Sheet # 33/Charlotte's Web
Name: _____________________
Date_____________
1. One evening, Charlotte called a meeting of all the animals in the
barn cellar. The barn animals gathered around Charlotte in a circle
including Wilbur. If there are 5,040 different ways the barn animals
can gather around Charlotte, then how many different barn animals
gathered for the meeting?
2. The county fair has an area of 3 acres. The county fair is a square with four equal sides. What is the length of each side of the county fair in feet?
3. Fern and Avery decided to play checkers while they waited for Wilbur to be judged at the county fair. How many squares are there on a checkerboard?
4. During the parade at the county fair, Wilbur walks at a speed of 3 miles per hour during his first 10 steps, he walks twice as fast during his next 20 steps, walks twice as fast during next 10 steps, and he walks four times as fast during his final 25 steps. How fast was Wilbur walking during his last 25 steps in the county fair parade?
5. Charlotte spun three different messages in her web to describe Wilbur. First, she spun SOME PIG! in her web. Next, she spun TERRIFIC in her web. Then, she spun RADIANT in her web. In how many different orders could Charlotte have spun the three messages describing Wilbur?
6. Frog and Toad decide to go swimming in a circular lake that is 5 feet deep and has a radius of 75 feet. The lake is surrounded by a circular path 6 feet wide. How many cubic feet of water does the lake contain? How many feet would it take Frog and Toad to walk along the entire inner side of the circular path? How many feet would it take Frog and Toad to walk along the outer side of the footpath?
7. Frog and Toad's hometown has an isosceles triangular shape with two angles equal to 35 degrees. What is the angle of the third side?