk away with nothing but the season's spot of last place. The crowd has really picked up for today's game. But, it doesn't look like it's going to be a sellout. The Bubbas have a 12 game losing streak and are tied with the Losers who have also lost 12 games. This game is definitely going to be something to see. Who is going to lose? Well, we are about to find out."

The crowd cheered as the umpire and the two coaches walked out onto the field to flip the coin to see who would bat. The umpire flipped the coin high in the air and the crowd anxiously waited to see who would win the toss.

"Wait a minute. What is going on? Good grief, I can't believe they lost the coin in the tall grass," chuckled Sammy.

The two teams ran out on the field to help search for the coin. They all fell down on their hands and knees and looked for the coin.

About an hour later, one of the players jumped up and yelled, "I've got it!"

The umpire reached for the coin and replied, "That's not it. I used a quarter, not a nickel."

The player reached into his pocket and his finger stuck out a small hole in his pocket.

"Oops," he mumbled.

"While the teams are looking for the coin," said Sammy, "I want to tell you about the teams and some of their players. The longest hit homerun was hit by Square Lip Harry. He hit a 734-foot homer across the cow pasture, over Miss Nellie's garden and across the barbed wire fence in Zeb Barker's turnip patch. Loose Leg Jack held the previous record for a homerun of 648 feet. Square Lip Harry's homerun is _______ feet longer than Loose Leg Jack's."

"I've got it!" screamed another player as he jumped up. "Oh," he sighed, "it's only a bottle cap."

"Play ball," yelled one of the fans as the teams continued to search for the coin."

"The longest ball thrown was by Quick-eye Pete," Sammy continued. "He threw it a distance of 346 feet. Quick-eye Pete's old record was 236 feet. His new record is _______ feet longer than his old record. The difference of the longest ball hit and the longest ball thrown is _______ feet. Quick-eye Pete has a strikeout record of 347 strikes and Billy Bob Bubba has a strikeout record of 482 strikes. Billy Bob Bubba has _______ more strikeouts than Quick-eye Pete. Billy Bob Bubba holds the record for most stolen bases; he has stolen 487 bases. Loose Leg Jack held the old record of 434 stolen bases. Billy Bob Bubba has _______ more stolen bases.

"Play ball!" screamed one of the fans. "Play ball!"

Hurriedly, the teams searched to find the coin because they knew the crowd had become restless. Then all of a sudden, an impatient fan discreetly three a quarter out onto the field.

"Play ball!" he screamed after he threw the coin.

The search for the coin continued.

"I've got it!" yelled the umpire.

About the same time, a player yelled, "I've got it!"

A hush fell over the ball field. Everything was quiet. How could they both have it?

The umpire yelled, "Heads!"

"Tails!" yelled the player.

Who was right? They both couldn't be right because there was only one coin tossed. As they tried to figure out what to do, the umpire motioned for them to go ahead and sing the National Anthem. Timidly, little Bessie Mae Miller from happy Shepherd Chapel walked out onto the field. The poor little thing was scared to death. Her bony knees knocked and her voice quivered as she opened her mouth to sing. But, nothing would come out. She nervously cleared her voice and tried again. Still, there was nothing.

"Play Ball!" screamed out one of the fans.

Finally, about 45 minutes later, she started to sing.

"Oh, say can you see...," she sang.

The crowd stood and faced the flag that was nailed onto the side of old Jess Willard's barn just across from the ball field.

"Ticket sales," said Sammy, "are down a little today compared to last year. Sixty-eight tickets were purchased at the gate and 125 tickets were purchased at the preseason sale held at the county fair. A total of _______ tickets were sold in all. There were _______ more tickets sold at the fair than at the gate."

Each team was made up of 12 players and their ages ranged from 15 to 24 years old. Bubba's team had five 15-year-olds, four 17-year-olds, one 16-year-old and two 20-year-olds. If all the ages are added together, it would be _______ and the average age would be _______. The Losers' team had two 15-year-olds, one 16-year-old, seven 23-year-olds and two 24-year-olds. If all the ages are added together, it would be _______ and the average age would be _______.

Little Bessie Mae struggled to sing the National Anthem as the crowd stood with their hands over their hearts. Then all of a sudden, she stopped right in the middle of the song. She panicked and gasped for words but they just wouldn't come out. She had forgotten the words to the song. Quickly, little Johnny Jenkins jumped on his bike and headed down the road to the church. Nervously, Bessie Mae waited for Johnny to return. The crowd showed their support by continuing to stand.

All was quiet until a fan yelled, "Play ball!"

About an hour later, little Johnny rode onto the field. He quickly three down his bike and rushed over to Bessie Mae.

"Here you go, Bessie Mae," Johnny said.

