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The Mystery of the Missing
Gingerbread Houses
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Instructions

Each year Cookie Town hosts a gingerbread house competition. The competition is
fierce! Families submit amazing gingerbread houses. Last year’s winner was a model
of the White House! The houses this year are just as incredible. The bakers used real
gingerbread, icing, gumdrops, and sprinkles! They are edible works of art!
Uh-oh! Several houses have gone missing! Someone at the competition has stolen
some of the best. Who could have done this? Solve the clues to discover who the
gingerbread grabber is!

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 Description of the Suspects

Holiday Wearing
Name Gender Age Role
Sweater a Hat

Lindsay Oaks F 28 yes no contestant

George Ramirez M 8 no yes judge
Valerie Willis F 10 no no visitor
William Li M 15 yes no visitor
Tatiana Juega F 17 yes no visitor
Irena Vicks F 11 yes no contestant
Brandon Samuels M 62 yes yes visitor
Riya Patel F 49 no yes contestant
Grace King F 35 yes yes judge
Leslie Thomas F 13 no no visitor
Annie Barnes F 33 no yes contestant
Jimmy Greene M 54 yes no judge
Don Smith M 52 no yes visitor
Katya Lyles F 12 yes no visitor
Jimena Diaz F 18 no yes contestant
Liv Marion F 29 no no judge
Mollie McMillan F 76 yes no judge
Emmie West F 13 no yes visitor
James Callie M 31 yes no visitor
Chad Haywood M 7 yes yes contestant

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 Clue One: Even the Odds
Solve the problems below. If more answers are even, the thief is female.
If more are odd, the thief is male.
1 2
Alex bought eight candy
canes. Sam bought six candy
canes. How many candy canes
do they have in all?
4 5
Olivia has three cakes to bake.
She wants to put three stars on
each cake. How many stars will
she need?
3
Brian baked cookies for a
party. He put four cookies on
each tray. He baked five trays.
How many cookies did he
bake in all?
Kiara has four trays of
cookies. Each tray has six
cookies on it. How many
cookies does she have in all?
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1
Niko bought lights to decorate
his house. He bought two
strands of red lights, three
strands of blue lights, five
strands of white lights, and
seven strands of green. How
many total strands of lights
did he buy?
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 Clue Two: Festive Shapes
2
Solve each shape clue. Find each answer in the chart below to
unscramble a sentence and get another clue!

1 4
I am a shape with four equal sides I have one more side than a
and four right angles. pentagon.

2 5
I am a shape with five angles. I have no sides.

3 6
I am a shape with three sides. I have eight sides and am in the
shape of a stop sign.

triangle pentagon line square diamond vertex hexagon octagon rectangle circle

adult thief grabber The female old is not This an

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 Clue Three: Sweater Weather
3
Solve the problems and color the answers in the table. Use the words from
the table to find your third clue.

Add 10. Add 100. Subtract 10.

58 738 78

49 288 60

176 800

85

186 50 185 900

was sweater themed holiday

700 68 80 68

jacket The are red

838 388 59 20

wearing a thief sports

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 Clue Four: Time Will Tell
4
Read each word problem. Fill in the time for each clock and decide whether
the time is a.m. or p.m. If there are more a.m. times, the thief was wearing a
hat. If there are more p.m. times, the thief was not wearing a hat.

1 2
What time does Max wake up
for school each morning?
3
Toby’s dad leaves work at this Ayla’s swim practice begins at
time. When he gets home, he this time. She eats a snack on
the way because she is hungry
eats dinner.
after school.

: : :
a.m. or p.m. a.m. or p.m. a.m. or p.m.

4 5
Mr. Alex likes to go for a run as Ben and Chris rode their bikes
the sun is coming up. to get ice cream after lunch.

: :
a.m. or p.m. a.m. or p.m.

Was the thief wearing a hat?

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 Clue Five: Path to Gingerbread Justice
5
Skip count by fives. Start at 205 and end at 250 to determine the
role of the gingerbread house thief. Color the correct path to reveal
another clue.

Start:

205 225 215

210 215 220

240 220 225

215 235 230

245 240 210

250 250 250

contestant judge visitor

The gingerbread house

thief was a .

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Final Answer
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Have you figured out who the culprit is?

Look back at the description of the suspects and the clues you have to solve this
mystery before it’s too late!

The gingerbread grabber was  .

CASE CLOSED!

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