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Sheet # 14/Cat in the Hat

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1. I sat here with Sally, we sat here we two. And we said, "How we wish we had something to do." So Sally and I began counting the raindrops that fell. At 8:00 a.m. 22 raindrops fell, at 9:00 a.m. 25 fell, and at 10:00 a.m. 28 drops fell. If this pattern continued, how many raindrops fell at 12:00?



2. The Cat in the Hat was an unusual cat. He had 7 toes on each paw. How many toes did the Cat in the Hat have?



3. The Cat said, "I know some new tricks. I will show them to you. I have 196 tricks in this pocket and in the other 582." How many tricks does the Cat have?




4. Our fish was very upset that we let the Cat in. He began blowing angry bubbles. The fish blew 7 bubbles, but 5 of them burst. What fraction of the bubbles did not pop?




5. The Cat in the hat began balancing things in the air. He balanced the fish bowl, a book, and his umbrella. Unfortunately, he dropped all three. The water in the fish bowl spilled on the book which had 750 pages. The first 228 pages got wet. How many pages stayed dry?




6. Then the Cat tried balancing 4 rakes. Each rake had 9 prongs. How many prongs were there altogether?




7. "I call this game fun-in-the-box," said the Cat. He was standing on a bright red box. How many faces did his box have?




8. Thing 1 and Thing 2 began flying kites in the house. Thing 1's kite had 36 bows on the tail and Thing 2's had 71 bows. How many more bows did Thing 2's kite have than Thing 1's kite?





9. Thing 1's kite flew into Mother's closet and came out with her new gown on the string. Her gown had 47 dots on each sleeve. How many dots were on both sleeves?




10. Mother left the house at 9:00 a.m. We finally got the rooms cleaned and the Cat with his things went out the back door seconds before Mother came in the front door at noon. How many hours of fun did we have before Mother came home?

































Answers for sheet # 14

1) 22, 25, 28, 31.... Add 3. Answer is 34 raindrops
2) 7 x 4 = 28 toes
3) 778 tricks
4) 2/7
5) 522 pages
6) 4 x 9 = 36 rakes
7) 6 faces
8) 35
9) 94 seelves
10) 3 hours