"Thank-you, Johnny," she replied.

Bessie Mae opened up the songbook and started to sing.

"Oh, say can you see...," she sang.

"Now, the record book shows," continued Sammy, "that Square Lip Harry has 449 base hits. He beat the old record of 410 base hits that was held by Loose Leg Jack. Square Lip Harry has _______ more base hits than Loose Leg Jack. But, old Quick-eye Pete holds the record for the fastest pitch. He threw an 87.5 mph fastball which broke his old record of 72.0 mph for a difference of _______ mph. Square Lip Harry's batting average is 382, Loose Leg Jack's is 369 and Quick-eye Pete's is 374. Their batting average added together is _______. The three combined have a _______ batting average. There are 8 teams," stated Sammy, "in the league and they each play 12 games a season. If the winning team has to win ¼ of the games, they have to win _______ games."

Finally, little Bessie Mae finished singing the National Anthem. As she hurried off the field, the umpire still hadn't figured out what to do. Then he got a bright idea. He decided to let each team pick a number between one and ten. The Billy Bubbas picked the closest number so they batted first.

"Play ball," yelled the umpire

It was busy at the concession stand. The game was about to start and everyone was getting something to drink and eat. A glass of buttermilk cost .75 and a glass of buttermilk with cornbread cost $1.25. A bag of cracklings cost $1.00. Tea and fresh cow's milk cost .80 a glass. Lame Leg Bob bought two souse meat sandwiches for $1.35 each, a glass of buttermilk for .75 and two cans of beanie weenies for .40 each. He had to pay _______ for his snacks. He gave them $5.00; he received _______ in change. Big Bill Womack bought four bologna and cracker sandwiches for $1.10, a glass of tea for .80, three liver cheese and crackers for $1.25 and a bag of pork skins for .75. He had to pay _______ for his snacks. He gave them $10.00; he received _______ in change. Beside the concession stand, Aunt Mae's fresh catfish and hushpuppies cooked in a large black kettle along with her hold your breath sardines and crackers.

"Play ball," yelled the umpire.

The Losers took the outfield. First up to bat for the Billy Bubbas was Big Lockjaw Jim. Big Jim eased up to the plate and took a couple of short choppy swings with the bat, tapped the plate with the end of the bat and then knocked the dust off his shoes with the bat. The pitcher, Slide Hand Jake, looked the batter over and waited for the sign from the catcher. He slowly wound up, looked from side to side and then threw the ball as hard as he could across the plate. Boom, boom, boom sounded the thunder. It started pouring down rain. It was as if the bottom had fallen out of the sky.

"I can't believe this," cried Sammy. "This storm came out of nowhere."

Everyone waited to see if the rain was going to stop. About an hour later, there were a few still sitting in the rain waiting for the game to resume; they were soaking wet. However, mostly everyone had headed home.

"Play ball!" yelled one of the fans.

Finally, a couple hours later, everyone had gone home except for one fan.

"I don't know if you know it or not," said Sammy, "but the game has been rained out."

"Do you know if the coin landed on heads or tails?" asked the fan.

Pop Quiz – Oliver's Library

In Oliver's library he has 280 books. One-fourth of the books have 2,300 words in each book. One hundred and ten of the books have 1,415 words. Fifty of the books have 475 words and 50 of the books have 1,010 words. He has a total of _______ words in his library. If Willie reads four hours a day and reads 1,300 words, it will take him _______ days to read all the books in his library.

Addition

1. 12 strikeouts + 4 strikeouts = ______ strikeouts.

2. _______ balls + 8 balls = 32 balls.

3. 14 base hits + _______ base hits = 21 base hits.

4. 8 homeruns + _______ homeruns = 15 homeruns.

5. _______ stolen bases + 3 stolen bases = 16 stolen bases.

6. 12 bats + 7 gloves + 8 balls = _______ bats, gloves and balls.

7. 10 helmets + _______ hats + 13 bases = 30 helmets, bats and bases.

Subtraction

1. 16 fastballs – 4 fastballs = _______ fastballs.

2. 11 screwballs - _______ screwballs = 4 screwballs.

3. _______ bats – 24 bats = 6 bats.

4. 22 foul balls - _______ foul balls = 4 foul balls.

5. 31 season tickets – 9 season tickets = _______ season tickets.

Extra Credit

1. 18 line drives + 16 spit balls + 10 curves = _______ line drives, spit balls and curves.

2. 23 knuckleballs + 17 sliders + 43 walks = _______ knuckleballs, sliders and walks.

