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1. What number comes next: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, ...?

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2. I am an odd number. Take away one letter and I become even. What number am I?

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3. A bat and a ball cost $1.10 together. The bat costs $1.00 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?

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4. What is half of two plus two?

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5. How many times can you subtract 5 from 25?

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6. A doctor gives you 3 pills and tells you to take one every half hour. How long until they're all gone?

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7. When I was 6, my sister was half my age. Now I'm 70. How old is my sister?

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8. How can you add eight 8s together to get 1,000? (Only addition!)

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9. A snail is at the bottom of a 10-foot well. Each day it climbs up 3 feet, and each night it slides back 2 feet. How many days does it take to get out?

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10. Which three positive whole numbers give the same answer when you add them and when you multiply them?

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11. If 5 cats catch 5 mice in 5 minutes, how many cats are needed to catch 100 mice in 100 minutes?

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12. A patch of lily pads doubles in size every day. On day 48 it covers the whole pond. On what day did it cover half of the pond?

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