1. Read by Ms. Sharma MATH CURSE WRITTEN BY JON SCIESZKA & LANE SMITH

2. MATH CURSE #1 The whole morning is one problem after another. There are 24 kids in my class. I just know somebody is going to bring cupcakes to share. We sit in 4 rows with 6 desks. What if Ms. Fibonacci rearranges the desks to make: a)6 rows? _____ desks in a row b)8 rows? _____ desks in a row c)3 rows? _____ desks in a row

3. MATH CURSE #2 Social Studies is a GEOGRAPHY problem: The Mississippi River is about 4,000 kilometers long. An M&M is about 1 centimeter long. There are 100 centimeters in a meter, and 1000 meters in a kilometer. Estimate how many M&Ms it would take to measure the length of the Mississippi River.

4. MATH CURSE #3 On the planet Tetra, kids have only 2 fingers on each hand. They count 1, 2, 3, 10… Finish counting to 30. ____, _____, _____, _____, _____, ______, ______, _____

5. MATH CURSE #4 I wake up on Wednesday morning at 7:15. It takes me 10 minutes to get dressed, 15 minutes to eat my breakfast, and 1 minute to brush my teeth. What time will I be ready?

6. MATH CURSE #5 Name one way you have encountered math today (other than math class or math homework!)

7. BONUS

8. ANSWERS Curse #1- a)6 rows? 4 desks in a row b)8 rows? 3 desks in a row c)3 rows? 8 desks in a row Curse #2- It would take 400,000,000 M&Ms to measure the Mississippi River Curse #3- 11,12, 13, 20, 21, 22, 23, 30 Curse #4- You will be ready at 7:41 A.M. Bonus- Jon has 9 nephews and 6 nieces.

9. ANSWER PAGE (SAMPLE) Page 1 1. I picked 35 flowers 2. I ate 2. 267 in ten seconds Page 2 1. The math problem was 1. 3 Miles long 2. The snake was 2. 216 Inches Page 3 1. 512 cats ate cheese 2. 315 dogs burped loudly.