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Sheet # 3/Franklin and The Thunderstorm

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1) Franklin knows how to count by twos. Which numbers come next? { 2, 4, 6, ____,_ ____, _____ }

 

2) Franklin is learning how to count by threes. Which numbers come next? { 3, 6, ____, 12,_____, 18,_____}

 

3) Franklin knows how to tie shoelaces. If each shoelace is 7 inches long, how long would two shoelaces be end to end?

 

4) Fox's house was 3 miles away. Franklin took 10 minutes to walk one mile.

a) How long did he take to walk three miles?

 

b) If he leaves at 8:30 a.m., what time will he get to Fox's houses?

 

5) Franklin, Beaver, Snail, Hawk, and Fox played for 60 minutes. How many hours is this?

 

6) It started raining. Franklin, Beaver, Snail, Hawk, and Fox ran to Fox's house. Fox came behind Beaver. Hawk is ahead of Beaver and behind Franklin. Snail came last. In what order did they the enter Fox's house?

 

 

7) They climbed a tree that was 36 feet long. How many yards would it be?

 

8) Fox's mom brought treats for them. She brought 9 chocolate cookies, 7 muffins, and 6 brownies.

 

a) How many pieces of treat did she bring?

 

b) Beaver ate two muffins and one cookie. Snail ate one cookie and two brownies. Franklin ate two muffins and two brownies. Fox ate three cookies and two brownies. Hawk ate three cookies and one muffin. How many cookies, muffins and brownies were left?

 

9) They played snake ladder game for 40 minutes. The game ended at 11:35 a.m. At what time did they start playing?

 

10) The light went out. It was dark. Fox's mom dashed to her drawer which had 6 red and 4 blue candles. She picked one candle without seeing them. What is the chance she picked up a blue candle?

 

11) She lit 4 candles. Two candles died. Then she lit 5 more candles. How many candles were burning?

 

12) Franklin stayed in his shell from 9:30 a.m. until 10:10 a.m. How many minutes in all did he stay in the shell?

  

13) The giants were playing with chandeliers . There were 8 chandeliers and each chandelier had 6 bulbs. How many bulbs were there in all? (Draw a design to find the answer if you have to.)

 

 14) The rain stopped. The thunderstorm and rain lasted two and an half hours. How many minutes is this?

 

 15) It took them 1/2 minute to climb down the tree. How many seconds is that?