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Free St. Patrick's Day Math Activities for Grades K-8

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Free St. Patrick's Day Math Activities for Grades K-8

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Are you looking for fun, free, and printable St. Patrick’s Day Math Worksheets and Activities to share with your students at home and in your classroom this March?

Sharing engaging holiday-themed math activities will give your students an opportunity to apply their math skills and develop their critical thinking while working through interesting puzzles and worksheets that capture their enthusiasm for significant dates such as St. Patrick’s Day.

If you want to channel your students’ enthusiasm for St. Patrick’s Day into meaningful learning experiences and watch their interest, engagement, and participation skyrocket, go ahead and share the following Free St. Patrick’s Day Math Worksheets and St. Patrick’s Day Math Activities in your upcoming lesson plans.

Each worksheet can be used as a warm-up/anticipatory set or cool-down activity as well as a key component to any math lesson for grades K-8. Full answer keys for each activity are included.

Tags: St. Patrick’s Day, Math Activities, Math Puzzles, Math Worksheets, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, Homeschool, Homeschooling

How to Download: You can download any of the puzzles by right-clicking on the image and saving it to your computer or by dragging-and-dropping it to your desktop.


1.) Find the value of the '?' (for Grades K-2)

Use your math skills to find the value of each icon.

Shamrock=5

Hat=7

Flag=1

?=13

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2.) Find the value of the '?' (for Grades 3-5)

Use your math skills to find the value of each icon.

Clover=9

Irish Flag=9

Hat=8

Accordion=9

?=17

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3.) Find the value of the '?' (for Grades 6-8)

Use your math skills to find the value of each icon.

Clover=46

Irish Flag=46

Hat=27

Accordion=198

?=317

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Bonus St. Patrick’s Day Math Activities

Here are 5 more bonus St. Patrick’s Day math activities for kids:

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1.) Multiplication tables work like a Bingo board, where the value of each box represents the product of its corresponding row and column.

Rainbow = 0

Green Hat = 1

Leprechaun = 2

Heart = 4

Pot of Gold = 0

Shamrock = 5

Looking for more free math challenges like this one to share with your kids? click here

 


2.) Multiplication Area Model

Area models help kids to think visually about multiplication, which is the approach that Mathematical Mindsets author Jo Boaler recommends most for improving math understanding.

Balloons = 10

Shoe = 6

Leprechaun = 60

Shamrock = 30

Looking for more free math challenges like this one to share with your kids? click here

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Are you looking for more daily math challenges and puzzles to share with your kids?

My best-selling workbook 101 Math Challenges for Engaging Your Students is now available as a PDF download. You can get yours today by clicking here.


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3.) Which One Doesn't Belong? (simple)

Which One Doesn’t Belong? (WODB) activities are meant to spark mathematical thinking and discussion and do not have a single correct answer.

Want to learn more about how to use WOBD? math activities with your kids? click here

Tip: Have your kids justify their thinking in writing!


Are you looking for more daily WODB? math graphics?

You can now share 101 daily WODB warm-up activities for grades 1-9 with your kids with our PDF workbook!


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4.) Bonus St. Patricks’s Day Puzzle

Use your knowledge of the order of operations to find the value of each symbol and the ‘?’ in the puzzle.

Top Hat = 3

Pot of Gold = 9

Teddy Bear = 5

Irish Flag = 4

? = 21

 


5.) Math Writing Prompt

Writing about math encourages creativity, exploration, and communicating one's thoughts and feelings, which leads to deep and meaningful understanding of difficult math concepts.

And Think/Notice/Wonder (TNW) writing activities are a great way to get your kids engaged in math writing every day.

Want to learn more about how to use TNW math activities with your kids? click here


Bonus! St. Patrick’s Day Math Riddle

In a far away land on the other side of the rainbow, there lives unicorns, centaurs, and leprechauns.

In total, there are 22 heads and 72 feet. If the number of unicorns is equal to the number of centaurs, how many unicorns, centaurs, and leprechauns live beyond the rainbow?

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Key: 7 unicorns , 7 centaurs , 8 leprechauns


How will you use these math puzzles with your kids? Share your thoughts and suggestions in the comments section below!

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Anthony is the content crafter and head educator for YouTube's MashUp Math and an advisor to Amazon Education's 'With Math I Can' Campaign. You can often find me happily developing animated math lessons to share on my YouTube channel . Or spending way too much time at the gym or playing on my phone.

