Can you solve this puzzle? A set of shoes equals the number of shoes each creature needs to fit all its feet. Number (1) is filled in to start you off.
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1.
Spider bought enough shoes for her 36 children.
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2.
If Bee needs fewer shoes than Spider, write 226; if not, write 337.
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3.
Pig had 111 sets of shoes. How many single shoes did she have to shine?
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4.
Spider met Centipede who said, “My name means ____ feet.”
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5.
Bee bought 13 sets of shoes; Bird bought 3 pairs; together they had ____ shoes.
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6.
From 216 single shoes that Spider gave him, Bee made ____ sets of shoes.
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7.
Pig had to clean ____ shoes because 34 sets became muddy.
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8.
Bird wove 25 pairs of slippers from grass and tied ____ bows to decorate them.
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9.
Pig paid $6.00 a set for 9 sets of shoes for a total of ____.
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10.
Bird liked to brag, “I have 12 pairs of shoes and 1 extra one for every day in May.” How many shoes does Bird have?
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11.
If Bird, Spider, Bee, and Pig gave 20 mice enough old shoes to make 210 sets with one extra, how many shoes would the mice have?
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12.
Bee put 58 sets of shoes in boxes each 5 millimeters high. Stacked on top of each other they measured ____ millimeters high.
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13.
Bird kicked 9 different rocks each day along the path for 30 days. Those ____ rocks wore his new shoes out.
[illustration] Illustrated by Colleen Hinckley

