Sideways Arithmetic From Wayside School (Wayside School 2.50)
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1. What animal has a very long neck?
2. What animal is fat and gray like a rhinoceros, and its name almost even sounds like rhinoceros, and it is even harder to spell than rhinoceros, but it isn’t a rhinoceros?
3. What animal has a horn or two?
4. What animal likes to swing through trees and eat bananas?
5. What animal carries his home on his back?
Problem 35 Answer:
The questions were asked in the following order:
1. What was the name of Martha Washington’s husband?
2. What was the name of Amy Carter’s father?
3. What was the name of Jackie Kennedy’s husband?
4. What was the name of Mary Todd Lincoln’s husband?
5. What was the name of Eleanor Roosevelt’s husband?
Problem 36 Answer:
The questions were asked in the following order:
1. What holiday do we celebrate on July 4th?
2. On what holiday do you give your sweetheart a valentine?
3. On what holiday was Lincoln born?
4. On what holiday do we give thanks?
5. On what holiday was Columbus born?
Bebe was very upset. She didn’t think the test was fair. “How am I supposed to learn about holidays?” she asked. “Every time there’s a holiday I have to stay home from school.”
Mrs. Jewls realized that Bebe was right. And besides, holidays are supposed to be happy times. They shouldn’t cause people to get upset. So she gave everyone an A on the test.
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Chapter 7
Lunch
Problem 37 Answer:
No, unless her head is smaller than a half an inch. Notice that the smaller her head, the higher she can reach. Is that true about everybody? Can people with small heads reach higher than people with big heads?
Problem 38 Answer:
Probably. Even though we don’t know how much taller he would be if he stood on his tiptoes, it doesn’t really matter. Presumably he has a chest and stomach, and they should easily give him enough height to reach the knob. Not only that, we know he must have a big stomach since he and Miss Mush usually eat a lot.
Problems 39–42:
This graph helps illustrate the answers to Problems 39–42.