 
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10 Free Kindergarten Math Worksheets (PDF Downloads)

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10 Free Kindergarten Math Worksheets (PDF Downloads)

10 Free Kindergarten Math Worksheet PDFs

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Are you looking for a handy of collection of 10 fun and engaging worksheets for kindergarten-level students? All of the following free kindergarten math worksheets come as PDF files that are easy to download, print, and share for use at home or in the classroom. Enjoy!

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How to Use These Worksheets:

This collection of free kindergarten math worksheets can be shared with children ages 4 and up. The worksheets cover introductory math topics including identifying and writing numbers from 0 to 13, counting, and grouping. The activities are sequential and are designed to gradually include larger numbers and groupings (starting with single-digits and eventually moving towards double-digits including the low teens). It is recommended that children complete the activities in order from worksheet one to worksheet ten in order to experience and grasp the progression from smaller numbers to larger ones.

These worksheets can be used by kindergarten teachers in the classroom and/or by parents with their kids at home and in homeschooling settings. Based on your child’s ability levels and past exposure to numbers and counting, you can choose to either allow them to work on the worksheets independently or to work with them while they complete the activities.

How to Download and Print:

Below you will find preview images and links to download all ten kindergarten math worksheets. There will also be a link denoted by a download symbol ⤓. Once you click on one of these links, the corresponding worksheet will download in a new window as a PDF file. Once the file is downloaded, you can save it to your personal device and or print the worksheet.

If you need a more detailed explanation of how to save and/or print any of these free pdf worksheets, please view our video tutorial by clicking this link.

*Note that you can click on any of the worksheet images to see an enlarged preview before you download.


10 Free Kindergarten Math Worksheets PDFs


1.) Practice with Single Digit Numbers

This worksheet lets children practice writing the numbers zero through seven and includes tracing lines. This foundational skill is a key prerequisite to learning how to count and eventually add values together.

⤓ Click Here to Download PDF Worksheet #1


2.) Focus on 4

This worksheet focuses on writing the number four and identifying the symbol in comparison with other single-digit numbers (up to 6). Children must be able to identify and write all of the single-digit numbers, including zero, before moving onto double-digits.

⤓ Click Here to Download PDF Worksheet #2


3.) Sixes and Sevens!

This worksheet focuses on writing the numbers six and seven and identifying whether there are six or seven objects in a given set. This worksheet provides important practice with comparing and contrasting single-digit numbers.

⤓ Click Here to Download PDF Worksheet #3


4.) Practice with 8, 9, and 10

This worksheet focuses specifically on writing, identifying, and counting the values 8, 9, and 10. It also introduces the first double-digit number, ten, as a naturally coming after 8 and 9.

⤓ Click Here to Download PDF Worksheet #4

(Remember that it’s perfectly fine for children to rely on finger counting to help them with any of these worksheets)


5.) Practice Counting Objects

This worksheet focuses on counting and identifying numbers from zero to ten. In this activity, students have to identify and circle the correct value for each object shown in the diagram.

⤓ Click Here to Download PDF Worksheet #5


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6.) Practice Counting and Writing Numbers

This worksheet gives children more practice with identifying and counting the numbers from one to ten and gives them extra practice with writing these numbers by hand.

⤓ Click Here to Download PDF Worksheet #6


7.) Practice Counting Objects

This worksheet focuses on counting and identifying numbers from one to ten. In this activity, students have to identify and circle the correct value for each object shown in the diagram.

⤓ Click Here to Download PDF Worksheet #7


8.) Practice Comparing Numbers

This worksheet focuses on identifying and comparing values between three and ten. This foundational skill is a key prerequisite to understanding composite numbers and being able to add, subtract, multiply, and divide.

⤓ Click Here to Download PDF Worksheet #8


9.) Writing Numbers 10 through 13

This worksheet focuses on the double-digit numbers from ten to thirteen and gives children a guided practice opportunity to identify and write these numbers by hand.

⤓ Click Here to Download PDF Worksheet #9


10.) Focus on 11

This worksheet focuses on identifying the number eleven when grouped with other double-digit numbers (10, 12, and 13). This activity helps children to become more comfortable working with and identifying double-digit numbers and prepares them to eventually learn the numbers 14 through 20.

