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TALL TALE MATH
by Betsy Franco
Tall Tale Math 2013 by Betsy Franco, Scholastic Teaching Resources
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ISBN: 978-0-545-33333-7
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For my dad, who had a great sense of humor.
Contents
Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 4
How to Use This Book ............................................................................................................. 5
Connections to the Common Core State Standards .............................................................. 6
The Tall Tales
Paul Bunyan............................................................................................................................. 8
Math Concepts: Place value, Rounding
Annie Christmas .................................................................................................................... 12
Math Concepts: Algebra, Logical reasoning, Addition, Subtraction
Johnny Appleseed .................................................................................................................. 16
Math Concepts: Multiplication, Division
John Henry ............................................................................................................................ 20
Math Concept: Choosing an operation
Stormalong ............................................................................................................................ 24
Math Concepts: Perimeter, Area, Weight
Pecos Bill ............................................................................................................................... 28
Math Concepts: Measurement (standard and metric), Length, Distance
Sal Fink .................................................................................................................................. 32
Math Concepts: Money word problems
Davy Crockett ........................................................................................................................ 36
Math Concept: Geometry
Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind ....................................................................................... 44
Math Concept: Algebra
Old Sally Cato ........................................................................................................................ 48
Math Concepts: Fractions, Decimals

Mose Humphreys ................................................................................................................... 52
Math Concept: Data analysis (nding and using averages)
Slue-Foot Sue ........................................................................................................................ 56
Math Concept: Data analysis (using graphs)
Answers .................................................................................................................................. 61
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I
n Tall Tale Math, students will discover that problem
solving can be exceptionally engaging. Think about
ittall tales are lled with an abundance of math
possibilities! In the context of rip-roaring tales that are so much
a part of American history, students can practice math problems
designed to help meet the curriculum needs of your class.
Twelve traditional tall tales have been written with distinctive
voices, and each has been creatively used as a springboard to
present problems that reinforce the concepts students need to
know. Among other things, students will discover place value in
Paul Bunyans gargantuan menus, multiply and divide to gure
out how far Johnny Appleseed traveled, calculate the cost of
items at Sal Finks dockside sale, and interpret data about giant
jumping sh with Slue-Foot Sue!
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Problem Solving
. .
Following each tall tale is a set of problems to solve that relate

to the details in the tale. Specic math concepts are highlighted
in each unit. The following concepts are included:
Place Value
Rounding
Algebra
Logical Reasoning
Addition and Subtraction
Multiplication and Division
Choosing an Operation
Perimeter and Area
Weight
Length and Distance
Money Word Problems
Geometry
Fractions and Decimals
Data Analysis
Introduction
Connections to the
Math Standards
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The activities in this book

correlate with the Mathematics
and English Language Arts
(Reading: Literature) standards
recommended by the
Common Core State Standards
Initiative, a state-led effort to
establish a single set of clear
educational standards whose
aim is to provide students with
a high-quality education. (For
more, see page 6.)
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How to Use This Book
Y
ou can use the reproducible stories and companion math problem
pages from Tall Tale Math in a wide variety of ways. Students can
read and answer questions individually, in pairs, in groups, or as a
class. To make the stories and math more vivid, you might have the class act
out the tales. Students can even write their own tall taleseither creating an
original story or adapting a traditional one with their own ideasand make up
problems to go with them!
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Benets
. .
The combination of literacy and math enhances and enriches students

motivation, learning, and retention of concepts. The benets of using this book
are numerous:
Problem solving can be presented in the context of particularly exciting

and humorous stories.
Students can review and reinforce a wide variety of important math

concepts while improving their reading and uency skills and learning
about a timeless genre of writing.
Classroom time can be used efciently by integrating math, reading, and

history concepts into single lessons.
Students can discover that math is everywherefrom the geometric

shapes in Davy Crocketts frontier world to the patterns of Annie
Christmas beads to the weight of big Stormalongs food to the fraction of
peaches picked from crotchety old Sally Catos orchard!
A Word About the Companion Math Activities
Because this book is written for third, fourth, and fth graders, the math problems
have been designed to follow a progression of difculty levels. In most cases, the
rst page of activities for each tale targets math skills for 3rd and 4th graders;
the second page targets skills for grades 45. Also, a number of the problems
can be solved using different approaches. For example, students might solve the
multiplication problems using either repeated addition or multiplication. Before
assigning the accompanying math pages, you might review the problems and
choose the ones youd like students to do. You can cross out any problem you
want them to skip before you copy the pages for distribution.
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Connections to the Common Core State Standards
The Common Core State Standards Initiative (CCSSI) has outlined learning expectations in
Mathematics for students at different grade levels. The activities in this book align with the following
standards for students in grades 35. For more information, visit www.corestandards.org.
Mathematics
Operations & Algebraic Thinking
Grade 3
Represent and solve problems involving
multiplication and division.
3.OA.3, 3.OA.4
Multiply and divide within 100.
3.OA.7
Solve problems involving the four
operations, and identify and explain
patterns in arithmetic.
3.OA.8, 3.OA.9
Grade 4
Use the four operations with whole
numbers to solve problems.
4.OA.2, 4.OA.3
Gain familiarity with factors and
multiples.
4.OA.4
Generate and analyze patterns.
4.OA.5
Grade 5
Write and interpret numerical
expressions.
5.OA.2
Number and Operations
in Base Ten
Grade 3
Use place value understanding and
properties of operations to perform
multi-digit arithmetic.
3.NBT.1, 3.NBT.2, 3.NBT.3
Grade 4
Generalize place value understanding
for multi-digit whole numbers.
4.NBT.1, 4.NBT.2, 4.NBT.3
Use place value understanding and
properties of operations to perform
multi-digit arithmetic.
4.NBT.4, 4.NBT.5, 4.NBT.6
Grade 5
Understand the place value system.
5.NBT.1, 5.NBT.3a, 5.NBT.4
Perform operations with multi-digit
whole numbers and with decimals to
hundredths.
5.NBT.5, 5.NBT.7
Number and Operations
Fractions
Grade 3
Develop understanding of fractions as
numbers.
3.NF.1, 3.NF.3a, 3.NF.3b
Grade 4
Extend understanding of fraction
equivalence and ordering.
4.NF.2
Build fractions from unit fractions
by applying and extending previous
understandings of operations on whole
numbers.
4.NF.3a, 4.NF.3c, 4NF.3d
Understand decimal notation for
fractions, and compare decimal
fractions.
4.NF.6, 4.NF.7
Grade 5
Use equivalent fractions as a strategy to
add and subtract fractions.
5.NF.1, 5.NF.2
Measurement & Data
Grade 3
Represent and interpret data.
3.MD.3
Geometric measurement: understand
concepts of area and relate area to
multiplication and to addition.
3.MD.6, 3.MD.7a, 3.MD.7b
Geometric measurement: recognize
perimeter as an attribute of plane
gures and distinguish between linear
and area measures.
3.MD.8
Grade 4
Solve problems involving measurement
and conversion of measurements from a
larger unit to a smaller unit.
4.MD.1, 4.MD.2, 4.MD.3
Geometric measurement: understand
concepts of angle and measure angles.
4.MD.5
Grade 5
Convert like measurement units within
a given measurement system.
5.MD.1
Geometry
Grade 3
Reason with shapes and their attributes.
3.G.1, 3.G.2
Grade 4
Draw and identify lines and angles, and
classify shapes by properties of their
lines and angles.
4.G.2
The stories and activities in
this book also meet the
following CCSSI reading
standards for literature for
students in grades 35.
English Language Arts
Reading: Literature
Key Ideas and Details
RL.3.1, RL.3.2, RL.3.3; RL.4.1, RL.4.2,
RL.4.3; RL. 5.2, RL.5.3
Craft and Structure
RL.4.4; RL.5.5
Range of Reading and Complexity
of Text
RL.3.10; RL.4.10; RL.5.10
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The
Tall Tales
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(Continued)
Math Concepts: Place value, Rounding
Paul Bunyan
At two weeks old, gigantic Paul Bunyan
took his rst steps. He was so big that he set
off earthquakes in Maine. In fact, almost any
move he made caused the earth to shake. So
his parents put his cradle in the ocean to protect
the state.
Hes causing tidal waves now, said the
townsfolk. Sure enough, Pauls hiccups stirred
up the water and made huge waves.
Thats how he ended up in the backwoods of
Minnesota, taking care of himself. For twenty years,
Paul did pretty darn good on his own. But then came
the year of the big blue snow.
On a night that would have made a polar bear shiver,
Paul went out in the freezing cold. All of a sudden, he
heard a moaning sound under a huge snowdrift. Paul
investigated, and to his surprise, he pulled out a blue ox.
Come with me, he said picking up the ox, which
was nearly as big as Paul himself.
Paul took care of that ox until he had nursed it back
to health. Babe the Blue Ox, as he called her, licked his face
and followed him everywhere. Thats how Paul made his
rst friend. And a big friend she was! By the time Babe
was full grown, the distance between her horns was
42 axe handles long.
One day, Paul discovered that he could cut down a
forest of trees with just a few swipes of his axe. In those
days, people needed wood for their homes, and no one
was thinking about saving trees.
Lets you and me take those logs down the river in
Minnesota and get them to a sawmill, Paul said to Babe.
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Math Concepts: Place value, Rounding Paul Bunyan
While they were out and about, the two leveled
Kansas and Iowa, clearing out trees so the farmers there
could raise crops. Since they could walk a mile in one
step, this was only a weeks work for Paul and Babe.
Back in Minnesota, after they had rolled thousands
of logs down the river, Paul said, Its time to get
some help and make some friends, Babe. Lets start a
logging camp.
Hiring lumberjacks to help him was one of the
best decisions Paul ever made. But it was a good thing
he was a problem solver, because clever thinking was
needed to feed and house thousands of men.
Paul built a chow table so long that it took a week
for a dish to get from one end to the other. He made a
frying pan the size of an ice-skating rink. One hundred
men would strap bacon to their skates to grease it.
And with all those thirsty men around, Paul had
to dig out ve big holes to ll with water so everyone
would have enough to drink. Those waterholes are
known as the Great Lakes today.
Pauls problem solving also came in real handy
when the coldest winter of all nearly stopped the work
at the camp.
Youve all got to grow your beards long enough
to reach your feet, Paul told his lumberjacks. Then
you can knit your beards into socks to keep your feet
from freezing. Sure enough, his plan worked, and the
logging went on.
Years later, Paul and Babe made their way to
Oregon where they settled down to retire.
If old Paul were still around today, hed most likely
be using his problem-solving skills to grow and increase
the forests . . . with Babes help, of course. For sure, hed
have some mighty good ideas about how to do that!
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Name
________________________________________
Date
_____________________________
Paul Bunyan
1. Each step Paul Bunyan took was 5,280 feet longthats one mile!
The 2 in 5,280 is in the hundreds place. Its value is 200.
Fill in the answers to the following:
The 5 is in the ________________________ place. Its value is _________.
2. One morning, the cook made 10,000 pancakes. Then he made 4,000 more,
then 600, then 50, and nally 7 more.
How many pancakes did he make in all? ______________
3. A stew recipe called for 5,026 cups of salt, but the cook didnt see the zero.
How much salt did the cook put in the stew? _______________________
What is the value of 5 in that number? _______________________
This table shows how deep
Paul dug out the ve waterholes
(shown by the name they go by
today). Use the table to complete
questions 47.
4. Which depth has a 2 in the hundreds place? ____________________
5. Which depth has a 5 in the tens place? ____________________
6. Round the depth of each of these lakes to the nearest 100:
Lake Superior __________________ Lake Huron __________________
7. Put all of the lakes in order from shallowest to deepest.
______________________, ______________________, ______________________,
______________________, ______________________
Waterhole Depth
Lake Superior 1,332 feet
Lake Michigan 925 feet
Lake Huron 751 feet
Lake Erie 210 feet
Lake Ontario 802 feet
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Name
________________________________________
Date
_____________________________
Paul Bunyan (Continued)
8. The distance between Babes horns was 42 axe handles, or 1,482.6 feet.
Heres how that number looks in a place-value chart:
What is the value of each of these numbers?
4: ____________________________ 2: ____________________________
6: ____________________________ 8: ____________________________

