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Sheet # 218/Valentine's Day

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Mrs. Elsen's neighborhood has 6 children; 4 boys and 2 girls. She baked Valentine cookies in four colors, red, blue, green, and purple , for the children to give to each other. She set the following rules.

1) The boys would give red heart cookies to the boys.

2) The girls would give blue heart cookies to the girls

3) The boys would give green heart cookies to the girls.

4) The girls would give purple heart cookies to the boys.

How many cookies of each color did Mrs. Elsen bake?


























Answers for Sheet #218 Valentine's Day

1) 12 red cookies
2) 2 blue cookies
3) 8 green cookies
4) 8 purple cookies