Ripley’s Math Mania
Primary and Elementary School
1. Some of the animals in the Ripley’s Believe It or Not
museum have extra parts! How many of the following parts
did each have?
a. “Bessie” the cow had how many legs?
b. Arnold the pig had how many legs?
c. There was a chicken with how many heads?
2. Some people believed that sea dragons existed as recently as
the year 1640. How many years ago was that?
3. Mr. Wayne Harbour of Bedford, Iowa wrote an average of
846 letters a year to Mr. Ripley for 26 years trying to prove
him wrong. (He was never successful) How many letters
was that in total?