⤓ Click Here to Download PDF Worksheet #10

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Your Kids Will Love These Valentine's Day Math Puzzles

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Your Kids Will Love These Valentine's Day Math Puzzles

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Are you looking for some fun, free, and printable Valentine's Day Math Activities to share with your kids this month?

(We just launched a brand new collection of free Valentine’s Day Math Worksheets for grades K-8! Click here to get your free pdf downloads).

Holiday-themed math puzzles give your kids an opportunity to think critically and deeply about mathematics, develop problem-solving strategies, and work through challenging problems.

And when math problems can channel your students' excitement for Valentine's Day into meaningful learning experiences, engagement will skyrocket!

So, go ahead and try these challenges and puzzles with your kids this month. These free and printable Valentine's Day Math activities are perfect for warm-up and/or cool-down activities and are great for sparking mathematical discussions in your home or classroom. The puzzles are perfect for students in grades 1 through 8.

How to Download: You can download any of the puzzles by right-clicking on the image and saving it to your computer or by dragging-and-dropping it to your desktop.

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1.) Find the value of the '?'

Use your math skills to find the value of each icon.

Love = 4

Heart Box = 5

Teddy Bear = 9

Love Birds = 3

? = 7

Hint: 8 minus what value is that same value?

 


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2.) Multiplication tables work like a Bingo board, where the value of each box represents the product of its corresponding row and column.

Card = 1

Rose = 2

Heart = 3

Cupid = 6

Chocolates = 18

 

Looking for more free math challenges like these? click here


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3.) Which One Doesn't Belong? (simple)

Remember that WODB? activities are meant to spark mathematical thinking and discussion and do not have a single correct answer.

Want to learn more about how to use WOBD? math activities with your kids? click here


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4.) Multiplication Area Model

Using area model challenge questions is a great strategy for getting kids to think visually about multiplication, which is the approach that Mathematical Mindsets author Jo Boaler recommends most for improving math understanding.

Hint: The area model represents the product of 13 and 9.

Heart = 10

Love Potion = 5

Teddy Bear = 15

Cupid = 12


Are you looking for more Valentine’s Day Math Worksheets for students in grades K-8?

Check out our brand new Valentine’s Day Math Worksheet Library to download free holiday-themed pdf worksheets with answer keys.

Click here to get your free pdf worksheets


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5.) Bonus Geometry Puzzle

Can your kids use their knowledge of area, perimeter, and composite figures to solve this puzzle?

Hint: Two half-circles make one full circle.

Area: approximately 178.5 square cm

Perimeter: approximately 51.4 cm

Do you want to get free math puzzles like this in your inbox every week? Click here to sign up for our free mailing list (includes a free eBook!).

 

How will you use these math puzzles with your kids? Share your thoughts and suggestions in the comments section below!

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Anthony is the content crafter and head educator for YouTube's MashUp Math and an advisor to Amazon Education's 'With Math I Can' Campaign. You can often find me happily developing animated math lessons to share on my YouTube channel . Or spending way too much time at the gym or playing on my phone.

 
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10 Free Maths Puzzles with Answers!

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10 Free Maths Puzzles with Answers!

10 Fun (and Free) Maths Puzzles with Answers

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Are You Ready for These Super Fun (and Slightly Brain-Bending) Maths Puzzles?

Every month, thousands of individuals, young and old, search the internet for maths puzzles with answers. Why? Because working on challenging and engaging maths puzzles is more than just a recreational activity. In fact, studies show that working on maths puzzles has several educational benefits including boosting interest in mathematics, improving problem-solving skills and algebra skills, and cultivating reflective learning abilities.

So, if you’re one of these individuals looking to reap the benefits of working on challenging maths puzzles (while having some serious fun while doing so), then you’re in the right place!

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Now that you know the benefits of challenging your mind by trying to solve maths puzzles, you’re just about ready to try and solve today’s collection of super fun maths riddles.

Note that these maths riddles with answers are appropriate for individuals ages 12 and up.

Before you get started, here are a few tips to keep in mind when attempting to solve any of today’s maths puzzles:

  • Read every maths puzzle carefully and allow yourself to think for a bit before getting started.

  • Use proven strategies like visualizing, diagram drawing, and trial-and-error.

  • You’re going to struggle! When you find yourself feeling discourages and/or messing up, that means you are in the process of reaping the benefits of solving maths puzzles and improving your problem-solving skills!

