Puzzle Zone

This shark bites everything it sees! Find the rule the shark uses to crunch
objects in its path.

100    75

32    7

118    93

55    30

74    49

Emma, Mia, and Sophia shared their crayons for a school project. Altogether, they used 70 crayons. But when it was time to go home, they had forgotten how many crayons each person brought!

“I brought 4 packs with 5 crayons in each pack,” Emma remembered.

“My packs had twice the number of crayons that Emma’s packs had,” Sophia recalled. “And I brought half as many packs as Emma did.”

“I had three times the number of packs Sophia brought,” Mia said. “But I don’t remember how many crayons were in each pack!”

How many crayons were in each of Mia’s packs?

Alex and Isabella made lemonade. First, Alex squeezed  ___  lemons to make  ___  cups of lemon juice. Isabella added  ___  cups of sugar. Alex mixed it with  ___  cups of water. “Wait!” Isabella cried. “Let’s add  ___  cups of strawberry juice.” They cooled the lemonade in the fridge for  ___  hours. Then they each drank     
 ___  glasses. “That was  ___  times more delicious than any lemonade I’ve ever tasted!”
said Alex.

How many total cups of ingredients did Alex and Isabella use in their lemonade?

The lunch server at Operation Elementary makes operators to put into equations. On this busy day, she could use your help! Place the correct operator in each equation below.

2 ___ 5 = 10

16 ___ 4 = 12

45 ___ 15 = 60

49 ___ 7 = 7 

The sandcastles below were all entered into a competition. The winner’s design used 1 triangle and 3 squares. Which sandcastle won?