Mr. R.’s World of Math

Number Thief New Years (12 Times Facts)

This story focuses on problem solving using the 12 multiplication facts and much more! Hope you enjoy and Good Luck!

ANSWERS

Chapter 1:
1. 12 months X 6 years = 72 months, so 72 visits from the Number Thief.
2. 60 ÷ 12 minutes= 5
Number thief stole 5 numbers.
3. 32 X 12 = 384 minutes of dancing.

Chapter 2:
1. 8 x 12 = 96 fingers
2. $12.12 X 12 = $145.44
3. 180 ÷ 12 = 15
Number Thief’s hat was 15 feet tall.

Chapter 3:
1. 12 x 7 = 84 and 12 x 3 = 36.
84 + 36 = 120 shouts
2. 9 X 12 = 108.
108 – 7 = 101 slices.
3. $17.12 x 14 = $239.68

Chapter 4:
1. 11 X 12 = 132 lies in total
2. 12, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72, 84
3. Every hour he goes up 4 feet, and slips down 1 foot, so he goes up 3 feet in total each hour.
96 ÷ 3 = 32 hours

Chapter 5:
1. 5 X 12 = 60 seconds, or 1 minute
2. 12:11 AM
3. If he lies 24 times in 8 minutes, then he lies 3 times/minute, so in 6 minutes, he can lie 3 X 6 = 18 times.

Chapter 6:
1. There are 12 hours between 8AM and 8 PM.
4 X 12 = 48 math questions
2. 12 X 34 = 408 minutes of chewing numbers.
3. 5280 feet X 12 inches = 63,360
Thief could jump 63,360 inches into the air.

Chapter 7:
1. 10 X 12 (a dozen is 12)= 120 pieces of chocolate.
2. 6 X 1,212= 7,272
Thief had travelled 7,272 miles.
3. $1200 – $144 = $1056

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