“Whose Shoes?” Friend, Nov. 1979, inside back cover
Whose Shoes?
Can you solve this puzzle? A set of shoes equals the number of shoes each creature needs to fit all its feet. Number (1) is filled in to start you off.
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Spider bought enough shoes for her 36 children.
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If Bee needs fewer shoes than Spider, write 226; if not, write 337.
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Pig had 111 sets of shoes. How many single shoes did she have to shine?
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Spider met Centipede who said, “My name means ____ feet.”
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Bee bought 13 sets of shoes; Bird bought 3 pairs; together they had ____ shoes.
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From 216 single shoes that Spider gave him, Bee made ____ sets of shoes.
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Pig had to clean ____ shoes because 34 sets became muddy.
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Bird wove 25 pairs of slippers from grass and tied ____ bows to decorate them.
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Pig paid $6.00 a set for 9 sets of shoes for a total of ____.
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Bird liked to brag, “I have 12 pairs of shoes and 1 extra one for every day in May.” How many shoes does Bird have?
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If Bird, Spider, Bee, and Pig gave 20 mice enough old shoes to make 210 sets with one extra, how many shoes would the mice have?
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Bee put 58 sets of shoes in boxes each 5 millimeters high. Stacked on top of each other they measured ____ millimeters high.
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Bird kicked 9 different rocks each day along the path for 30 days. Those ____ rocks wore his new shoes out.
Illustrated by Colleen Hinckley