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Sheet # 1/Valentine's Day

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1) Red and pink hearts everywhere! I love Valentine's Day. I will make 3 red hearts out of each piece of red paper. I will make 6 small pink hearts out of each piece of pink paper. I have 7 red sheets of paper and 9 pink sheets. How many hearts can I make?




2) Oh, no!! It is almost Valentine's Day. I have not bought my cards. I have saved $3.75. A box of cards cost $1.35. How many boxes can I buy?





3) I need to buy my sweetie a Valentine's Day present. I will buy a box of chocolates for $2.65, a card for $1.30, and a stuffed animal for $6.65. If I have a $20 how much will I have left? Will I have enough to buy myself a stuffed animal?






4) Love is in the air! My Dad is taking my Mom to dinner for Valentine's Day. I am stuck with a baby-sitter. She will come at half past 7. If I go to bed at a quarter to 9:00 p.m., how long will I have to torment her?






5) Linda went to Target and bought a box of Valentine's Day cards. There were 45 cards in the box. Linda wanted to give her class and Mrs. Temple's class cards. Will she have enough, if there are 18 children in her class and 15 children in Mrs. Temple's class? Will there be any left over?





6) Vallory gave out 23 Valentine's cards. Timothy gave out 17 cards and 26 Hershey kisses. How many cards did they hand out together?





7) We are so excited about Valentine's Day! Today is February 1st. How many more days until Valentine's Day?





8) If January 30th is a Tuesday, what day of the week will Valentine's Day be on?





9) For Valentine's Day, Grant received 19 cards and Monique received 32 cards. How many cards did they get all together? How many more did Monique get?





10) On February 14th Mrs. DuRant's class had a Valentine's Day party. There were colorful decorations and a lot of snacks. Barrett brought in 20 heart shaped red cookies. Madeleine brought in 10 heart shaped pink cookies and 12 cupid shaped cookies. How many heart shaped cookies did the class have in all?






11) Mrs. Temple's class was planning a Valentine's Day party! She told the class they would need at least 45 cookies and 3 liters of red juice. Savannah, Cole, Hannah, Hector, and Logan volunteered to bring in cookies. How many cookies should they each bring in order to have enough?













































Answers for sheet # 1

1) 75 cards

2) 2 boxes

3) $9.40, yes

4) 1 hour and 30 minutes

5) yes

6) 40 cards

7) Date will vary every year

8) Date will vary every year

9) 51 cards

10) 30 cookies

11) 9 cookies/person