▁solve . ▁ ▁Plot ▁The ▁first ▁chapter ▁introdu ces ▁Sue , ▁a ▁new ▁student ▁in ▁Mrs . ▁Jew ls ' s ▁class . ▁She ▁is ▁bew ilder ed ▁to ▁discover ▁that ▁the ▁arithmetic ▁less ons ▁involve ▁adding ▁words ▁instead ▁of ▁numbers , ▁using ▁ver bal ▁arithmetic . ▁Chapter ▁ 1 ▁has ▁ 1 1 ▁problems ▁all ▁about ▁adding ▁and ▁subtract ing ▁using ▁words . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁next ▁chapter , ▁Sue ▁compla ins ▁that ▁they ' re ▁not ▁supposed ▁to ▁do ▁math ▁that ▁way , ▁and ▁says ▁a ▁few ▁problems ▁( for ▁example , ▁seven ▁+ ▁four ▁= ▁eleven ), ▁which ▁Mrs . ▁Jew ls ▁states ▁are ▁impossible , ▁and ▁the ▁reader ▁has ▁to ▁figure ▁out ▁why ▁the ▁problems ▁Sue ▁mentioned ▁are ▁impossible . ▁In ▁the ▁next ▁chapter , ▁Mrs . ▁Jew ls ▁tells ▁Sue ▁that ▁if ▁she ▁doesn ' t ▁understand ▁how ▁to ▁do ▁math ▁there , ▁she ▁should ▁change ▁to ▁a ▁different ▁school , ▁but ▁when ▁Sue ▁in ad vert ently ▁gets ▁a ▁question ▁correct , ▁Mrs . ▁Jew ls ▁lets ▁her ▁stay . ▁Chapter ▁ 4 ▁also ▁contains ▁multiplication ▁problems . ▁Chapter ▁ 5 ▁is ▁about ▁re cess , ▁where ▁after ▁a ▁story line ▁is ▁told , ▁the ▁students ▁have ▁to ▁figure ▁the ▁answer ▁of ▁a ▁few ▁questions ▁about ▁what ▁happened ▁at ▁re cess . ▁Chapter ▁ 6 ▁involves ▁Mrs . ▁Jew ls ▁having ▁trouble ▁filling ▁out ▁report ▁cards ▁because ▁she ▁doesn ' t ▁have ▁all ▁the ▁gr ades , ▁so ▁she ▁needs ▁to ▁figure ▁out ▁the ▁answers ▁on ▁the