Time for Twister

A new study by toy maker HearthSong reveals that a vast majority of parents engage in “active play” with their kids for six or less hours a week, and 16% report playing with them only 10 minutes a day.  In other survey results, of those parents who do play with their kids, over one third (36%) say they most often play with games or toys, another quarter (27%) most often participate in unstructured play and a like number (27%) play outside, in either unstructured or structured activities such as sports. Read more

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Soccer Qwizzle

There are 7 boys on a soccer team. Each boy has a different position, jersey number, and height. Find out each person’s height, position, and number:

* Justin is the goalie
* The right forward is #10
* The goalie is 6′ 4”
* Joe is 6′ 1”
* Ryan is right forward
* The person next to Ryan is #14
* The person who is 6′ 4” is #16
* #10 is 5′ 8”
* The left forward is #15
* Brad is right defense
* Brendan is #20
* Michael is 7′ 1”
* Miguel is #6
* Michael is left forward
* #42 is right defense
* Brad is 6′ 2”
* #6 is center defense
* #15 is 7′ 1”
* #20 is 6′ 7”
* Miguel is 5′ 10”
* #14 is 6′ 1”
* The person who is 6′ 7” is left defense
* Joe is center forward

Puzzle from http://www.mathsisfun.com/puzzles/soccer-problem.html

Math Puzzle!

By Zach Witzel

Each letter in each question stands for a 1-digit number. In each question, no two letters may stand for the same number.
Two separate problems are unrelated. Find a value for each letter.

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