Sideways Arithmetic From Wayside School (Wayside School 2.50)

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(CLUE The addition portion of the problem should give you what c and y each represent, although that doesn’t give you any immediate help. Notice that t times t equals a number that has s as its last digit. Notice also that s plus s equals t. What are s and t?)

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PROBLEM 24 — Super Bonus Problem

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a = ?llllc = ?llllh = ?lllli = ?llllo = ?

r = ?lllls = ?llllt = ?llllw = ?

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(CLUE This is the second hardest problem in the book. The following steps should help you:

1. Determine what number t must represent.

2. Determine h by looking only at the addition portion.

3. Determine r by looking only at the addition portion.

4. Determine w by looking only at the addition portion.

5. Solve the multiplication by trial and error.)

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Chapter 5

Recess

Ten kids gathered on the basketball court:

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MaureciallllllllD. J.llllllllToddllllllllJason

JoyllllllllSuellllllllDeedee

DameonllllllllJennyllllllllMyron

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They had been looking forward to recess all morning so they could play basketball. Ten was the perfect number for playing basketball. They got ready to choose up teams.

Just then, Allison came by. “Anyone want to play freeze tag?” she asked.

“No,” said Maurecia. “I’m going to play basketball. We’ve got five for each team. That’s the perfect number for basketball.” Maurecia liked freeze tag, so if there weren’t enough for five per team, she would have changed her mind and played freeze tag. But since there were ten kids ready to play basketball, she chose basketball.

“Me, too,” said Joy. She always did whatever Maurecia did.

“I’m playing basketball,” said Dameon. He would have played basketball even if there were only enough kids for four on each team. But if there were less than eight, then he would have changed his mind and played freeze tag.