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Mrs. Harvey
100
What is the number of parking space covered?
87
100
Add 8.563 and 4.8292.
13.3922
100
5th grade students going on an excursion. This means that 125 students must board the buses, and each bus can accommodate 48 students.
How many buses will the school need?
3 buses
100
What is the smallest whole number that is equal to seven times the sum of its digits?
21
100
Where does Mrs. Harvey's husband teach?
Coppell Middle School North
200
Which 3 numbers have the same answer whether they’re added or multiplied together?
1, 2, and 3
200
What is 1.92÷3
0.64
200
Mom bought her daughter Molly 4 gifts of $24 each and Sun Max 6 gifts of $18 each.
How much money did she spend in total?
$204
200
What is the smallest number that increases by 12 when it is flipped and turned upside down?
The answer is 86. When it is turned upside down and flipped, it becomes 98, which is 12 more than 86.
200
What is Mrs. Harvey's daughters name?
Ryann
300
Replace the question mark in the above problem with the appropriate number.
6
300
If 72 x 96 = 6927, 58 x 87 = 7885
then 79 x 86 =
6897
300
During the summer holidays, Ginny earns extra money mowing lawns.
He mows 8 lawns an hour and has 32 lawns to mow.
How long will it take him?
4 hours
300
You know 2 + 2 comes to the same as 2 x 2. Now find a set of three different whole numbers whose sum is equal to their total when multiplied.
The three different whole numbers whose sum is equal to their total when multiplied are 1, 2, and 3.
300
How many countries has Mrs. Harvey been to?
7
400
There is a three-digit number. The second digit is four times as big as the third digit, while the first digit is three less than the second digit. What is the number?
141
400
Using only an addition, how do you add eight 8’s and get the number 1000?
888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1000
400
There are 49 dogs signed up for a dog show. There are 36 more small dogs than large dogs. How many small dogs have signed up to compete?
42.5
400
My twin lives at the reverse of my house number. The difference between our house numbers ends in two. What are the lowest possible numbers of our house numbers?
The lowest possible numbers for the houses are 19 and 91. The difference is 72.
400
How old is Mrs. Harvey?
32
500
If 1=3
2=3
3=5
4=4
5=4
Then, 6=?
3 because Three has 3 letters
500
How to get a number 100 by using four sevens (7’s) and a one (1)?
Answer 1: 177 – 77 = 100
Answer 2: (7+7) * (7 + (1/7)) = 100
500
Sally is 54 years old and her mother is 80, how many years ago was Sally’s mother times her age?
41 years ago, when Sally was 13 and her mother was 39.
500
I add six to eleven, and get five. Why is this correct?
You have to think more broadly. When it is 11 a.m., adding six hours makes it 5 p.m.
500
How many years has Mrs. Harvey been married?
5