9. Paul Bunyan made a giant fry pan to cook pancakes for his lumberjacks.
The pan measured 2,174.35 feet across! Write that number in the
place-value chart below.
What is the value of each of these numbers?
2: ____________________________ 7: ____________________________
5: ____________________________ 3: ____________________________
10. The food servers wore roller skates so they could get the warm meals to
the workers quickly. One day, Paul used his giant watch to see how long
it took to deliver some of the meals.
Here are the times Order the times from
he clocked: longest to shortest:
5.95 minutes ____________________________
5.59 minutes ____________________________
5.92 minutes ____________________________
5.52 minutes ____________________________
5.99 minutes ____________________________
thousands hundreds tens ones . tenths
1 4 8 2 . 6
thousands hundreds tens ones . tenths hundredths
.
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Math Concepts: Algebra, Logical reasoning, Addition, Subtraction
Annie Christmas
In her day, Annie Christmas was not hard to pick out of a
crowd. Down in the river docks of New Orleans, she stood out
for her size and strength. Annie was six feet seven inches tall,
weighed 250 pounds, and had beautiful dark skin.
She had swagger, too. She walked with condence and
had a reputation for making short order of any bullies at the
docks. Annie was stronger than most men, and she didnt let
anyone push her around. In fact, Annie had a necklace of beads
that was thirty feet long by the end of her life to prove it.
Each bead stands for a bully I done whipped in a ght,
shed boast. Then shed laugh as loud and long as a foghorn.
For a living, Annie owned a keelboat that she hauled
up and down the Mississippi. It was called Big Rivers
Daughter, which made sense because she felt like a daughter
of that long river that went from the top of the country to
the bottom.
Her keelboat had a at deck with a cabin resting in the
middle of it. At the start of a trip, Annie would load barrels
of sugar, our, and cotton onto her boat.
Shes the only one among us who can carry three barrels
of goods at the same time, the dockhands would say. Then
theyd nudge each other as Annie walked by with one barrel
in each hand, one on her head, and her beads swinging back
and forth.
(Continued)
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Annie Christmas Math Concept: Algebra, Logical Reasoning, Addition, Subtraction
I hear she can pole her keelboat, fully loaded,
up and down the Mississippi River, both with the
current and against it. But can it be true? said one
amazed dockhand.
Turns out it was true. Most boat captains just went
with the current, and once they made it to New Orleans,
their boats were used for lumber. Not Annie, though.
Shed turn her keelboat around and use those big strong
arms of hers to pole right back up the river.
After a while, strong as Annie Christmas became a
saying around the river. She was even given a red feather
for her cap that signaled to everyone that she was no one
to mess with. Annie was stronger than anyone, and she
was the champion ghter in those parts.
Annie added to her reputation while she was on
vacation aboard a fancy steamboat named the Natchez
Belle. Her keelboat was being towed behind the steamboat.
One day, the steamboat was headed straight for the
bowels of a dark storm. Annie Christmas confronted the
captain, Aint you gonna turn back? Dont be a fool. This
here storm looks powerful angry.
Were not turning back, and Im in charge. Not you,
growled the captain. And he drove that boat head-on into
the storm.
Things got worse from there. The waves churned, and
the steamboat lurched in all directions. Annie tried again,
Let me handle the wheel. I can still turn us around, she
called out over the winds roar.
But the captain rebuffed her once again, shouting,
No turning back! So Annie pulled up her keelboat and
helped the frightened passengers on board. Then she
untied her boat and started poling it with all her might.
After a while, she knotted the towline around her waist,
jumped into the water, and dragged her keelboat full of
passengers to safety.
That was the day Annie Christmas sealed her
reputation as a true hero.
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Name
________________________________________
Date
_____________________________
1. Annie used three different shapes of beads for her necklace.
She strung her beads in this order:
Which shape would she use for each bead below?
7th bead: ________________ 9th bead: ________________
18th bead: ________________ 23rd bead: ________________
2. Annie took the beads off of her necklace to clean them. She followed the
color pattern below to restring them. Fill in the numbers in her pattern:
__1__ red, __2__ blue, __4__ yellow, __4__ red, __5__ blue, __7__ yellow,
____ red, ____ blue, ____ yellow, ____ red, ____ blue, ____ yellow

3. Imagine that Annie added colored beads to her necklace in this order:
3 red beads, 2 blue beads, 1 yellow bead
How many beads of each color would she have if her necklace had 30 beads?
______ red beads ______ blue beads
______
yellow beads

Annie painted a number grid
on the deck of her boat to
use when loading barrels.
Use this grid for questions 46.
4. One day, Annie put a barrel of
our on every multiple of 3.
Circle each of those numbers
on the grid. Do you see
a pattern?
5. Another time, she put a barrel
of sugar on every multiple of 6.
Draw an X on each of those
numbers. Do you see a pattern?
Annie Christmas
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
6. Once, she put a barrel of cotton on

