Name _____ Date __
BIRTHDAY BOGGLE
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1.Complete the date. Amelia Earhart was born on July ____ , 1897.
2.How did you figure out the birth date? ____
3.Check your number with the clues. Show your work here.
4.Amelia Earhart flew across the Atlantic in the year she had her
35th birthday.
In what year did she fly across the Atlantic? _____
PROBLEM
5 Amelia Earhart was an aviator and the first woman to fly
solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Amelia Earhart was born on
July F , 1897.
The letter Fstands for the date that
Amelia Earhart was born.
Use the clues to figure out F.
CLUES:
- The difference between the two digits
of F is not 3.
F x F ≥ 400
2 is a factor of F.
3 is a factor of F.
2 x F ≤ 60
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. 5
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