Directions: Use a calculator to solve the forty-two problems listed below to find the missing words in the fairy tale. Each solution will provide a word for the story if you turn your calculator upside down.
1.
= ____________ 2. 453 - 91,105 = ____________
3. 3,253,052 ÷ 95,678 = _________
4. 27 + 59 + 102 + 39.4 + 107.6 = ____________
5. 573,841,327 - 146,729,330 - 427,111,780 = ____________
6. 16,133,202 ÷ 3,578 = _________
7.
= _________ 8. (27 x 27) + (25 x 7) = _________
9.
= ____________ 10. 5,853.473 + (24.78 x 89.65) = ____________
11. 244,593,909 ÷ 6,987 = _________
12.
= _________ 13.
= ____________ 14. 915.05 - (23.8 - 16.75) = ________
15.
= ____________ 16. 625 x 252 - 352,887 = _________
17.
= ____________ 18. 15.067 + 138.94 + 207.5 + 9.623 + 566.87 = ____________
19. 199,444.68 ÷ 36.21 = _________
20. 3 x 0.5 x 35 - 29.5 = _________
21. (23)(26.31 + 37.94) = _________
22. 124 x 35 x 76 - 294,831 = _______
23.
= ____________ 24.
= ____________ 25. 2,929,073 ÷ 232 = ____________
26.
= ____________ 27. Find the sum of 128, 39, 46, 72,
55, 27, 34, 376, 1023, 38, 77, 299,
1834, and 460. ____________
28.
= ____________ 29.
= ____________ 30.
= _________ 31.
= ____________ 32.
= ____________ 33. 25 (626.25)(0.0000002) = _______
34. 0.0032712 ÷ 0.47 ÷ 0.58 ÷ 0.24 = ____________
35.
= _________ 36. 7 x 73 x 17,471 - (8,923,989 - 12) = ____________
37. From ten million, subtract one hundred thousand.
From the result, subtract nine million one thousand.
Next, subtract eight hundred thousand.
Lastly, subtract fifty-three. ____________
38. 163 x 24 - (0.10158 ÷ 0.00001) = ____________
39. 100 x 104 - (999 x 103) - 7 = ____________
40. hOLE - LGI = ____________
41.
= ____________ 42. Take 200 away from BLESS = ____________
Now, fill in the blanks in the story below with the answers from the 42 problems. Remember to turn your calculator upside down to obtain each word.
Many thanks to Carmen Reed and her Cele Middle School students for finding and then correcting the error in #24.
Once upon a time there was a handsome prince named (1) _________, who lived in the country of (2) _________.
(3) _________ went to (4) _________ a beautiful princess named
(5) _________. She said,
"(6) _________, my father, King
(7) _________, says before we may marry, you have to slay the
(8) _________.
"(9) _________," he answered, "That's a difficult task because the
(10) _________ is (11) _________ in the (12) _________. If
(13) _________ were back in the
(14) _________ I could (15) _________ that (16) _________ in
(17) _________. Why don't you
(18) _________ the (19) _________ to (20) _________ it my way and let me kill (21) _________ (22) _________ instead?"
"(23) _________," said the princess with a (24) _________, "you are
(25) _________ brave than you should (26) _________."
"(27) _________!" he cried,
"(28) _________ am not over the
(29) _________, but that
(30) _________ ham is not worth the (31) _________ I might get on my
(32) _________ ."
"(33) _________ " moaned the princess.
(34) _________, the prince loaded a (35) _________ and shot a
(36) _________ in the (37) _________ of the pig.
"(38) _________ you," said Ollie, and he ate his (39) _________ with ham.
Liz did not (40) _________ Zeb, and all was (41) _________ (42) _________ .