“Spring-Cleaning,” Friend, Feb. 1983, 33
Spring-Cleaning
When Rory Raccoon got ready to do his spring-cleaning, he was amazed at how many things he’d collected during the year. To find out how many things he’d collected, fill in the correct numbers. (Just one digit per square.)
Down
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55 glass and 7 clay marbles
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One less than 3 times 8 pieces of yarn
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8 washcloths and 8 towels
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2/5 of 25 acorns
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135 forks, 52 knives, and 168 spoons
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200 more than 176 ripe red raspberries
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11 dozen parts for model airplanes plus a tube of glue
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3 cartons, each with 7 small boxes in them
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30 nickels in each of five piggy banks
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79 fewer than 1,000 broken crayon pieces
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2 pictures of each state in the United Stated and 1 of Washington D.C.
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6 piles of 9 colored streamers
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5 sets of tricycle wheels
Across
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32 1/2 pairs of green socks
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15 striped, 8 polka-dot, and 6 plain ties
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7 buttons and 5 snaps
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4 pairs of tennis shoes, 2 pairs of house slippers, and the old shoe that Mussy Muskrat brought over
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3 dozen handkerchiefs
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Enough pennies to equal 3 dimes
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7 T-shirts with designs and 4 plain ones
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7 crickets and 10 each of 7 kinds of beetles
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9 apple cores, 6 orange peels, and 28 broken crackers
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Half of 104 peanuts
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31 old and 30 new sweaters
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20 toy frogs and 12 tin crickets
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8 old valentines and 11 bows
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5 Halloween party favors, 2 pirate hats, and 44 ears of corn
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1/4 of 100,000 weed seeds plus 1 thistle
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7 posters and 7 pennants
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4 pillows, 5 blankets, and 6 sheets