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Arithme-pick
mediumPlace one of the four arithmetic operations (+, –, ×, ÷) in each box to make a
correct equation. All operations are performed from left to right, ignoring the mathe-
matical order of operations. The result at each step must be a positive whole number.

Have a Chocolate
easy Dad: “Where are the chocolate bars I bought?”
Daughter: “I gave half of them to Mom and half of a bar
to my little brother. Then I gave half of what was left
to Grandma and half of a bar to my little sister. That
left me with one bar, which I gladly ate myself.”
How many bars did Dad originally buy?

There Goes the Neighborhood
difficult Each of the six people quoted below lives in one of the six houses in the
neighborhood shown. The houses are white, brown, green, blue, yellow, and orange.
Assuming that everyone is telling the truth, whose house is painted which color?

Mrs. Antonini: Mrs. Borden lives due north of me.
Mrs. Borden: I live in the orange house. I can walk to
Mrs. Englehardt’s house without crossing any streets.
Mr. Cruz: I live due east of a green house.
Miss Dubois: There’s a white house north of mine,
but I can’t see it from my house, because there’s a brown
house in the way.
Mrs. Englehardt: I live directly across a street from
both a yellow house and a white house.
Mr. Fung: I live in the green house.

25 24 1 8 = 6


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