Gina and her new friend, Kelly, were visiting with me the other day when we decided to get a head start on making valentines. Love, I'm a parent/teacher and want to review parent/teacher tips for this challenge! Aunty Math problems, copyright 2001, Angela G. Andrews You
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"I know you can buy them," said Gina, "but its so much more fun to make them!"
Kelly agreed. "Look at all this stuff, Aunt Mathilda. We have red, white, purple and pink paper to make hearts."
"And I have a surprise for you both," I said, as I brought another bag to the kitchen table. "I got three different kinds of doilies for your valentine making party. I have some round, white doilies, some square pink doilies, and some red, heart shaped doilies too! Why don’t you girls get started on making some valentines while I whip up a batch of heart cookies?"
"Great idea!" said both girls, and soon the table was covered with glue, scissors, and paper scraps.
When we sat down for a snack of valentine sugar cookies and milk, the girls had a math challenge for me.
"Aunty, we were wondering if you could figure out how many different valentines hearts we could make if we used one colored paper for the heart and decorated it with a different colored doily?"
"Hmm…" I said. "You mean you wouldn’t put a red doily on a red paper heart, but you could put a pink doily or a white doily on the red heart?"
"That’s right, Aunty," the girls said, giggling as I tried to figure out their valentine challenge. "Our hearts will be broke if you can’t solve it!"
Well, we can’t have any broken hearts, so please help me figure out the answer to this valentine challenge. When you think you have the answer, check it out with a parent, teacher or friend. If they agree, then post your answer and how you figured it out on the message board. Don’t forget to put your first name or email name only. In a few days you can expect an answer from Aunt Mathilda – cross my heart!
Aunt Mathilda
P.S. If this challenge seems too easy for you, just ask your parents or teacher to show you the harder one in the parent/teacher notes!
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