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Bobby's Math Two

Country Games

During the country games of the Backyard Olympics, the children lined up in to two teams of eight and faced each other. When they lined up, they put some space between them and each team held hands. One team had to cry out, Annie over, Annie over let Ricky come over. Ricky would have to run toward the other team of children and try to break through. If he broke through, he would take one of the children from that line back to his team. If he didn't break through, he would be on the team he tried to break through. The team that got all 16 children on their team won the game.

There were sixteen children, eight on each of the two teams. Annie over, Annie over, let Ricky come over. Ricky ran toward the other team but did not break through. So, that team had nine on it and the other team had seven. The game went on. If one team had six left on their team, the other team would have _______ left on their team. After playing for quite a while, one team had fourteen on their team which meant the other team had _______ on their team.

The group of children gathered around in a circle to play drop-the-handkerchief. One of the children would run around the circle and drop a handkerchief behind one of the other children. That child would pick up the handkerchief and run after the child that had dropped it. They had to try to catch them before the child reached their empty place in the circle. The game continued on that way until the children got tired of playing the game.

Addition

1. 5 handkerchiefs + 8 handkerchiefs = _______ handkerchiefs.

2. 10 boys + 8 boys = _______ boys.

3. 5 girls + 6 girls = _______ girls.

4. 14 boys and girls + 3 boys + 4 girls = _______ boys and girls.

Subtraction

1. 18 teams – 6 teams = _______ teams.

2. 12 handkerchiefs – 4 handkerchiefs = _______ handkerchiefs.

3. 13 Annie Overs – 5 Annie Overs = _______ Annie overs.

4. 15 girls – 6 girls = _______ girls.

The children had a lot of fun playing the country games. They played hopscotch, musical chairs, horseshoes and crocket. They also played hide-n-go-seek; a group of children would go and hide while one child counted to ten with his head down and eyes closed. At the count of ten, the child would try to find the hidden children. When he found them, each child would try to race back to home base before they got caught. If they got back to home base, they were safe. If the counter reached base before one of the hidden children did, that child would have to hide their eyes and count to ten while the other children hid.

Addition

1. 10 children + 8 children = _______ children.

2. 23 boys + 9 boys = _______ boys.

3. 16 girls + 12 girls = _______ girls.

4. 23 boys and girls + 4 boys + 3 girls = _______ boys and girls.

Subtraction

1. 14 children – 9 children = _______ children.

2. 18 boys – 6 boys = _______ boys.

3. 26 girls – 18 girls = _______ girls.

4. 13 boys and girls – 12 boys and girls = _______ boys and girls.

Other loveable children's country games were pinning the tail on the donkey; it was played mostly at birthday parties. Mother may I, was another fun game. One child would face the other children with plenty of space between them. That child would tell one of the other children to take so many baby steps, so many giant steps, so many bunny hops or so many jumps forward on one foot. But, if they didn't say mother may I before they did whatever they were told to do, they had to go back to start. The first child that reached the one giving the orders won the game. They also played tag; the children would run about and try to keep from getting tagged before they reached home base. If they reached home base, they were safe. If they got tagged, they had to try to tag someone else.

Addition

1. 18 donkeys + 3 donkeys = _______ donkeys.

2. 21 tags + 6 tags = _______ tags.

3. 8 baby steps + 4 baby steps = _______ baby steps.

4. 10 bunny hops + 7 bunny hops = _______ bunny hops.

Subtraction

1. 19 jumps – 8 jumps = _______ jumps.

2. 29 giant jumps – 6 giant jumps = _______ giant jumps.

3. 19 boys – 8 boys = _______ boys.

4. 16 girls – 4 girls = _______ girls.

Not only did they jump rope, they would stand over a fruit jar and try to drop a clothespin into the jar. Each child had 10 clothespins each. The first child to get all of their ten clothespins into the jar won. In the fall, the children played dead man, dead man rise. One child would lie on the ground; the other children would cover them with leaves and then they would hold hands and walk around the pile of leaves chanting, over and over, dead man, dead man rise. Unexpectedly, the child would jump out from under the leaves and chase the others. The one they caught would then be the dead man.

Addition

1. 32 fruit jars + 8 fruit jars = _______ fruit jars.

2. 19 clothespins + 12 clothespins = _______ clothespins.

3. 8 dead men + 8 dead men = _______ dead men.

4. 15 jumping rope + 6 jumping rope = _______ jumping rope.

Subtraction

1. 8 piles of leaves – 4 piles of leaves = _______ piles of leaves.

2. 22 clothespins – 8 clothespins = _______ clothespins.

3. 16 fruit jars – 14 fruit jars = _______ fruit jars.

4. 14 jumping rope – 4 jumping rope = _______ jumping rope.

