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Sheet # 2/Valentine's Day

Name: _____________________ Date_____________


Show your work.

1) Each girl in the class gets a box of candy.There are 12 girls in the class. Each box of candy contains six chocolates. How many chocolates altogether?




2) Cupid shoots 6 arrows a day.
a) How many arrow does he shoot in a week?



b) How many arrows in a year? [hint: 365 days in a year]




3) Mrs. Grimes has to pick four people to decorate the bulletin board. Only five kids have been really good lately. The kids names are Nicole, Brittany, Katie Jo, and Ben. She will pick four names out of her tin. What is the possibility that Nicole would get picked?





4) Nicole bought a box of heart candies for her Valentines box. It contains 30 heart candies. She accidentally knocked the box off her desk and two fell out. Jacob asked her for three to eat. How many are left for her Valentines box?




5) Katie Jo is helping Mrs.Grimes decorate the room. They bought a pack of 25 balloons. Four balloons had a hole in them. Two got too big and popped. One fell on a tack. How many balloons were still useable?


















































Answers for sheet # 2:
1) 72 chocolates
2)a. 42 arrows
b. 2,190 arrows
3) 1/5
4) 25 hearts candies
5) 18 balloons