every 5th square. Color each of those
numbers red. Do you see a pattern?
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Name
________________________________________
Date
_____________________________
Annie loaded her boat three barrels at a time. She repeated taking
trips in the order below until the job was done:
Trip 1: 2 barrels of our and 1 barrel of sugar
Trip 2: 1 barrel each of our, sugar, and cotton
Trip 3: 1 barrel of sugar and 2 barrels of cotton
7. Which barrels did Annie load on the following trips?
4th: ___________________________________________________
6th: ___________________________________________________
11th: __________________________________________________
8. After 10 trips, how many barrels of each would Annie have loaded?
_____ barrels of our _____ barrels of sugar _____ barrels of cotton
9. One summer, business was really booming for Annie! In June, she
hauled 41 barrels of our, 25 barrels of sugar, and 33 barrels of cotton.
How many barrels did she haul in all?
________________________________
10. Each month from July through September, Annie hauled 25 more
barrels than the month before. How many barrels did she haul each
month? Use your answer for June from question 9, above.
______________ ______________ ______________ ______________
June July August September
11. In October, Annie hauled the same number of barrels as in June. What is
the difference between the number of barrels she hauled in October and
September? Use the number of barrels from question 10, above.
________________________________
Annie Christmas(Continued)
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(Continued)
Math Concepts: Multiplication, Division
From the time he was a young man in
Pennsylvania, John Chapmans brothers and
sisters knew he wasnt like everyone else.
So they werent surprised the day he
announced, I know just what I need to do.
What now, John? they asked. Their brother
spent most of his time in the woods and apple
orchards behind their house, thinking up ideas no
one else could think up.
Im going to spread apple seeds as far west as folks
need them, he said.
That very day, he set off for the cider mill nearby.
There, he got a huge pile of seeds and dried them in the
sun. Then he packed them into a sack, threw the sack
over his shoulder, and set out.
At rst he paddled a canoe west on the Ohio River.
When he came across settlers, hed call out, Hey, there,
friend, Ive got some apple seeds for you. No need to pay.
Im here to spread apples all across the land.
Then hed tell them how to plant the seeds and how
to care for the trees. Hed tell them how to store their
apples, and how to can them, and press them into cider,
and bake them into pies. The pioneers, who needed all
the help they could get, welcomed the seeds and Johns
advice. And, when it was time for him to leave, they waved
and smiled as he paddled away.
It wasnt long before John put down his paddle and
took off on his bare feet. He walked everywhere, and his
feet became hard as nails. As he went along, he passed
out his seeds for others to plant. He also stopped in sunny
open land to plant nurseries of his own trees. Someday,
this spot will be a glistening apple orchard, he thought.
Johnny Appleseed
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Johnny Appleseed Math Concepts: Multiplication, Division
As he tramped through Ohio, the forest became
his homehe never slept within four walls. He made
quick friends with the animals. Folks swore he could
communicate with the wild creatures, in their own
language. They swore that he was almost always in the
company of a raccoon, a rabbit, or even a bear.
Wherever he went along the trails, John also made
friends with the Indians. He learned many of their
languages. They understood his mission.
Before long, John became known in Indiana, and
then Illinois. Children and grown-ups started calling him
Johnny Appleseed. It was a perfect name for this strange,
kind man.
For forty years, as the seasons changed over and over
again, Johnny Appleseed camped under the stars, slept in
caves, and curled up in tree hollows. He never felt alone
among the trees and the animals.
As word about Johnny Appleseed traveled, stories
built up around him. He found a wounded wolf and
nursed it back to health. It goes with him wherever he
goes, some said. He always had a way with the wild
animals, others said.
Even after he grew old, and no one saw him walking
barefoot anymore, people swore they could still hear him
calling to the birds and spreading his
seeds. They said his spirit lived on,
just like his apple trees. And every
time they smelled a fresh apple
blossom or dug into an
apple pie, they thought
of Johnny Appleseed.
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Name
________________________________________
Date
_____________________________
Johnny Appleseed
Solve each problem. Show your work.
1. Johnny Appleseed traveled 20 miles a day in his canoe.
How many miles did he travel in each trip below?
3-day trip 5-day trip 9-day trip

______ miles ______ miles ______ miles
2. Before Johnny left, he loaded seeds by the bushel into his canoe.
If a bushel weighs 42 pounds, how much would each load below weigh?
2 bushels 4 bushels 8 bushels

______ pounds ______ pounds ______ pounds
3. Johnny used 36 apples to make 1 gallon of cider. How many apples did
he use to make each amount of cider below?
4 gallons 7 gallons 10 gallons

______ apples ______ apples ______ apples
4. Johnny ate an apple a day for 2 years. How many apples did he eat in
that time? (One year has 365 days.)
________________ apples
5. One year, Johnny gave away 16 bushels of seeds. If a bushel weighs
42 pounds, how many pounds did he give away?
________________ pounds
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Name
________________________________________
Date
_____________________________
Solve each problem. Show your work.
6. Johnny wanted to plant 72 trees in his nursery. How many rows
would he plant if each row had the following number of trees?
9 trees 6 trees 8 trees

______ rows ______ rows ______ rows
7. An apple has 5 seed pockets. If one seed is in each pocket, how
many apples would Johnny need to get each amount of seeds below?
30 seeds 45 seeds 95 seeds

______ apples ______ apples ______ apples
8. Illinois is about 216 miles wide. How many days would it take
Johnny to cross the state if he traveled each distance below?
8 miles a day 9 miles a day 12 miles a day

______ days ______ days ______ days
9. The distance across Ohio and Indiana together is about 378 miles.
If Johnny walked 9 miles a day, how long would it take him to
cross both states?
__________ days
10. It takes about 6 apples to make an apple pie. How many pies could a
pioneer family make with 228 apples?
__________ pies
Johnny Appleseed(Continued)
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John Henry
Math Concept: Choosing an operation
(Continued)
The day John Henry was born in West Virginia,
everyone in his community started grinning. He
was the strongest baby that had ever been born
thereabouts. He could lift his own crib, and some
say he was born holding a hammer in his little st.
From his early days, John Henry often said,
I just try to do the very best I can. Thats all I can do.
Sure enough, he helped his family and his
neighbors as soon as he could walk. Just watching him
live by his beliefs encouraged others to do the same.
Well, it turns out, John Henry was born at just the
right time. It was the time when the railroad companies
were laying hundreds of miles of track. But they had a
mighty big problem. The tracks ran right into the Allegheny
Mountains! They needed to build a tunnel through those
mountains so trains could get to the other side.
Once John Henry heard tell of the news, he slung his
sledgehammers over his broad shoulders. Then he waved
goodbye, saying, Im off to do what I was born to do.
In no time, he got himself hired to drive steel stakes
into the rock-hard, stubborn Big Bend Mountain. Dynamite
was stuffed into the holes he made, and then lit to blow
the rock away. Stake by stake, a tunnel was built. Before
long, John Henry was known far and wide for the power
of his swing.
He also had a reputation for being a generous man.
When other men were too sick to work, John Henry would
say, I cant let them lose their jobs. Then, hed do his
best to complete his job and theirs. In fact, he had to keep
a bucket of cold water handy to cool down the sizzle of his
14-pound sledgehammer.
No one can match you, John Henry, said his foreman,
the supervisor on the job.
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Math Concept: Choosing an operation John Henry
But one workday, a salesman came, pulling a steam-
powered drill. John Henry took one look at it, and he could
