Who in your life do you remember when someone mentions “Tom and Jerry”? Surely your siblings, right? While adulthood teaches us how to behave and maintain good relationships with our siblings, childhood is often seen as a battleground where siblings fight over many things, be it a slice of pizza. favorite side of the bed, or even the TV remote.
Such is the relationship between siblings. Two people from the same womb can fight to the death for each other, but never let the other person get a bigger piece of the cake. Well, this is the topic of our STORY TIME today. Grab some popcorn or a hot cup of coffee and enjoy this story along with a fun set of math puzzles.
STORYTELLING TIME- Sarah, Jack and their battle over Math Puzzles!
Today we will talk about two siblings, Sarah and Jack, both 8 years old, who share the same blood but are completely different. Sarah excels at intelligent debate while Jack has a calm demeanor. Sarah is the one who asks for extra cheese and seasonings on the pizza while Jack is the one who can never miss any sweet shop in town.
Sarah loved being wild and natural, and Jack, from an early age, showed sophistication. Sarah is ambitious and talkative, while Jack is wise and thoughtful. One side is fire, the other side represents calm water; both unique and beautiful in their own way!
The only basis they have in common is that both Sarah and Jack are good math students. None of them ever scored lower than an “A” in math.
Just like every other sibling relationship on the planet, the relationship between Sarah and Jack also has its hot and cold moments. These two fight all day long, for one reason or another. Sometimes it’s for the TV remote control or sometimes it’s for the air conditioner temperature. On Monday, they fight over the last remaining piece of ice cream, and on Tuesday, they fight for no reason at all. Nowadays, the reason behind their quarrel is some interesting mathematical puzzles.
Remember we told you that both Sarah and Jack are good at math?
Well, today’s battle between the two brothers is an excellent topic. Today, their parents went shopping and the children were very pleased to buy many books instead of games and toys. At first, frustrated children threw tantrums at their parents bringing home books instead of games, but when parents deliberately paid little attention to their tantrums, the children began scribbling and turned the pages when suddenly, they discovered an interesting part in one of the books.
The fun section features lots of coloring pictures that will keep 8-year-olds engaged for the next half hour. Flipping another page, they both found an item they both loved. They both screamed with excitement when reading “Fun Math Riddles”.
Unlike other eight-year-olds on the planet, these two kids are always excited about math puzzles and therefore, they cannot say no to these puzzles. However, both solutions are contradictory. This became another big reason for their fight. Let’s see who is right in these math riddles.
Fun math puzzles
(Each math quiz awards 5 points for correct answers and 0 points for incorrect answers.)
Math puzzle 1:
Emma bought a doll for $25.13. If she gave $30 to the doll seller, how much change do you think she would get back?
The options are:
- $3.87
- $4.87
- $5.87
- $6.87
Sarah chose Option D, while Jack chose Option B.
Math puzzle 2:
Steve looks forward to baking muffins for his parents. He checked the recipe in the cookbook and was confused. The cookbook tells him to add ¾ cup of cocoa powder. However, he wishes to have 3½ muffin recipes. Decide on his behalf how many cups of cocoa powder he needs.
The options are:
- 3 cups
- 2 and a half cups
- 4 cups
- 2 ⅝ cups
Sarah chose Option A, while Jack chose Option D.
Math puzzle 3:
John owns a large grocery store. In his store there are a total of 78 boxes of soap. If John wants to arrange the soap boxes so that the same number of boxes are placed on each shelf, how many soap boxes should he place on each shelf?
The options are:
- 6 boxes
- 12 boxes
- 18 boxes
- 24 boxes
Sarah chose Option A, while Jack chose Option C.
Math puzzle 4:
The general difference between the sequences: 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13…
The options are:
- 2
- 3
- first
- 1.5
Sarah chose Option C, while Jack chose Option A.
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Math puzzle 5:
Which is bigger? Half a second or 1000 milliseconds?
The options are:
- Both are equal
- 1000 milliseconds
- Half a second
- Undefined
Sarah chose Option B, while Jack chose Option D.
Math puzzle 6:
What is the value of “k” in 4k + 9 = 12
The options are:
- 2
- ¾
- 4/9
- 4
Sarah chose Option B, while Jack chose Option C.
Both children continued to fight for an hour trying to prove their answer was correct.
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Suddenly, the wind turned the pages to the page containing the answers to the puzzles. The children excitedly started checking their answers to see which one of them was the KING OF MATH!
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ANSWERS TO INTERESTING MATH PUZZLES:
Math puzzle 1:
Emma bought a doll for $25.13. If she gave $30 to the doll seller, how much change do you think she would get back?
The options are:
- $3.87
- $4.87
- $5.87
- $6.87
Answer: 4.87 USD
Math puzzle 2: Steve wants to bake muffins for his parents. He checked the recipe in the cookbook and was confused. The cookbook tells him to add ¾ cup of cocoa powder. However, he wishes to have 3½ muffin recipes. Decide on his behalf how many cups of cocoa powder he needs.
The options are:
- 3 cups
- 2 and a half cups
- 4 cups
- 2 ⅝ cups
Answer: 2 ⅝ cups
Math puzzle 3:
John owns a large grocery store. In his store there are a total of 78 boxes of soap. If John wants to arrange the soap boxes so that the same number of boxes are placed on each shelf, how many soap boxes should he place on each shelf?
The options are:
- 6 boxes
- 12 boxes
- 18 boxes
- 24 boxes
Answer: 6 boxes
Math puzzle 4:
The general difference between the sequences: 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13…
The options are:
- 2
- 3
- first
- 1.5
Answer: 2
Math puzzle 5:
Which is bigger? Half a second or 1000 milliseconds?
- Both are equal
- 1000 milliseconds
- Half a second
- Undefined
Answer: 1000 milliseconds. (1 second= 1000 milliseconds)
Math puzzle 6:
What is the value of “k” in 4k + 9 = 12
The options are:
- 2
- ¾
- 4/9
- 4
Answer: ¾
Let’s look at the Scoreboard!
(Each math quiz awards 5 points for correct answers and 0 points for incorrect answers.)
Yes, no one.
The match resulted in a draw.
However, we were happy that the problem was a tie and we both scored the same.
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