Math stories

(Does anyone remember this assignment? I guess I must have been in 3rd grade, which means I was in Nancy "Desk Dumper" Torres's class. The pressure must've gotten to her because it seems like this is all we did all year:)

Zoe had 1 tiny bear. She got three more tiny bears. She then got 50 candy bars for each bear. She then had to eat each candy bar by herself. Her stomach grew 50 times bigger each time she ate 10 candy bars. Question: If her stomach was 26" [??? my stomach was not 26" when I was 8 [[and it isn't now, either]]] before she ate the candy bars, how big would it be if she ate all the candy bars?

Genalyn was babysitting for Zoe and Karen. She was paid five dollars an hour. She stayed 12 hours. Question: how much money did she make?

Kerda, Merda, Jerda and Zerda were all best friends. One day they got into a fight about how many fights they had. (They had 25 a week!) All 4 had different opinions! Kerda said 45. Merda said 59. Zerda said 35 and Jerda said 49. (They did, in the end find out, of course!) Question: Which 3 girls guesses were the closest together and who was closest to 25?

Next time: Spelling Stories! Here's a sneak peek:

One day Wilfred Brimley bought a yorkshire terrier and a white mouse. Both animals had twins that belonged to Brian Bonsall whose favorite toy was Snuggles the bear. Tina Yothers was babysitting him and suddenly the phone rang. It was Mackensie Astin! He said that he and Shannen Doray were calling lots of people from NBC programs and Jennifer and her 2 friends Karen and Zoe about a party...