see the future. Machines would replace men. All he could do
was his very best to keep that day from coming. So, when
the foreman set up a contest to pit man against machine,
John Henry took on the challenge. With a wide grin on his
face, he fetched two 25-pound sledgehammers.
Bring it on, he said. Bring on the machine.
People gathered from all the neighboring towns and
cities to witness the contest.
Ready. Set. Go! yelled the foreman.
Hour after hour, John Henry drove stakes into the rock,
using both hands at once. Hour after hour, the machine
tore through the mountain with its mechanical drill. At the
end of the seventh hour, the crowd heard a sputtering and a
hissing. They also heard a man singing inside the tunnel.
The machine broke down, yelled the foreman. John
Henry, youve won the contest!
John Henry raised his arms in triumph. The crowd
roared, and a wide smile spread over John Henrys face. All
of a sudden, John Henry fell to the ground, a hammer still
clenched in one hand. His strong heart had stopped beating.
I did the very best I could. Thats all I could do, were
his last words.
When John Henrys body was carried back home on a
railroad train, people lined up along the tracks to bid him
goodbye. He was buried next to the cabin where he was
born. John Henry had lived an amazing life, and to this day,
he still inspires folks. Some even say they can sometimes
hear him singing in that tunnel.
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Name
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Date
_____________________________
John Henry
Tunnel Length
Allegheny Mountain Tunnel 6,070 feet
Cascade Tunnel 13,200 feet
Sand Patch Tunnel 4,475 feet
Snoqualmie Tunnel 12,144 feet
Staple Bend Tunnel 901 feet
Back in the days of railroad travel, tunnels were
often built to let trains pass through mountains.
Use this table to answer questions 16.
1. How much longer is the Allegheny
Mountain Tunnel than the Sand
Patch Tunnel?
______________ feet
2. How much longer is the Cascade Tunnel
than the Snoqualmie Tunnel?
______________ feet
3. What is the combined length of the Staple
Bend Tunnel and the Sand Patch Tunnel?
______________ feet
Is that combined length less than or
greater than the length of the Allegheny
Mountain Tunnel?
___________________________________
4. Which tunnel is about 2 times the length
of the Allegheny Mountain Tunnel?
___________________________________
5. Which tunnel is about 5 times the length
of the Staple Bend Tunnel?
___________________________________
6. The Big Bend Tunnel that John Henry
helped blast was 6,477 feet long. What is
the difference between the length of the
Big Bend Tunnel and the longest tunnel
in the table?
______________ feet
What is the difference between the length
of the Big Bend Tunnel and the shortest
tunnel in the table?
______________ feet
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Name
________________________________________
Date
_____________________________
John Henry(Continued)
7. John Henry worked long hours as a
steel driver. If he worked 19 hours a day,
how many hours would he work in a
7-day week?
______________ hours
How many hours would he work in
two weeks?
______________ hours
8. Each hole that John Henry drilled was
about 6 inches deep. If he drilled 144
inches in one day, how many holes
would he have drilled?
______________ holes
9. It took three years to blast the tunnel
through Big Bend Mountain. If the
men worked 261 days a year, how many
days in all would it have taken them to
complete the tunnel?
______________ days
10. John Henry usually worked with a
14-pound sledgehammer. If each of 32
men used a sledgehammer of the same
weight, what would be the total weight
of their hammers?
______________ pounds
11. In the contest, John Henry used
25-pound sledgehammers. If he had 9
sledgehammers at that same weight,
what would be the total weight of his
hammers?
______________ pounds
12. Because the steam-powered drill often
clogged up, it could only drill 9 feet a
day. How many days would it have taken
the machine to drill 126 feet?
______________ days
It was said that John Henry drilled
14 feet of holes on the day of the contest.
If he drilled this amount every day, how
many days would it have taken him to
drill 126 feet?
______________ days
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(Continued)
Math Concepts: Perimeter, Area, Weight
Stormalong
A long time ago, a furious storm hit the
coast of Maine. When it was over, the townsfolk
crept out to the beach where they came upon the
largest baby boy they had ever seen!
Well call this chap Stormy, short for
Stormalong, said the mayor. Then he took out
his tape measure. This baby is sixteen feet long!
Goo, goo, gurgled Stormy.
Well, as you can imagine, Stormy grew as big
as a whale. Before long, he was out frolicking in
the deep water with the sharks and sea lions.
With a hankering for the smell of saltwater in
his nose and wind in his hair, he grew up with the
mind to become a sailor. Along the docks, he found the
largest of the clipper ships, The Great Republic.
Will you hire me, captain? he asked.
You can be cabin boy if you promise not to sink
the ship, answered the captain, looking up at the giant-
sized Stormy.
Like he promised, Stormy didnt sink the ship. And
he came in mighty handy, too. Folks still talk about
the night a giant octopus wrapped its body around the
ship. In no time, young Stormy came to the rescue! He
jumped in the water and set to work on that octopus.
When he was done, it had seaworthy knots in its eight
tentacles and was sinking fast to the bottom of the sea.
Everyone loved Stormy, but he grew and grew.
Soon, the ship was taking in water with his every step.
Youve got to go, Stormy, said the captain, or we
wont stay aoat.
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Math Concepts: Perimeter, Area, Weight Stormalong
So, Stormy headed back to shore to become a farmer,
but it didnt take long before he missed the sea.
I think it misses me, too, he said to himself. With
that, he trekked back to the coast, where his friends
greeted him with a warm welcome.
Youve grown even more, said his old captain. Why
your feet look like my rowboats. Your toothpick could be
one of my oars. You need a clipper ship made just for you.
So they built him a ship, The Courser. The rowboat
of The Courser was nine times the length of The Great
Republic. Its deck was so long the crew had to ride
stallions to get from one end to the other. The mast was
so high it needed to be unhinged as they passed under the
sun and moon.
Well, Stormy was quite a chipper chap after that. And
it wasnt until he tried to sail through the English Channel
that he bumped into trouble. His clipper ship was as wide
as the Straits of Dover, the narrowest part of the channel.
But Stormy knew just what to do. Get out the soap,
he shouted to his crew. Scrub down the sides of the boat
til theyre slick and shiny. And thats just what they did.
Ship ahoy! called Stormy.
The Courser slid right through the straits and kept
sailing. But the white soap clung to the rocky cliffs and is
there still today. Those cliffs are now known as the White
Cliffs of Dover. And Stormy has been a legend ever since.
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Name
________________________________________
Date
_____________________________
Stormalong
1. As a baby, Stormy slept in a crib that was 18 feet long and 7 feet wide.
Find the following for his crib:
perimeter: ______________________ area: ______________________
2. When he was a child, Stormy played with
30 wooden blocks. Each block measured
1 square foot. Once Stormy lined up his
blocks like the arrangement here.
Find the following:
perimeter: ______________________ area: ______________________
3. Another time, Stormy arranged
his blocks like the ones here.
Find the following:
perimeter: ______________________ area: ______________________
4. Stormy planted a garden
to grow his own food.
Use the table to nd the
following for each plant
in Stormys garden:
Perimeter Area
beans __________________________ __________________________
corn __________________________ __________________________
squash __________________________ __________________________
Plant Length Width
beans 54 yards 22 yards
corn 96 yards 27 yards
squash 125 yards 31 yards
Garden Space Used
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Name
________________________________________
Date
_____________________________
Stormalong(Continued)
5. Stormy weighed 123 pounds when he was found. His weight doubled
by age one. How much did he weigh then? _______________________________
6. Stormy weighed ten times more at age 12 than at age one.
How much did he weigh at age 12? ________________________________

