Enjoy these Zhu Zhu pet themed problems with your homeschooler!

1. Mr. Squiggles met Num-Nums at the pet store. They needed to buy 3 bags of a seed and nut mix for the week. Num- Nms had $5.00 and Mr. Squiggles had $2.50. If the bag of mix costs $6.25, how much change would the hamster pals get back? If they split the total equally, would Mr.Squiggles owe money to Num-Nums? If so, how much?

2. Chunk decided he wanted to get fresh greens for the salad Pipsqueak was making later that night. If he needed 1/2 pound of Chinese celery, and the celery costs $4.40 per pound, how much money would he need to bring to the store?

3. Pipsqueak is running late for a dentist appointment. The appointment was for 2:30 pm, and it is now 2:20 pm. If it takes 27 minutes for Pipsqueak to run to the dentist, when will she arrive? How many minutes late will she be?

4. Patches has gotten a cold and needs to rest in her wheel. Num-Nums offers to get her a cup of vegetable soup. When ready to serve the soup, Num-Nums realizes that the only serving size bowl is 1/4 cup. How many cups will she need to fill to give the entire cup to stuffy Patches?

5. Mr. Squiggles tends to be a finicky hamster when it comes to his food. When Patches offers to make him carrot soup, he asks her to get fresh parsley for it. He gives her $1.00 to buy the parsley. When Patches gets to the store she realizes the parsley costs 30 cents a pound. How much parsley can she get for the soup? Will she have change left? If so, how much?

6. Chunk is excited to surf while he is on vacation. He plans to leave for his island vacation at 6pm. His plane leaves at 8:30 pm, and he needs to arrive at the airport 2 hours before departure. It takes him 1 1/2 hours to get to the airport. Will he have enough time to get to the airport? Will he have too little or too much time? What should he do?

7. Num-Nums has a sense of smell to rival any hamster! When a friend who lived 5,280 yards away was making carrot soup she could smell it cooking. How many miles away was this yummy soup she could smell?

8. Pipsqueak has sent a letter to "Hamster Claus" asking for a unicycle. How many wheels will this moving object have?

9. The Zhu Zhu pals have heard that there will be several new friends joining them soon. Their names are Winkx, Jilly, Scoodles and Nugget. How many Zhu Zhu Pet pals will there be altogether when they arrive?

10. Patches is a big fan of flowers. If she plants seeds for a rose bush in March, and they take 6 months to grow, when will she begin to see her roses?

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