Math Puzzle: Multiplication Boxes (x2 to x7)

Multiply each number by the one in the middle and write the answer next to the number that was multiplied. The first one is done for you.

15 3 11 8 10 1 x 1 7 x 5 x 2 6 5 3 x 9 12 7 4 0	7 11 3 10 12 x 1 8 x 2 x 2 10 4 5 x 9 6 7 2 0
12 11 8 0 1 x 9 3 x 3 x 2 5 6 7 x 1 3 7 4 10	10 8 11 3 7 x 12 1 x 7 x 7 3 4 6 x 0 1 2 5 9
8 7 3 10 1 x 1 2 x 6 x 6 7 5 3 x 12 9 11 4 0	4 5 8 10 9 x 6 7 x 4 x 2 1 11 3 x 1 12 0 3 7

Puzzle #9 of 10

Use what you know about how numbers can be shown on a hundred chart to help you fill in the blanks on the chart below.

Who discovered Vaccination?

By Ritu Asthana; Illustration by Anup Singh

 

"Mom, I have a stomach ache and I am feeling sick!" Try this out at home and the quick response is bound to be, "Don't worry, we will take you to the Doctor!" More often than not, if the ache is because you haven't done your homework, the mere mention of the word 'doctor' cures you. Of course, if the problem is genuine no one will know the cure better than a doctor.

Know what the scariest thing about a doctor is? - that invariably you get an injection for all aches and pains. Do you know that a newborn child is given vaccination for many diseases? You may throw a tantrum and scream your head off to avoid the injection and inwardly mutter death threats at the person who invented such a painful method for treatment, but the fact remains that whenever we are sick an injection does the trick.

How did it begin? It so happened that one day in 1768, a young milkmaid visited a doctor in Gloucestershire, England. Though nearly everyone in the district was then sick with smallpox, a dreaded disease at that time, the milkmaid was not affected! In the eighteenth century, smallpox was a killer disease, as widespread as cancer now, but with the difference that the majority of its victims were young children.

When the doctor asked her the reason, the milkmaid remarked that she had already had cowpox, a disease with symptoms similar to those of smallpox, though in a very mild form. The significance of her remark was not lost on a young medical student, Edward Jenner, who was also present there.

Jenner was intrigued by this simple explanation that those who caught cowpox could not catch smallpox. After getting his degree, he returned to Gloucestershire to practice medicine and to devote his spare time in research and investigation. He found out that the milkmaid had been right: people who had cowpox very rarely caught smallpox.

On May 14, 1796, another milkmaid, Sarah Nelmes, came to Jenner with cowpox. He conducted a daring experiment. He took some of the virus from the boils on Sarah's hands and passed on the disease to James Phipps - his gardener's son - by scratching his skin with infected metal (vaccination). When James had recovered from the cowpox, Jenner tried to give him smallpox. James failed to contract the disease.

Edward Jenner had discovered a cure for smallpox! Jenner named this inoculation process, "vaccination", from the Latin name for cow (vacca) and cowpox (vaccinia).

Vaccination at first had many opponents, but eventually its value became firmly established. Today not only has smallpox been nearly wiped out but you can get vaccinated or immunised against many other diseases too! And it is usually performed right from the birth of the child.

The Tongue-Cut Sparrow

by A. B. Mitford (Tales of Old Japan)

Once upon a time there lived a little old man and a little old woman. The little old man had a kind heart, and he kept a young sparrow, which he cared for tenderly. Every morning it used to sing at the door of his house.

Now, the little old woman was a cross old thing, and one day when she was going to starch her linen, the sparrow pecked at her paste. Then she flew into a great rage and cut the sparrow's tongue and let the bird fly away.

When the little old man came home from the hills, where he had been chopping wood, he found the sparrow gone.

"Where is my little sparrow?" asked he.

"It pecked at my starching-paste," answered the little old woman, "so I cut its evil tongue and let it fly away."

"Alas! Alas!" cried the little old man. "Poor thing! Poor thing! Poor little tongue-cut sparrow! Where is your home now?"

And then he wandered far and wide seeking his pet and crying,

"Mr. Sparrow, Mr. Sparrow, where are you living?"

And he wandered on and on, over mountain and valley, and dale and river, until one day at the foot of a certain mountain he met the lost bird. The little old man was filled with joy and the sparrow welcomed him with its sweetest song.

It led the little old man to its nest-house, introduced him to its wife and small sparrows, and set before him all sorts of good things to eat and drink.

"Please partake of our humble fare," sang the sparrow, "poor as it is, you are welcome."

"What a polite sparrow," answered the little old man, and he stayed for a long time as the bird's guest. At last one day the little old man said that he must take his leave and return home.

"Wait a bit," said the sparrow.

And it went into the house and brought out two wicker baskets. One was very heavy and the other light.

"Take the one you wish," said the sparrow, "and good fortune go with you."

"I am very feeble," answered the little old man, "so I will take the light one."

He thanked the sparrow, and, shouldering the basket, said good-bye. Then he trudged off leaving the sparrow family sad and lonely.

When he reached home the little old woman was very angry, and began to scold him, saying,

"Well, and pray where have you been all these days? A pretty thing, indeed, for you to be gadding about like this!"

"Oh," he replied, "I have been on a visit to the tongue-cut sparrow, and when I came away it gave me this wicker basket as a parting gift."

Then they opened the basket to see what was inside, and lo and behold! it was full of gold, silver, and other precious things!

The little old woman was as greedy as she was cross, and when she saw all the riches spread before her, she could not contain herself for joy.

"Ho! Ho!" cried she. "Now I'll go and call on the sparrow, and get a pretty present, too!"

She asked the old man the way to the sparrow's house and set forth on her journey. And she wandered on and on over mountain and valley, and dale and river, until at last she saw the tongue-cut sparrow.

"Well met, well met, Mr. Sparrow," cried she. "I have been looking forward with much pleasure to seeing you." And then she tried to flatter it with soft, sweet words.

So the bird had to invite her to its nest-house, but it did not feast her nor say anything about a parting gift. At last the little old woman had to go, and she asked for something to carry with her to remember the visit by. The sparrow, as before, brought out two wicker baskets. One was very heavy and the other light.

The greedy little old woman, choosing the heavy one, carried it off with her.

She hurried home as fast as she was able, and closing her doors and windows so that no one might see, opened the basket. And, lo and behold! out jumped all sorts of wicked hobgoblins and imps, and they scratched and pinched her to death.

As for the little old man he adopted a son, and his family grew rich and prosperous.

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FOOD WORD LIST

CAKE		NUTS
CANDY		PASTA
CEREAL		PICKLES
CHEESE		PIZZA
CHICKEN		RICE
EGGS		SANDWICHES
FRIES		STEAK
FRUIT		TOAST
HAMBURGERS		VEGETABLES
MUFFINS		YOGURT

Cinderella Word Search Puzzle

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DISNEY'S CINDERELLA WORD LIST

ANASTASIA		MAGIC
GOWN		MICE
BRIDE		MIDNIGHT
CARRIAGE		PRINCE
CINDERELLA		PUMPKIN
DRIZELLA		ROYAL BALL
FAIRY GODMOTHER		SERVANT
GLASS SLIPPER		STEPMOTHER
HARDSHIP		UGLY STEPSISTERS
LADY TREMAINE		WICKED

the locust

If you wish, I will tell you about the locust. Allah gave it two red eyes, with pupils like two moons, made its small ears, opened for it a suitable mouth, and gave it a keen sense. He gave it two front teeth to cut with and two sickle - like feet to grip with.

(Sermon 185)