Use the table to answer questions 78.
7. How many pounds did Stormy pick in all?
in 1 day: ___________________________
in 1 week: _________________________
8. How many ounces of each food did Stormy
pick in one day? (One pound equals 16 ounces.)
beans: ________________________________
corn: ________________________________
squash: ________________________________
9. Stormy cooked 432 ounces of beans. Write that weight in pounds.
________________________________
10. Stormy had 39 toothpicks. One toothpick weighed 3 pounds.
How much did his toothpicks weigh in all?
in pounds: _________________ in ounces: _________________
11. The crew used 54 bars of soap on Stormys ship. Each bar weighed 19 pounds.
How many pounds of soap did the crew use?
________________________________
Each crew member used 38 pounds of soap. Write that weight in ounces.
________________________________
Food Weight
beans 29 pounds
corn 38 pounds
squash 33 pounds
Amount Stormy
Picked Each Day
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(Continued)
When Pecos Bill was born, his
pappy packed him into a covered
wagon with his eighteen brothers
and sisters and headed from New
England to East Texas.
They had hardly settled in,
when his pappy said, Too crowded
here. We gotta move on. Then he
packed them up again.
Across the Pecos River they
sloshed. On the way, baby Pecos Bill
slipped right into the water and oated
down the rapids til he hit the shore. Thats where a
kindly coyote pulled him out and raised him as one of her
own. Bill romped and howled and hunted with the coyotes.
About twelve years later, one of his brothers came across
him, sleeping under a sage bush.
Well, Ill be danged! Thats you, aint it, Bill?
Who you calling Bill? Pecos Bill asked. Im a coyote.
Look in that stream. You aint no coyote. Im your
brother, and you got skin like me. And you, darned tootin,
need some clothes.
When Bill looked in the stream, he had to agree. He
decided to try being human and see how that worked out.
His brother measured him for clothes, and Bill started
wearing them, but he still didnt brush his hair much.
Once, while sitting around a campre with some
cowpokes, Bill heard about a rough gang of outlaws who
camped in a glen nearby. They sounded like they might
be wild enough for him. He also heard about the herd of
longhorn roaming wild across the whole state of Texas and
on into Oklahoma.
Pecos Bill
Math Concepts: Measurement (standard and metric), Length, Distance
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Pecos Bill Math Concepts: Measurement (standard and metric), Length, Distance
Bill showed up at the outlaws camp riding a panther.
And that black wildcat looked none too happy about it.
On top of that, Bill had the longest rattlesnake theyd
ever seen, draped tame as a pussycat over his shoulders.
Im gonna shape you into the best darned ranchers
this country has known, said Pecos Bill. And no one in
the gang dared to disagree.
So he took a rope and looped it into a lasso. Then
he showed his men how to bring down a muscle-bound
longhorn with it. He taught them songs to soothe the
herd, which had grown to the size of a small state. And
with the encouragement of his cowpokes, he harnessed
the Rio Grande River to water his ranch.
Now all I need is a horse, said Bill, whose panther
was long gone.
It was love at rst sight for Pecos Bill when he saw
the untamable stallion everyone called Lightning. But
Lightning didnt feel the same way, until shed bucked
him across Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and back. No
matter how hard she tried, she couldnt throw Bill off
her back. Finally, Lightning gave in and let Bill tame her.
And she was loyal to Bill for the rest of their lives.
Everything was running like clockwork, until a nasty
drought left Texas drier than a horses tongue in the
summertime. Bill left the gang in charge.
I hear a cyclone coming from Oklahoma, he called
back as he rode off. Ill go lasso her and bring us some
rain. Be back when Im back!
When Bill caught the cyclone, he rode it and rode it,
determined to break and tame it like he did Lightning.
The cyclone nally gave up and rained all over Bills
ranch and everyone elses. He was known after that as
the greatest cowboy of all time.
Now all I need is a wife, said Pecos Bill.
And it turned out, he was right. But thats a whole
other tall tale . . .
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Name
________________________________________
Date
_____________________________
Pecos Bill
Use the measurements in the box
to help you answer questions 16.
1. Pecos Bills brother used
centimeters to measure
Bill for clothes. Convert
the measurements in the
table to meters.
2. Convert each measurement below to inches (1 inch is about 2.5 centimeters):
arm length: __________________ waist: __________________
3. Pecos Bills lasso was 22 m long. What was its length in centimeters?
__________________________
4. Pecos Bills rattlesnake was 180 inches long. Convert its length to each unit:
__________________ feet __________________ yards
__________________ centimeters __________________ meters
5. An average snake is 2.44 m long. A python is 5.79 m long. Find the difference in
length between each snake and Bills snake (use the length from question 4).
python: ______________________ average snake: ______________________
6. Pecos Bill rode the cyclone a distance of 250 kilometers (km).
How far is that in meters? ____________________
How far did Bill ride the cyclone in miles? (One mile is about 1.6 km.)
____________________
Measurement Centimeters(cm) Meters (m)
Arm length 70 cm
Arm span 195 cm
Waist 115 cm
Leg length 98 cm
Units of Measure
12 inches = 1 foot 100 centimeters = 1 meter
3 feet = 1 yard 1, 000 meters = 1 kilometer
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Name
________________________________________
Date
_____________________________
Pecos Bill (Continued)
Lightning bucked Pecos Bill
across Texas, New Mexico,
Arizona, and back. Use the
map and map scale to
answer questions 710.
7. About how many miles across is
each state?
Arizona: ___________________________
New Mexico: _______________________
Convert each distance to kilometers.
One mile is about 1.6 kilometers (km).
Arizona: ___________________________
New Mexico: _______________________
8. About how many miles across is the
widest part of Texas?
__________________________________
Convert that distance to kilometers.
__________________________________
9. About how many miles in all did
Lightning buck Pecos Bill?
(Measure the distance between the dots.)
__________________________________
10. Pecos Bill got water from the curvy,
winding Rio Grande. Use your thumb to
estimate the length of the river.
1 thumb-width = about 500 miles
The Rio Grande is about __________
miles long.

