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Scholastic: Math Maven's Mysteries: Mystery at the Third Strike Sports Store

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Solve a mystery using your reasoning skills. At this site use all the clues and figure out the winner of the Third Strike Contest.
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Scholastic: Math Maven's Mysteries: The Bell Clapper Caper

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Help the Math Maven get the kids out of school on time. Someone has stolen the bell's clapper and if the bell doesn't ring at 3:00, the school doors will not open! You have to figure out the last question to ask the number one suspect.
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Scholastic: Math Maven's Mysteries: The Big Top Carnival Caper

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Help the Math Maven figure out how much money it will cost to give a balloon to every tenth person riding the Ferris wheel. Includes a PDF.
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Scholastic: Math Maven's Mysteries: The Cuckoo Caper

For Students 3rd - 8th
The famous Clockenheimer Cuckoo is missing from Clockenheimer Clocks on Main Street! Help Math Maven get it back by solving a math riddle.
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Scholastic Math Maven's Mysteries: The Mystery of Pirate Ringold's Lost Treasure

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
In this Math Maven mystery, read the legend of Pirate Ringold and his treasure and help Frieda Finditall figure out how much gold there is left to find on this old ship. Your knowledge about addition and subtraction with fractions will...
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Scholastic: Math Maven's Mysteries: The Secret of E. Quation the Great

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Want to figure out a magician's secret for a cool balancing trick? Use your algebra knowledge to discover how this magic trick was done.
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Scholastic: Math Maven's Mysteries: The Case of the Skating Bus Driver

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
The bus is not running in Point Logos because Suzie, the bus driver, has decided to go try out the new "Rocket Skates," at Skate Palace. Help the Math Maven choose an algebraic equation that will tell when the bus driver will be finished...
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Scholastic: Math Maven's Mysteries: Mystery at the Peculiar Zoo

For Students K - 1st Standards
Use this site to sharpen your multiplication and division skills and solve a zoo mystery.
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Scholastic: Math Maven's Mysteries: The Case of the Hatcher Hotel Heist

For Students K - 1st Standards
Help Math Maven solve this mystery! Items are missing from several hotel rooms, but some addition and subtraction clues have been left behind. Use your skills to figure out where the thief will strike next!
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Scholastic: Math Maven's Mysteries: The Case of the Mysterious Money Trail

For Students K - 1st Standards
Pat Tern has been buying items all around town using counterfeit money. Help Math Maven identify a pattern to catch her before she deposits fake money into the Cashflow Bank.
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Scholastic: Math Maven's Mysteries: The Case of the Dastardly Disguiser

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Famous jewels have been stolen from the Country Music Hall of Fame! The Dastardly Disguiser is a suspect, but we need to find out just how many disguise combinations he can use.
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Scholastic: Math Maven's Mysteries

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Scholastic.com offers information on how to use the Math Maven's Mysteries to enhance problem-solving skills, partly through class discussion. For the actual mysteries, click on Math Maven Home.