  • Whenever you find an answer, ask the question “does this solution make sense?”

  • If at any time you get stuck, close the page and take a break. This is a good time to take your mind off of the problem by doing something else like going out for a walk. The puzzle will likely become more manageable when you revisit it later on.

Practice Problem: How Many Squares?

Before you attempt the 10 Maths Puzzles with Answers on your own, you may want to get warmed-up with a relatively easy maths puzzle just to get your brain fired up and ready for some more challenging problems later on.

Of course, you can choose to continue on and skip this practice problem if you’d like.

 
 

Here is the problem:

How many SQUARES are in the 3x3 grid?

How to solve:

This is a relatively straightforward maths puzzle to solve, provided that you consider two pieces of information:

  • A square is a plane figure with four equal sides and four right angles.

  • Some squares are overlapping in the diagram.

Want to try the problem on your own? If so, don’t go any further. Stop here and try to solve the puzzle and come on back when you’re finished.

The most common way to solve this problem is to consider all the squares, from smallest to largest, and count them as follows:

 

Final Answer: 14 Total Squares

Wasn’t that fun? Now you are ready to move onto some more challenging maths puzzles!


10 Fun Maths Puzzles with Answers

Each of the following math puzzles with answers includes an image graphic. Click on any image to enlarge. The complete answer key for all 10 maths puzzles is included at the bottom of the page.

Have fun!

1.) Maths Puzzles 01 of 10: How Many Rectangles?

This problem may seem very similar to the practice problem, but the subtle difference between Squares and Rectangles is a very big deal that makes this problem rather tricky. (Click here to learn more about this controversial maths puzzle)

Can you solve it?

(Hint: By definition, is a square a rectangle?)


2.) Maths Puzzle 02 of 10: Factors and Fruit

Problem: If each piece of fruit in the diagram below is equal to one of the following numbers: 1, 2, 3, or 5, then what is the value of each fruit so that both equations are true?


3.) Maths Puzzle 03 of 10: Moon Math

Problem: What is the value of the missing number “?” in the lunar diagram below?

 

Hint: Look for a pattern.


4.) Maths Puzzle 04 of 10: Which is More Pizza?

Problem: Which deal gets you the most pizza (if each deal costs the same amount):

  • One 18” pizza pie, or

  • Two 12” pizza pies

Can you solve it?

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Use the area of a circle formula: A= π(r^2)


5.) Maths Puzzle 05 of 10: Super Maths!

Problem: Find the value of each symbol and the ‘?’ in the puzzles below:

Puzzle 1

Puzzle 2

Puzzle 3


Are you looking for more super fun Maths Riddles, Puzzles, and Brain Teasers?

The best-selling workbook 101 Math Riddles, Puzzles, and Brain Teasers for Ages 10+! is now available as a PDF download. You can get yours today by clicking here.


6.) Maths Puzzle 06 of 10: How Many Triangles

Problem: What is the total number of triangles in the diagram below?


7.) Maths Puzzle 07 of 10: Matchsticks Maths

Problem: Make the maths equation true by moving ONE AND ONLY ONE matchstick?

(*Bonus if you can find all three possible answers)

See Also: video tutorial on solving the matchstick maths problem.

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8.) Maths Puzzle 08 of 10: How Many Total Handshakes?

Problem: If there are 20 people in a room and they shake every other person’s hand once and only once, how many handshakes would take place?

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9.) Maths Puzzle 09 of 10: Shopping Spree!

Problem: At the mall, the total cost of a pair of shoes and a hoodie is $150. The cost of the hoodie is $100 more than the cost of the pair of shoes. How much does each item cost?


10.) Maths Puzzle 10 of 10: Parking Lot Puzzle

Problem: In the diagram below, what is the number of the parking spot occupied by the car?


11.) Bonus Maths Puzzle! : The Big Triple!


