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First Fire: A Cherokee Folktale - Math Word Problems

	1. Out of six animals - the raven, the screech owl, the horned owl, the hoot owl, the racer, and the water spider - 4 are birds. What fraction of the animals in this story are birds> 2/3 1/2 6/4

	2. An adult raven weighs 3 pounds. If a gallon of water weighs 8 pounds, how much heavier is a gallon of water than a raven? 3 pounds 5 pounds 4.5 pounds

	3. If a raven eats two mice each day for a week, how many mice has it eaten? 9 mice 21 mice 14 mice

	4. If a screech owl is 6 inches tall and has a wingspan of 18 inches, how much longer is the wingspan than the height? 3 12 15

	5. If a screech owl is 6 inches tall and has a wingspan of 18 inches, how many times larger is the wingspan than the height? 2 3 4

	6. The great horned owl is the second heaviest owl in North America. If an adult great horned owl weighs 5.7 pounds and the snowy owl weighs 6.6 pounds, how much heavier is the snowy owl than the great horned owl? .9 pounds 1 pound 1.1 pound

	7. Barred owls, also called hoot owls, have 9 different notes that they use to communicate. If a barred owl makes a call using 3 notes, what fraction of her notes has she used? 1/2 1/3 1/4

	8. A black racer snake can move at speeds of 10 miles per hour. If a car on the highway travels at 60 miles per hour, hor many times faster is the car than the black racer? 3 5 6

	9. Spiders have eight legs, but insects only have 6. How many more legs does a spider have than an insect? 2 3 4

	10. The ratio of an insect's leg (6) to a spider's legs (8) can be written as 6:8. If this ratio is reduced to a fraction, it would be: 1/2 2/3 3/4

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