1994
Math Teaser
September 1994


“Math Teaser,” Friend, Sept. 1994, 5

Math Teaser

Start with:

____ Months in a year

– ____ Blind mice in the nursery rhyme

+ ____ A single item

– ____ Sides of a rectangle

+ ____ Players on a United States football team

– ____ Sides on a stop sign

– ____ Cents in a nickel

+ ____ Planets in the solar system

– ____ A pair

– ____ A half dozen

+ ____ Days in a week

= ____

Your answer should be the same number that you started with.

Answers:

  • 12 -3 +1 -4 +11 -8 -5 +9 -2 -6 +7 = 12.