Puzzle Zone

Leah’s school bus picks her up every day at 7:30 a.m. But she’s always late! Tonight she plans to go to bed at 8:30 p.m. She says: “That way I can sleep for 9 hours, shower and get dressed in 25 minutes, eat breakfast for 30 minutes, and spend 1 hour doing my homework before the bus comes!”

Will Leah be late again?

It’s time to choose the code for your new school locker! But you have some rules to follow:

1. The code must be 3 digits long.

2. Each digit must be different.

3. The first digit must be an even number.

4. The third digit must be equal to the sum of the first 2 digits.

What will your new locker code be?

Choose the shape you think doesn’t belong. Why is it the odd one out?

The lunch server at Operation Elementary makes operators to put into equations. On this busy day, she could use your help! Place the correct operator in each equation below.

2 ___ 5 = 10

16 ___ 4 = 12

45 ___ 15 = 60

49 ___ 7 = 7