Convert that length to kilometers.
__________________________________
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NM
CO
TX

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(Continued)
Sal Fink was feistier than a ferret from a
very young age. But she did have feisty, tough
parents, after all. Her father was Mike Fink,
the famous atboat captain who ruled
the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. When he
carried pioneers and goods north, west, and
south, Sal was often right alongside him,
poling the boat and keeping his pace.
Once, when Mike and Sal were
away, Sals mother caught a thief
who had broken into their cabin.
With all the spunk she could
muster, she tied that thief up tight,
knocked some sense into him, and
scared the wits out of him.
Youll never see hide nor hair of me again, he said
when Mike Fink came home and set him free.
Now, Sal was short in height, but plenty sturdy.
And she was pretty in her own way, with long dark hair.
There was one thing about Sal that made her stand out.
She had a holler on her that could be heard from one side
of Illinois to the other. Everyone knew when she was
happy or getting ready to ght. Hi-i-i-i yi-i-i-i yippee-ee
yo-o-o-o-owl! shed cry.
When Sal wasnt poling down the river with her
father, she spent her days roaming around the woods
and riverbanks. One day, she came upon a cave. The loud
grunts and snores and snivels coming from inside the
mouth of that cave got Sals curiosity up.
I gotta see whats inside there, she said to herself.
It must be a mighty interesting critter.
Sal Fink
Math Concept: Money word problems
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Sal Fink Math Concept: Money word problems
Inside the dark cave, a mama bear awoke along
with her ve furry cubs. That mama bear leaped up and
bounded toward Sal Fink, claws bared and teeth shining.
Hi-i-i-i yi-i-i-i yippee-ee yo-o-o-o-owl! Sal hollered
at the top of her lungs.
Well, that mama bear and her ve cubs stopped in
their tracks. But not for long! Sal made a dash for the
cave door, but that mama bear grabbed her in a bear
hug. The two of them started to wrestle, tumbling and
kicking and biting. The mama bear was tough, but Sal
was giving it right back. Those two were really going at
it, out the cave door, around some trees, and over piles
of rocks. By the time theyd tumbled all the way down
a steep hill, that mama bear was plum worn out and
barely breathing. But her claws were so tangled in Sals
hair, she couldnt get away. Sal ended up putting that
bear out of its misery.
And the cubs? Why, they followed Sal around like
she was their mother, from that day forward.
When Sal was a bit more grown up, they say she
was kidnapped by a band of river pirates who had no
idea who they were dealing with. All tied up with ropes,
Sal waited until they fell asleep with their feet pointed
toward the embers of their camp re. Then she burst
from her ropes and tied all their feet together. When Sal
pulled on the rope, their feet skidded toward the re,
and those pirates woke up right quick.
As they scrambled to free themselves, the last
sound they heard from feisty, little Sal Fink was
Hi-i-i-i yi-i-i-i yippee-ee yo-o-o-o-owl!
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Name
________________________________________
Date
_____________________________
1. Sal wanted to sell a fringed jacket for
$4.12 and a plain jacket for $2.95. How
much more would a customer pay for the
fringed jacket?
___________________________________
2. When Sal bought her cook-stove new, it
cost $25.00. She put a price tag of $18.55
on it. What is the difference between the
price she paid and her asking price?
___________________________________
3. Sal used her horse to model the saddle
she wanted to sell. Altogether, her horse
and saddle were worth $195.78. She
priced the saddle at $30.96. How much
was her horse worth?
___________________________________
A customer offered to pay Sal $175.00 for
her horse. She said, No, my horse aint
for sale. If Sal had sold the horse, how
much more than its worth would she
have gotten?
___________________________________
4. Sal put several pairs of sturdy black
boots up for sale. She priced them at
$3.89 per pair. How much would two
pairs of boots cost?
___________________________________
If a customer paid $10 for the two pairs
of boots, how much change would Sal
give back?
___________________________________
5. Sal priced four souvenir portraits of her
famous father, Mike Fink, at $8.76 for the
set. How much would one portrait cost?
___________________________________
A customer wanted to buy as many
pictures as he could for $5.00. How many
pictures could he buy?
___________________________________
How much change would he get back?
___________________________________
Sal Fink
One day, Sal decided to have a dockside sale.
Thats like a yard sale, only she set up her
goods by the dock. Answer the following
questions about Sals sale.
Dockside
sale today!
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Name
________________________________________
Date
_____________________________
Sal Fink(Continued)
6. Sal found a bolt of velvet that she had
never used. She put the velvet in her
dockside sale and priced it at $5.39 a
yard. At that price, how much would
12 yards of velvet cost?
__________________________________
7. Sal also found some cotton fabric to
sell. She asked $0.07 per yard for the
cotton. At that price, how much would
35 yards cost?
__________________________________
8. Sal had a pair of fancy spurs that she
priced at $10.66. A customer came by
and wanted to buy only one of the spurs.
How much would one spur cost?
__________________________________
9. Someone bought two of Sals thick
leather belts for $11.50. Sal had put the
same price on each belt. How much did
one belt cost?
__________________________________
How much would a customer pay for
three belts?
__________________________________
10. Sal made a pearl necklace to put in her
sale. She priced the necklace at $5.30.
She also put some loose pearls out to sell
for $0.52 each. Would it cost a customer
less to buy the necklace or to buy 8 loose
pearls? Explain.
__________________________________
__________________________________
__________________________________
11. Before the sale, Sals cubs brought some
honey to her. She put the honey in jars
to sell. Then she made a sign that said,
5 jars for $2.75. At that price, how
much would one jar cost?
__________________________________
After a while, Sal offered a deal on her
honey. She changed her sign to 6 jars
for $3.00. Explain why this was a
better deal.
__________________________________
__________________________________
__________________________________
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(Continued)
Math Concept: Geometry
From his rst day on this earth,
Davy Crockett didnt shy away
from boasting about himself and
telling stories. Thats for sure. When he
bragged that he was part animal, folks
nodded their heads in agreement. Davy
could run like a cheetah, swim like a dolphin,
and ght like a grizzly.
On top of that, he boasted, I can catch lightning bolts
and slide down rainbows. And, watch out! Im always xing
for a ght and stalking danger.
Once, Davy was in the woods without his weapons
or traps. All of a sudden, he came upon a creature that
smelled as if it would make a ne supper. Davy couldnt tell
for sure because the night was as dark as a coal-bin.
I dare you to tussle with me, whoever you are, Davy
cried out. Youll be sorry, and I wont be hungry anymore!
When the moonlight suddenly lit up the creatures
jowls, even Davy had to back up a few steps. In front of him
stood a panther, ten times his size, with yellow eyes and
shiny fangs.
Well, hello there, Mr. Panther. Im sure youll be kind
enough to accept my apology, Davy said.
But that big old panther was not thinking along those
lines. He was dreaming of Davy inside his stomach. So the
two of them growled back and forth at each other. Then
they set to wrestling.
Just when it looked like Davy was about to be panther-
meat, he kicked that panther under the jaw and sent him
slamming into a tree. Then Davy slung the panther over
his shoulder and headed home.
Mercy, the panther murmured.
Davy Crockett
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Math Concept: Geometry Davy Crockett
Oh, Ill show you mercy, Davy said. I wont
put an end to you. But youve got to follow orders
from now on.
The panther agreed, and from that day on,
they were best buddies.
Now, Davy certainly kept up his reputation
from one end of Tennessee to the other. They say
he actually defrosted the sun one morning
when it got frozen in place.
He poured hot bear oil
on the sun to wake it
up and saved the day.
Even after all his
exploits, Davy decided
he needed more challenges. First, he married
a gal named Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind,
who was known for being the sweetest, prettiest,
sassiest, toughest gal in the West. They met when
Sally Ann helped get Davy out of a predicament of
his own making.
Second, Davy ran for Congress. People need a
congressman who can out-boast, outrun, and outwit
everyone in Washington, he said. Wouldnt you
know, he won the election and went on to represent
his people in a proud and mighty way.
Along about nine years later, Davy volunteered
down in Texas to help that state win its independence
from Mexico. In a battle at the Alamo, a Texas
mission, he and a group of brave men held out as
long as they could. But after a courageous ght,
Davy Crocketts life came to an end.
When folks recount the tall tales of Tennessee,
they remember Davy Crockett, the folk legend. When
folks say, Remember the Alamo, they honor Davy
Crockett, the real-life hero.
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Name
________________________________________
Date
_____________________________
1. Davy often used box traps to catch small
animals. He liked to build traps that had
perfectly square sides. Cut out the pattern
on page 40 and make the shape. What is
the name of the solid you made?
___________________________________
Name three things that have this
same shape:
___________________________________
___________________________________
___________________________________
2. Davy had to chop logs for rewood and to
build his house and furniture. Cut out the
pattern on page 41 and make the shape.
What is the name of the solid you made?
___________________________________
same shape:
___________________________________
___________________________________
___________________________________
3. For his bed, Davy built a wooden box that
had a top, bottom, and sides. Then he put
a straw mattress on the bed. Cut out the
___________________________________
same shape:
___________________________________
___________________________________
___________________________________
4. When Davy built his log cabin, he topped
it with a sturdy, pitched roof. Cut out the
___________________________________
same shape:
___________________________________
___________________________________
___________________________________
Davy Crockett
Imagine you lived during Davy Crocketts day. People
back then had to trap their own food, build their own
houses, and chop their own logs for rewood and cooking.
Use the patterns on pages 4043 to help you answer
questions 14.
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Name
________________________________________
Date
_____________________________
Davy Crockett(Continued)
Use the patterns on pages 4043
and this diagram to help you
answer questions 512.
5. A cube has:
___________ faces
___________ edges
___________ vertices
6. What shape are the faces of your cube?
_____________________________
7. A rectangular prism has:
___________ faces
___________ edges
8. What shapes are the faces of your
rectangular prism?
_______________________________
_______________________________
9. What kind of angles are in a cube and
rectangular prism?
______________________________
10. A triangular prism has:
___________ faces
___________ edges
11. What shapes are the faces of
your triangular prism?
_______________________________
_______________________________
12. What shape is the base of a cylinder?
______________________________
What polygon makes up the tube part
of your cylinder?
______________________________
vertice
face
edge
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Name
________________________________________
Date
_____________________________
Pattern for Davy Crockett
1. Cut out the pattern.
2. Fold along the solid lines.
3. Glue (or tape) the shape
together.
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Name
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Date
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lines.
3. Glue (or tape) the
shape together.
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Date
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Math Concept: Algebra
When Sally Ann Thunder Ann
Whirlwind came into this world,
she already had a passel of brothers
and sisters. And they just chuckled
when Baby Sally Ann announced,
Put me up against any creature
with skin or fur, and Ill beat em.
Well, Sally Ann learned to walk at two months
old. Not long after that, she challenged her brothers
and sisters to a swimming race. Ill beat yall down
the river, she shouted. You just watch.
Isnt she cute? they said.
But sure as sugar, she outswam every one of them by
a mile. After that, they bragged up and down Tennessee
about their rough n tough, but sweet sister. They
lovingly called Sally Ann the toughest gal in the West.
By the age of ten, she was making a name for herself
as someone who could wrestle alligators, ride panthers
bareback, and sweet talk hornets into letting her wear
their nest as a bonnet.
But one person who hadnt heard of Sally Ann
was Davy Crockett. The day they met, Davy had fallen
asleep with his head in the crook of a large tree. When
he woke, he discovered his head was stuck, so he started
hollering. Sally Ann was passing by and stopped to help.
She gathered six large rattlesnakes, then tied them
together, hissing and rattling, to make a long rope.
What do you intend to do, honey? Davy asked, his
eyes wide.
Sally Ann Thunder Ann
Whirlwind
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Math Concept: Algebra Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind
Just you wait and see, mister. But dont you call me
honey ever again, or Ill let you rot in that tree, Sally Ann
said in her sassy way.
Well, Im not mister, came the reply. Im Davy
Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier.
Well, nice to meet ya. My names Sally Ann, she said,
as she wrapped her snake rope around one limb of the tree
and pulled powerful hard. Pop! Out came Davys head.
And at that moment, Davy knew he had found the girl
he wanted to marry.
From that day on, Davy pursued Sally Ann until she nally
agreed to be his wife. As it turned out, she loved him, too.
Davy loved to brag about his wife to anyone whod listen.
In fact, his boasting irritated the heck out of Mike Fink, the
famous atboat captain. So one day, Mike Fink aimed to
scare the living daylights out of Sally Ann. He dressed in the
skin of a gigantic alligator and laid in wait for her. When she
nally came along, Sally Ann took one look, whipped out her
toothpick, and icked off the head of that alligator skin right
along with Mikes hair! Davy laughed for three days when he
heard what happened.
Some time later, when Sally Ann and Davy had started
a family, Davy went off to Washington, D.C., to become a
congressman. Sally Ann stayed back home and took care of
their baby. She loved the backwoods too much to leave it
for the city.
One night while Davy was gone, the house was
surrounded bywhat elsealligators! Those critters
intended to make a meal of the occupants. But Sally Ann
would have none of that. She marched right out and ung
those alligators into the woods, one by one, each farther than
the one before.
When the story made its way to Davy in Washington, he
swelled with pride over his wifes smarts and courage. And
from coast to coast, everyone said, Sally Ann Thunder Ann
Whirlwind, you truly are the toughest gal in the West!
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Name
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Date
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Whirlwind
1. Sally Ann baked wedding cupcakes.
She needed 4 eggs for each batch
of cupcakes. Complete the table to
show how many eggs she needed
to make each number of batches.
2. Sally Ann ung alligators away
from her house. On each ing,
she threw 3 more alligators than
the time before. Complete the
table to show how many alligators
she ung each time.
3. Each time Sally Ann arm-wrestled in a contest, it took her
5 seconds less to win than the time before. She beat her rst
opponent in 32 seconds. How many seconds did it take her
to beat each of the following opponents?
__________________ __________________ __________________
2nd 3rd 4th
__________________ __________________ __________________
5th 6th 7th