The children even had fun when the weather was bad and they couldn't play outside. They would play I spy. The children would get in a room and one child would say I spy, I see something you don't see and then tell the other children what color it was. The other children would look around to see if they could figure out what they saw. When they got close, the one child would say you're warm, you're warmer or you're cold. When a child guessed what the other saw, they would say I spy, I see something you don't see.

Pop Quiz

The older children loved to play spin the bottle. The children would sit around in a circle, lay a cold drink bottle on its side and then spin it. The one who spun the bottle would have to kiss the person the bottle pointed to when it stopped spinning. Post office was also a fun teenager game kids played. It's funny the things we did as children growing up.

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Bobby's Math Two

Pow Wow

Little Bear was a little Indian boy who lived in the tribe of the Walkatal Indians near the Tennessee River. He lived there with his mother, father, three brothers and two sisters. The tribe was made up of 874 Indians. If the tribe had 537 braves, the remaining _______ were women and children. Years ago, the tribe was made up of 1,420 Indians. Years ago, the tribe had _______ more Indians. During that time, the tribe had 710 braves so the remaining _______ were women and children. There are _______ more braves today than there were years ago. But, years ago, there were _______ more women and children than there are today.

Teepees were scattered all across the village. If there were 872 Indians in the tribe and four people lived in a teepee, there would be _______ teepees in the village. If eight people lived in a teepee, there would be _______ teepees in the village.

There were three other tribes that lived not far from the Walkatal Indians. In one tribe there were 950, in another tribe there were 1,248 and in the other tribe there were 1,342. The Walkatal tribe had 874 Indians which meant the other three tribes had _______, _______ and _______ more Indians than the Walkatal Indians. The 12 elders of the Walkatal tribe loved to sit around and smoke their peace pipes along with the chief of the tribe. If four of the elders got up and left, the chief and _______ elders would be left. Later on, two more elders left which meant the chief and _______ elders were left.

The Walkatal Indians hunted with bows and arrows, spears and hatchets. There were 537 braves in the tribe and each of them had a bow and arrow, four spears and two hatchets. Each brave had _______ weapons. If one-third of them only had a bow and arrow, the remaining _______ had a bow and arrow, spears and hatchets. The tribes communicated with smoke signals and beating of the drums. After a big hunt, the Walkatal Indians would have a big feast and ceremony to celebrate their hunt. The chief and the other braves wore their headdresses and feathers during the ceremony. They would cry out and dance around the campfire until late at night. Little Bear and his friend sat around the campfire and longed for the day they could go on a big hunt and join in the celebration. But, first, they had to earn their feathers. The women of the tribe made pottery and blankets. A group of four women could make fifty pots of pottery in three days. The group of four women could make _______ pots in 6 days, _______ pots in 18 days and _______ pots in 30 days. Now only did they make pottery, they also made blankets. It took three women seven days to make five blankets. They could make _______ blankets in two weeks, _______ blankets in three weeks and _______ blankets in four weeks.

The Walkatal Indians would also catch wild horses. One day, they caught ten; one day they caught fifteen and another day they caught eight. They caught a total of _______ wild horses. If they had a good week, they could catch up to 20 wild horses. They sold the wild horses at the trading post for supplies. If they traded eighteen horses for five dollars each, they would get _______ to buy supplies. If they traded three horses for $3.00 each, they would get _______ to buy supplies. They rode horses and traveled on foot, but they also had canoes they used to travel the river. For the 874 Indians of the Walkatal tribe, they would need _______ canoes if each canoe only carried two people and _______ canoes if each canoe could carry 19 people. If one-half of the 710 braves rode horses and the other half used canoes, there would be _______ braves riding horses and _______ braves riding in canoes.

Pop Quiz

Little Bear loved to collect arrowheads. He had 248 arrowheads in his collection. He sometimes traded other things of his for his friend's arrowheads. He traded for 210, 174 and 90 arrowheads for a total of _______ arrowheads which made him have a total of _______ arrowheads in his collection. If he traded one-half of his arrowhead collection, he would have _______ arrowheads left.

Addition

1. 56 teepees + 18 teepees = _______ teepees.

2. 86 hatchets + 28 hatchets = _______ hatchets.

3. 15 smoke signals + 8 smoke signals = _______ smoke signals.

4. 19 peace pipes + 10 peace pipes = _______ peace pipes.

Subtraction

1. 482 Indians – 348 Indians = _______ Indians.

2. 96 canoes – 53 canoes = _______ canoes.

3. 110 blankets – 28 blankets = _______ blankets.

4. 217 horses – 147 horses = _______ horses.

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Other children's titles by Bobby A. Troutt

Giggle Book One

Giggle Book Two

Giggle Book Three

Leftover from the Holidays

Tickle Box

Socks Without Matches

Bobby's Math

Bobby A. Troutt is a southern writer who writes a variety of short stories and children's books.