MATHS PUZZLES ANSWER KEY:

  1. 36 Total Rectangles (click here to learn more about how to solve this problem)

  2. Melon=5, Apple=2, Grapes=3, Lemon=1

  3. ?=8 (the relationship between the diagonals are cubes and cube roots)

  4. Area of 18” Pizza: ~254.3 square inches > Area of two 12” pizzas: 226 square inches

    (click here to learn more about how to solve this problem)

  5. Puzzle #1: DK=12, Bananas=8, Barrell=4, ?=24

    Puzzle #2: Mario=12, Peach=12, Toad=6, Bowser=0, ?=30

    Puzzle #3: Van=8, Zombie=9, Scooby=5, ?=77

  6. 27 Total Triangles

  7. 8-4=4, 5+4=9, 0+4=4 (Here is a great video explanation)

  8. 190 handshakes (19+18+17+16+...+3+2+1=190)

  9. Hoodie costs $125, Shoes cost $25

  10. 87 (click here to learn how to solve this problem)

11. (BONUS!) 1+2+3=6 and 1 x 2 x 3 = 6

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Anthony is the content crafter and head educator for YouTube's MashUp Math and an advisor to Amazon Education's 'With Math I Can' Campaign. You can often find me happily developing animated math lessons to share on my YouTube channel . Or spending way too much time at the gym or playing on my phone.

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Do Not Celebrate Opposite Day with These Boring Math Puzzles

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Opposite Day is January 25th! Are YOU Ready to Celebrate in Your Math Classroom?

This silly holiday is a favorite among elementary and middle school. If you want to channel some of their opposite day enthusiasm into fun math learning experiences, then definitely do not share today’s fun opposite day-themed math puzzles for grades K-8 in your upcoming lesson plans!

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Today is Opposite Day!

Actually, check that, today is not opposite day.

Or is it not not opposite day?

Confusing? Yes. But either way, Opposite Day, celebrated on January 25th each year, is a day when kids across the country rejoice as they get to indulge in fun and silliness, claim broccoli as their favorite food, and math as their least favorite subject ;)

Since my students love to make silly statements only to claim that the given day was indeed opposite day, I wanted to do something extra fun and special for them. So, I created some super fun (I mean extremely boring) Opposite Day Math Puzzles for Grades K-8, plus a very special Bonus Opposite Day Math Puzzle for Grades 4-8 that has two solutions (one when solved right-side-up and another when solved upside-down!).

These kinds of activities are perfect for mixing up your instructions, giving your students opportunities to think creatively about math, and adding some fun learning experiences into your lesson plans.

All of the math puzzles and activities share below are opposite day-versions from the puzzles featured in our best-selling workbook 101 Daily Math Puzzles for Challenging Students in Grades 1-8 (Volume 2)


HOW TO DOWNLOAD: You can download any of the puzzles below by right-clicking and saving the file to your computer and/or dragging-and-dropping the file to your desktop.

ANSWER KEY: Scroll to the bottom of this post to access the complete answer key.


1.) Opposite Day Puzzle #1: Grades K-2

 

(keep reading to access the answer key at the end of this post)


2.) Opposite Day Puzzle #2: Grades 3-5

 

(keep reading to access the answer key at the end of this post)


3.) Opposite Day Puzzle #3: Grades 6-8+

 

(keep reading to access the answer key at the end of this post)


3.) Opposite Day Bonus! (for Grades 4-8+)

This special opposite day puzzle has two solutions! Solve it once right-side up, then flip it and solve it again upside-down. Can you find both answers?

 

(keep reading to access the answer key at the bottom of this post)


All of today’s math puzzles are opposite day versions of the puzzles shared in our best-selling workbook: 101 Daily Math Challenges for Grades 1-8 Volume 2

Here are some samples from the book:

Grades 1-3 Puzzle

Grades 4-5 Puzzle

Grades 6-8 Puzzle

Multiplication Table Puzzle

Helpful Hints Sample

101 Daily Math Challenges for Grades 1-8 Volume 2 is now available as a PDF download. You can get yours today by clicking here.


ANSWER KEY:

  • Puzzle #1 (Grades K-2): Day & Night=5 Balloons=7 Toilet=4, ?=1

  • Puzzle #2 (Grades 3-5): Day & Night=12 Up & Down=18 Balloons=2 Toilet=12, ?=44

  • Puzzle #3 (Grades 6-8+): Day & Night=91 Up & Down=37 Balloons=9 Toilet=91 , ?=46

  • Bonus Puzzle:

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Did I miss your favorite math holiday riddle for kids? Share your thoughts, questions, and suggestions in the comments section below!

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By Anthony Persico

Anthony is the content crafter and head educator for YouTube's MashUp Math and an advisor to Amazon Education's 'With Math I Can' Campaign. You can often find me happily developing animated math lessons to share on my YouTube channel . Or spending way too much time at the gym or playing on my phone.

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