Batches Eggs
1 4
2 8
3
4
5
6
Fling Alligators
1 2
2 5
3
4
5
6
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Name
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Date
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Whirlwind(Continued)
4. When Sally Ann nished with her snake rope,
she let the snakes go one at a time. Each snake
was 6 feet long. Complete the table to show
the length of her rope each time she released
a snake.
5. When Sally Ann wore her hornet-nest bonnet,
more and more hornets joined the nest each
day. She noticed that they joined in a pattern
that followed this rule:
10x + 2, where x is the day
On the rst day, 12 hornets ew to her bonnet:
10
1 + 2 = 12 hornets
Complete the table to show how many hornets
joined in on Days 3, 4, 5, and 6.
6. When Sally Ann was one year old, she could
lift 25 pounds. Each year, she was able to
lift more weight than the year before. The
amount she could lift followed a pattern
based on this rule:
25y + 5, where y is the year
Complete the table to show how many pounds
Sally Ann could lift when she was 3, 4, 5,
and 6 years old.
Number of Snakes Length of Rope
6 36 feet
5 30 feet
4
3
2
1
Day Hornets
1 12
2 22
3
4
5
6
Year Pounds
1 25
2 55
3
4
5
6
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Now Old Sally Cato was as old as the
mountains, but she was as smart as a hawk.
She was sturdy, too. She had tended her peach
orchards for ninety odd years all by herself.
But these days, her legs wobbled like a newborn foals.
Shed gotten to the point where she needed her grandsons,
Georgy and Tim, to help her pick the peaches.
You lazy boys, she croaked. Get out of bed right
quick! My one hundred and two peaches are as ripe as
they should get. Georgy and Tim jumped up and hustled
on down to the orchard, as Old Sally Cato shook her cane
at them.
Dont eat even one of them peaches, you hear, or
youll rouse that giant, Billy Bully. Hell smell the aroma
and eat up my orchard. And hell eat you, too!
Well, Georgy and Tim started picking the peaches and
laying them in rows of ten. But those peaches looked so
delicious, Tim said, Granny wont miss a peach or two.
We can eat up two of em real fast.
And thats just what they did. But no sooner had
they nished the last bite, the earth began to move like
an earthquake. The boys looked up and saw Billy Bully
towering over them. His face was as rough as the moons
surface, and his hands were like saucepans.
Want a peach? asked Tim, trembling with fear.
Billy Bully just stared and snorted. So, the boys tossed
him peach after peach, and he swallowed each in one gulp.
More, roared Billy Bully.
Youve eaten all one hundred, said Georgy.
Well, then, Ill have to eat you!
Georgy and Tim took off like scared cats toward
Grannys house.
Old Sally Cato
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Old Sally Cato
Whats the fuss? asked Old Sally Cato, looking
up from her knitting.
Billy Bully done ate all one hundred peaches,
said Georgy.
One hundred peaches? Well you two foolish
boys must have ate two of em yourselves.
Old Sally Cato set down her yarn. The she
picked up her largest knitting needle and a long
chicken feather. With all your antics, how can
anyone get anything done around here? she
grumbled at the boys.
Just then Billy Bully appeared. He leaned down,
meaning to gobble up Old Sally Cato. But before
he knew what was happening, she marched herself
straight into that giants mouth. Then she took her
feather and dusted all around his insides, stirring up
enough dust to make him cough and sneeze.
Next, she poked him with her knitting needle
til he howled like a coyote. She kept on dusting and
poking until Billy Bully spat her up, along with all
one hundred peaches. Then he hightailed it home.
Georgy, Tim, said Old Sally Cato, Go wash
all them peaches. Then she picked up her
knitting. Now where was I? she said as
she settled back into her rocker.
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Name
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Date
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Old Sally Cato
1. In an early burst of energy, Georgy
and Tim picked 10 peaches. Color that
many peaches.
What fraction of the peaches did the
boys pick? __________
How many more peaches do they need
to pick? __________
2. The boys heard Old Sally Cato holler,
Get to work! So, they picked 15 more
peaches. Color that many more peaches.
Now what fraction of the peaches has
the boys picked? __________
What fraction has not been picked yet?
__________
3. Old Sally Cato yelled, By noon, youd
better have half of them picked. The boys
got to work, but very slowly. Color the
peaches until youve colored half of them.
How many peaches are left for the boys
to pick? ____________________________
4. After an hour passed, the boys still had
20 peaches to pick. Color in the peaches
that they have already picked.
What fraction of the peaches has been
picked? __________
Show that fraction in its lowest terms:
__________
Old Sally Cato had 100 peaches
left after her lazy grandsons ate
two of her 102 peaches. This
grid shows the 100 peaches she
still had. Use the grid to answer
questions 14.
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Name
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Date
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Old Sally Cato(Continued)
5. Write the decimal for each fraction of
peaches that the boys picked:
1
/10
: ______________
1
/4
: ______________
3
/4
: ______________
1
/2
: ______________
8
/10
: ______________
4
/5
: ______________
6. When Billy Bully showed up, Georgy and
Tim had picked all 100 peaches. Billy ate
1
/5 of their peaches in one minute.
How many peaches did he eat?
______________________________
Write the decimal for the fraction of
peaches that Billy ate: __________
7. After Billy Bully gobbled the 100 peaches
and Old Sally Cato, he spat them all out.
Luckily, only 15 peaches were bruised.
Write a decimal to represent each of
the following:
bruised peaches: __________
unbruised peaches: __________
8. Old Sally Cato put gave Georgy
1
/5 of the
peaches to wash. She told Tim to wash
2
/5 of the peaches. What fraction of the
peaches did the boys wash in all?
______________________________
9. Old Sally Cato used 1
1
/4 cups of peaches
to make a pie. She sprinkled another
1
/4 cup of peaches on top of the pie. How
many cups of peaches did she use in all?
______________________________
Show that number in its lowest terms:
______________________________
10. One day, Old Sally Cato squeezed
2
/3 cup of juice from some peaches.
The next day, she squeezed another
2
/3 cup of juice. How much juice
did she squeeze in all?
______________________________
Show that fraction as a mixed number:
__________
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Math Concept: Data analysis (nding and using averages)
Mose Humphreys was a printer
by trade. But when the re-alarm bell
sounded around New York City, he
dropped everything and ran.
Fire. Turn out! were the shouts
heard on the streets.
With those words spurring him on,
Mose ran like the wind all the way to the
part of town called the Bowery. There, he
joined the other volunteer reghters at
his station house.
Mose is here. Well beat that re now!
his buddies cheered.
Mose and his fellow volunteers suited up in their
red shirts and colorful suspenders. Mose threw on his
shiny reghter hat. Then those men pulled their water
pump on a wagon through the streets of New York.
Everything was easier with Mose because he was at least
eight feet tall with hands as big as a Virginia ham.
Through the city streets the reghters ew,
cheered on by the gathered crowds. People were used to
seeing these heroes because so many of the buildings in
those days were made of wood, and the gas street lamps
would often set them on re.
As quickly as they could, the reghters connected
the pump to a hydrant, and more than a dozen men
would twirl the large handles. Of course, Mose could
man one handle all by himself.
As soon as the pump was primed, Mose wrapped
yards and yards of hose around his arm. Then he started
to climb the wooden ladder to the upper oors of the
burning building.
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Math Concept: Data analysis (nding and using averages) Mose Humphreys
Children inside! he heard someone yell. At that,
Mose raced up the ladder eight rungs at a time.
Then he slipped into that burning building, as if he
were made of steel, and found those children and anyone
else left inside. It seemed as if the ames couldnt touch
him. Down the ladder he climbed as quick as he went up,
with people slung over his shoulder or clinging to his back.
When Mose wasnt ghting res, he was eating for
free at restaurants around the city. The owners would
bring out the best oysters and beef for him to feast on.
Mind you, reghters in those days didnt get a cent of
pay. The reward was in their hearts, and the city paid the
men by taking care of them.
After all those days of ghting res, a day came
that shocked Mose like no other. He set out like every
other time to answer the re-alarm bell. But by the time
he arrived, there was a steam-driven pump shooting
water through the air. He and his fellow volunteers had
never seen anything like it. After that, the city no longer
needed thousands of volunteers. So Mose retired, but his
reputation lived on.
Why, one time, he rescued a baby and carried it to
safety tucked inside his reghter hat, claimed some
folks.
I heard he picked up a trolley car that got in the way
of the pump wagonwith his bare hands! boasted others.
To this very day, youll still hear folks in the
restaurants, houses, and apartment buildings
all over the city
talking about
Mose Humphreys
heroic deeds.
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Name
________________________________________
Date
_____________________________
1. Some of Moses teenage neighbors were in training
to be volunteer reghters. These were the ages of
those soon-to-be reghters:
13, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 17
What was the average age of the teenage trainees?
_____________________
2. These days, volunteer reghters are 18 to 80 years old.
Here are some sample ages from one station:
19, 22, 24, 33, 34, 36, 47, 73
What is the average age of reghters for that station?
_____________________
Find the age difference between the average reghter and the following:
youngest reghter: _____________________
oldest reghter: _____________________
3. Back when Mose was a volunteer, the ages of the reghters
in his station went from 14 years to 50 years. Here are
some sample ages from Moses station:
14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 23, 32, 45, 50
What was the average age of reghters in Moses station?
__________________
Find the age difference between the average reghter and the following:
oldest reghter: _____________________
youngest reghter: _____________________
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Name
________________________________________
Date
_____________________________
Mose Humphreys(Continued)
4. These days, reghters keep statistics on how long it takes to get to a re.
Here are some sample response times, in minutes, in New York City:
2, 3, 3, 4, 6, 6
What is the average response time?
_____________________
5. In Moses day, there were many res because most of the homes
were made of wood. Today, not as many homes are wooden.
These are the number of summer res that occurred in one
medium-size city one year not long ago:
18 in June 20 in July 16 in August
That summer, what was the average number of res in a month?
_____________________
6. These are the number of summer res that occurred in New York City
one year not long ago:
271 in June 220 in July 181 in August
That summer, what was the average number of res in a month?
_____________________
7. At her re station, Judy usually works an average of 72 hours a week.
In October, work got busier than usual. These are the number of hours
she worked each week in October:
72, 81, 72, 75, 90
What was the average number of hours per week that Judy worked
in October?
_____________________
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Math Concept: Data analysis (using graphs)
Slue-Foot Sue
No one has properly traced back
