Fun Winter Math Puzzle

Jody Shapiro • January 23, 2023

FRATERNAL PUZZLE FOR MEMBERS AGE 10-14.

Email contest@gbu.org or mail (GBU Fraternal Department, 4254 Saw Mill Run Blvd., Pittsburgh, PA 15227-3394) the participant's name, email address and answers to this fraternal puzzle for a chance to win a $25 Amazon gift card.

Do you know the value of the 

 in the equations below?

Write them beneath winter object!


Jody Shapiro is a Forest Hills, Pennsylvania, native and owner of Aspire Enterprises and AspireToFind art—where she turns colorful computer creations, images of her dogs, and black-and-gold Yinzer sayings into shirts, mugs and other useful items! Jody and her husband, Joel Bloom, are the co-authors of the book Images of America Series: Forest Hills. She and Joel live in Forest Hills with their long-haired, mini-dachshund (and social media influencer

@CodyBearTheDachshund) AKA Cody. Jody has been creating word puzzles for children since the mid-1980s. She has been a GBU member since the late 2000s. www.aspiretofindasolution.com/news-notes 

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