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Sheet # 10/Mary Wore Her Red Dress


1) Mary wore her red dress, red dress, red dress,
Mary wore her red dress, all day long.
When Mary's red dress is too small for her, she will give it to her little sister.
Her sister is only 3 years old. Mary is 6 years old.
How many years older is Mary than her sister?

A) 3 years older

B) 4 years older

C) 2 years older

D) 5 years older


2) Ben wore his blue jeans, blue jeans, blue jeans,
Ben wore his blue jeans all day long.
Ben's jeans have 2 pockets. In one pocket he had 3 pieces of gum.
In the other pocket he had 0 pieces of gum.
How many pieces of gum did he have in all?

A) 0 pieces of gum

B) 6 pieces of gum

C) 4 pieces of gum

D) 3 pieces of gum


3
) Ryan wore his purple pants, purple pants, purple pants,
Ryan wore his purple pants all day long.
Ryan's mother made his purple pants. She bought 6 buttons, but she only used 4.
How many buttons does she have left over?

A) 3 buttons

B) 2 buttons

C) 1 button

D) 0 button


4) Stacey wore her violet ribbons, violet ribbons, violet ribbons,
Stacey wore her violet ribbons all day long.
Stacey's ribbons were very long and pretty.
The one in her hair was more than 8 inches long but less than 10 inches long.
How long was her ribbon?

A) 11 inches

B) 8 inches

C) 9 inches

D) 7 inches


5) Kenny wore his orange shirt, orange shirt, orange shirt,
Kenny wore his orange shirt all day long.
Kenny's had quills sticking out of his orange shirt.
They popped 1 balloon that Stacey had, 2 balloons that Mary had and 1 balloon that Ryan had.
How many balloons were popped?

A) 5 balloons

B) 3 balloons

C) 4 balloons

D) 2 balloons


6) Henry wore his green sneakers, green sneakers, green sneakers,
Henry wore his green sneakers all day long.
Henry's sneakers are a size 4. Mary's wears a size 2 sneaker.
How many sizes larger are Henry's feet than Mary's?

A) 1

B) 2

C) 0

D) 3


7) Katy wore her yellow sweater, yellow sweater, yellow sweater,
Katy wore her yellow sweater all day long.
Katy's sweater has two sleeves. Henry's shirt has two sleeves.
Mary's dress has two sleeves.
How many sleeves are there in all?

A) 4 sleeves

B) 8 sleeves

C) 6 sleeves

D) 7 sleeves


8) Who wore a pink hat, pink hat, pink hat,
Who wore a pink hat all day long?
There were 8 party hats in all.
The birthday person was the only one with a pink hat.
How many hats were not pink?

A) 7 hats

B) 8 hats

C) 6 hats

D) 5 hats


9) Katy wore a pink hat, pink hat, pink hat,
Katy wore a pink hat all night long.
Katy went to bed at 7 o'clock.
She stared at the stars until she fell asleep.
When she looked out one window she counted 4 stars.
When she looked out her other window she counted 5 stars.
How many stars did she count in all?

A) 10 stars

B) 9 stars

C) 8 stars

D) 11 stars