Slue-Foot Sues beginnings. So her
story starts when Pecos Bill spotted
her on the back of a catsh.
Giddy-up! Slue-Foot Sue
shouted, kicking her spurs into the
sides of that spunky catsh. She wore a leather
skirt with fringe and a big old belt. She had a lasso on
her belt, buckles on her boots, and a holler that could
be heard ve hundred miles away, or at least four hundred.
That catsh jumped out of the river and dove back
down deep, with Slue-Foot Sue grinning like a cat. Up and
down they went, as they ew down the rapids of the Rio
Grande River.
Well, Pecos Bill had never seen anything like it.
Hed been watching from behind a rock, sitting on his
stallion named Lightning. But as Slue-Foot Sue passed,
he hollered out, Wait up there.
What fer? said Sue, not even looking his way.
I wanna meet you, said Pecos Bill, feeling more
shy than hed ever felt. He could tell she was strong as
a moose, wild as a wolf, and brave as a bear.
Slue-Foot Sue turned her head and spit out a
spray of water that just missed Pecos Bills head. Well,
hello there! she called out. Being one always up for an
adventure, Slue-Foot Sue reined in the catsh and tied its
harness to a tree.
Im Slue-Foot Sue, she said, shaking Pecos Bills
hand so hard his teeth rattled.
I think I wanna marry you, said Pecos Bill. I was
raised by coyotes, I work with reformed outlaws, and Im
the greatest cowboy in the world.
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Math Concept: Data analysis (using graphs) Slue-Foot Sue
Well, Ive never heard of you, but I just might
marry you, Pecos Bill, Slue-Foot Sue said with a
big grin. But . . . you gotta buy me a dress with
a big fancy bustle. And you surely gotta let me ride
your lightning-white horse.
Pecos Bill agreed on the spot. He rode to town
and bought the most beautiful gown he could nd
with a big, fancy bustle at the back.
On their wedding day, Slue-Foot Sue and Pecos
Bill stood side by side, with spurs on their boots
and cowboy hats on their heads. Slue-Foot Sue was
powerful proud of her bustle, but she got mighty
restless by the time the ceremony was over.
Time to ride that horse, she said.
Okay. Just know that shes a buckaroo. No ones
ridden her but me, cautioned Pecos Bill.
With that, Slue-Foot Sue jumped on the horse.
But she hadnt counted on one thing. That big fancy
bustle had a lot of bounce in it. When her bottom hit
the saddle, she bounced up, up, up. She bounced so
high, it looked like she might hit the moon.
Her bounces got higher and higher, then lower
and lower. Pecos Bill thought hed soon get his bride
back, until she hit a rock and went way, way up into
the sky.
Do something down there, she hollered,
scaring all the animals for miles around.
Pecos Bill watched Slue-Foot Sue bounce a
couple more times before he took out his lasso. He
set to work lassoing storm clouds from all across the
state to make a ceiling in the sky. Then he lowered
those clouds until he could reach his bride.
Once her feet hit the ground, Slue-Foot Sue
immediately changed back into her regular clothes.
Then she hopped back on Lightning, and rode
circles around Pecos Bill from that day on.
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Name
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Date
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Slue-Foot Sue
1. What is the minimum height that a sh could jump? ____________
The maximum? ____________
2. Which sh jumped the lowest height? _______________________
How high did that sh jump? _______________________
3. How much higher did the salmon jump than the cod? _______________________
4. Fill in the blanks:
The _______________________ jumped 2 feet higher than the _______________________.
5. Slue-Foot Sue decided to ride the sh that jumped the highest.
Which sh did she ride? _______________________
How much higher did that sh jump than the sh with the lowest jump height?
_______________________
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Slue-Foot Sue picked the giant sh that jumped the highest to
ride down the Mississippi River. This bar graph shows how high
different sh could jump. Use the graph to answer questions 15.
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Name
________________________________________
Date
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Slue-Foot Sue(Continued)
Slue-Foot Sue experienced some mighty bounces in her
wedding dress. This line graph shows the heights of her
bounces. Use the graph to answer questions 611.
6. How high was Slue-Foot Sues 2nd bounce? _______________
7. Which of her bounces went the highest? ________________
How high were those bounces? _______________
8. Which of her bounces were the lowest? ________________
How high were those bounces? ________________
9. Look for the pattern of Slue-Foot Sues bounces on the graph.
Describe the pattern.
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________.
10. Following the pattern, how high would her 7th bounce be? _______________
11. If Slue-Foot Sue kept bouncing, which would be her next high-bounce?
___________________________________________
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Slue-Foot Sues Bounces
1 2 3 4 5 6
Bounces
Miles
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Name
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Date
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Slue-Foot Sue(Continued)
Slue-Foot Sue spent her days doing the things she loved.
This circle graph shows how much time she spent doing each
activity in a day. Use the graph to answer questions 1214.
12. About what fraction of her day did Slue-Foot Sue spend breaking horses?
___________________________________________
13. What did Slue-Foot Sue spend the least amount of her day doing?
___________________________________________
About what fraction of her day was used doing that activity?
___________________________________________
14. What did Slue-Foot Sue spend a little more than
1
/4 of her day doing?
___________________________________________
How Slue-Foot Sue
Spent Her Day
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wrestling
riding
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breaking
horses
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Paul Bunyan
page 10
1. thousands, 5,000; tens, 80; ones, 0
2. 14,657 pancakes
3. 526 cups; 500 (or 5 hundred)
4. 210 feet
5. 751 feet
6. 1,300; 800
7. Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Ontario,
Lake Michigan, Lake Superior
page 11
8. 400 (or 4 hundreds); 2 (or 2 ones); 6 tenths;
80 (or 8 tens)
9. Students should write the numbers in the
place-value chart in this order: 2 (thousands);
1 (hundreds); 7 (tens); 4 (ones); 3 (tenths);
5 (hundredths)
2,000 (or 2 thousands); 70 (or 7 tens);
5 hundredths; 3 tenths
10. 5.99 minutes; 5.95 minutes; 5.92 minutes;
5.59 minutes; 5.52 minutes
Annie Christmas
page 14
1. 7th-round; 9th-heart; 18th-round; 23rd-square
2. 7, 8, 10, 10, 11, 13
3. 15 red beads; 10 blue beads; 5 yellow beads
4. Students should circle the following numbers:
3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 33, 36, 39, 42,
45, 48, 51, 54, 57, and 60.
5. Students should draw an X on the following
numbers: 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 42, 48, 54,
and 60.
6. Students should color the following numbers
red: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55,
and 60.
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7. 2 barrels of our and 1 barrel of sugar; 1 barrel
of sugar and 2 barrels of cotton; 1 barrel each
of our, sugar, and cotton
8. 11 barrels of our; 10 barrels of sugar; 9 barrels
of cotton
9. 99 barrels
10. 99 barrels; 124 barrels; 149 barrels; 174 barrels
11. 75 barrels
Johnny Appleseed
page 18
1. 60 miles; 100 miles; 180 miles
2. 84 pounds; 168 pounds; 336 pounds
3. 144 apples; 252 apples; 360 apples
4. 730 apples
5. 672 pounds
page 19
6. 8 rows; 12 rows; 9 rows
7. 6 apples; 9 apples; 19 apples
8. 27 days; 24 days; 18 days
9. 42 days
10. 38 pies
John Henry
page 22
1. 1,595 feet
2. 1,056 feet
3. 5,376 feet; less than
4. Snoqualmie Tunnel
5. Sand Patch Tunnel
6. 6,723 feet; 5,576 feet
Answers
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7. 133 hours; 266 hours
8. 24 holes
9. 783 days
10. 448 pounds
11. 225 pounds
12. 14 days; 9 days
Stormalong
page 26
1. 50 feet; 126 square feet
4. beans: 152 yards; 1,188 square yards
corn: 246 yards; 2,592 square yards
squash: 312 yards; 3,875 square yards
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5. 246 pounds
6. 2,460 pounds
7. 100 pounds/day; 700 pounds/week
8. beans: 464 ounces
corn: 608 ounces
squash: 528 ounces
9. 27 pounds
10. 117 pounds; 1,872 ounces
11. 1,026 pounds; 608 ounces
Pecos Bill
page 30
1.
2. about 28 inches; about 46 inches
3. 2,200 cm
4. 15 feet; 5 yards; about 450 centimeters;
about 4.50 meters
5. 2.06 m; 1.29 m
6. 250,000 m; 400 miles
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7. 300 miles, 350 miles; 480 km, 560 km
8. 750 miles; 1200 km
9. 2,400 miles
10. 3,000; 4,800 km
Sal Fink
page 34
1. $1.17
2. $6.45
3. $164.82; $10.18
4. $7.78; $2.22
5. $2.19; 2 pictures; $0.62
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6. $64.68
7. $2.45
8. $5.33
9. $5.75; $17.25
10. It would cost less to buy 8 beads because that
would cost $4.16. (The 8 beads are $1.14 less
than the cost of the necklace.)
11. $0.55; Each jar would cost $0.50, or $0.05 less
than they would cost if buying 5 jars for $2.75.
Davy Crockett
page 38
1. cube; answers will vary
2. cylinder; answers will vary
3. rectangular prism; answers will vary
4. triangular prism; answers will vary
Answers(Continued)
Measurement Centimeters(cm) Meters (m)
Arm length 70 cm 0.70 m
Arm span 195 cm 1.95 m
Waist 115 cm 1.15 m
Leg length 98 cm 0.98 m
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Answers(Continued)
page 39
5. 6; 12; 8
6. square
7. 6; 12; 8
8. rectangles and squares
9. right angles
10. 5; 9; 6
11. triangles and squares
12. circle; rectangle
Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind
page 46
1.
2.
3. 27 seconds; 22 seconds; 17 seconds; 12 seconds;
7 seconds; 2 seconds
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4.
5.
6.
Batches Eggs
1 4
2 8
3 12
4 16
5 20
6 24
Fling Alligators
1 2
2 5
3 8
4 11
5 14
6 17
Number of Snakes Length of Rope
6 36 feet
5 30 feet
4 24 feet
3 18 feet
2 12 feet
1 6 feet
Day Hornets
1 12
2 22
3 32
4 42
5 52
6 62
Year Pounds
1 25
2 55
3 80
4 105
5 130
6 155
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Answers(Continued)
Old Sally Cato
page 50
1. Students should color the rst 10 peaches in
the grid;
1
/10; 90
2. Students should color 15 more peaches in the
grid (for a total of 25 colored peaches in all);
1
/4;
3
/4
50 peaches
80
/100;
4
/5
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5. 0.10; 0.25; 0.75; 050; 0.80; 0.80
6. 20 peaches; 0.20
7. 0.15; 0.85
8.
3
/5
9. 1
2
/4; 1
1
/2
10.
4
/3; 1
1
/3
Mose Humphreys
page 54
1. 15 years old
2. 36 years old; 17 years; 37 years
3. 26 years old; 24 years; 12 years
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4. 4 minutes
5. 18 res
6. 224 res
7. 78 hours
Slue-Foot Sue
page 58
1. 0 feet; 10 feet
2. walleye; 3 feet
3. 5 feet
4. salmon, sturgeon
5. catsh; 7 feet
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6. 40 miles high
7. bounces 3 and 6; 60 miles high
8. bounces 1 and 4; 20 miles high
9. Answers may vary, but should describe an
alternating pattern, such as low, higher, highest,
low, higher, highest; the heights of 20, 40, and
60 miles repeats; or bounces 1 and 4 are the
lowest, bounces 2 and 5 are higher, and bounces
3 and 6 are the highest.
10. 20 miles high
11. the 9th bounce
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/2 of her day
13. arm wrestling;
1
/4 of her day
14. riding catsh

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Following each tall tale is a set of problems to solve that relate

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Problem solving can be presented in the context of particularly exciting

Students can review and reinforce a wide variety of important math

Classroom time can be used efciently by integrating math, reading, and

Students can discover that math is everywherefrom the geometric

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