“Math Teaser,” Friend, Sept. 1994, 5
Math Teaser
Start with:
____ Months in a year
– ____ Blind mice in the nursery rhyme
+ ____ A single item
– ____ Sides of a rectangle
+ ____ Players on a United States football team
– ____ Sides on a stop sign
– ____ Cents in a nickel
+ ____ Planets in the solar system
– ____ A pair
– ____ A half dozen
+ ____ Days in a week
= ____
Your answer should be the same number that you started with.