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Pencils

Welcome back to Mind Gym - our monthly workout designed to make sure your body's not the only thing that stays healthy. So here we go...

Pencil Poser

Chris and his friend Mark have pencil boxes. Mark's pencil box is twice as long as Chris's, twice as wide and twice as high.

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Mark's pencil box holds 120 pencils.

How many does Chris's hold?

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Can you fit the words AREA, REAR, DEED, DART, BRAT and BARD into the square to the right?

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Mind Gym Answers

Pencil Poser
His pencil box holds 15 pencils

Volume: 2 x 2 x 2 = 8
120 divided by 8 = 15

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