Algebra Readiness Made Easy Grade 5

BIRTHDAY BOGGLE

Name _____ Date __

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1.What are all of the numbers on Ima’s list?

2.Complete the date. Samuel Morse was born on April ___ , 1791.

3.How did you figure out the birth date? ____

4.Check your number with the clues. Show your work here.

PROBLEM

2 Samuel Morse was a professional artist and inventor of a code

tosend messages. The code uses dots and dashes to represent

letters, numbers, question marks, commas, and periods.

Samuel Morse was born on April C , 1791.

The letter Cstands for the date that

Samuel Morse was born.

Use the clues to figure out C.

CLUES:

1. 
   

   4 is not a factor of C.

   
   


2. 
   

   C ≤ 29

   
   


3. 
   

   C > 21

   
   


4. 
   

   3 is a factor of C.

   
   

Algebra Readiness Made Easy: Gr

. 5
© 2008 by Greenes, Findell & Cavanagh, Scholastic Teaching Resources

Ima Thinker

I’ll start with Clues 2 and 3 and make

a list of numbers for C. The first

three numbers are 22, 23, and 24.