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1. Iditarod Dog Sled Race
Math and ELA Packet

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In 1925 a terrible epidemic struck the city of Nome,
Alaska. The people were dying of diphtheria, and they
had no way to stop its spread. The serum needed was
almost gone. Bad weather kept planes on the ground in
Fairbanks, Alaska, so they couldn't bring supplies. The
closest they could get was Nenana, Alaska. The serum
was rushed from there to Nome by dog sled relay
teams. They covered the 675 miles in just over 5 days.
The Iditarod race was insOtuted in honor of the
historic feat. The Iditarod Sled Dog Race is known as
the "Last Great Race on Earth.” Mushers from all over
the world cover the 1,049 mile run.

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1.What was the event that sparked the long sled dog run in 1925?
A. A typhoid epidemic B. A diphtheria epidemic
C. A mining accident D. A flu epidemic
2. How might history have changed if snow hadn't kept planes from
delivering the serum to Nome?
A. Dog races would have been less popular
B. The disease would have been stopped sooner
C. The amazing dog sled relay would have happened somewhere
else
D. The Iditarod might not have been run
3. What things would a musher not keep in the sled?
A. Snow shoes B. Cooker and pot C. Dog booOes D. Skis

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The Iditarod dog sled race is held during the early spring in Alaska.
SomeFmes the weather is very bad, and the temperatures get very cold.
If someone offered you a chance to ride in one of the sleds for the whole
race, what would you say and why?

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1. A musher trains 4 dogs each day. A training run usually covers about 12 miles of
trails. If the musher trains seven days a week, how many miles of trails will that
musher travel in a week of training runs?
2. Sierra is a junior musher. She has 12 huskies. She buys 11 more from another
musher. Then Callie gives two dogs to each of her 2 friends. How many dogs
does Callie have now?
3. On Rick Swenson’s dog team, there are 6 black huskies, 4 white huskies, and 5
gray huskies. What fracOon of Rick’s dog team is white?

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1. ChrisOna has to feed her sled dogs.If she started at 3:20,
and ended at 3:50, how long did they bake?
2. Lance Mackey le_ the checkpoint on a Monday. He spent
the next 3 days on the trail. What day did he get to the
next checkpoint?
3. It was 400 miles between the White Mountains checkpoint
to Nome, and Jeff King was half way there. How far has he
gone?

8. The Iditarod - Addition Practice
addiOon pracOce 1

9. The Iditarod –
Subtraction Practice
SubtracOon PracOce 1

10. The Iditarod
MulOplicaOon PracOce 1

11. The Iditarod
Basic Division PracOce 1

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SubtracOon regrouping 1

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double digit MulOplicaOon 1

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Long Division PracOce 1

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16. The Iditarod – Vocab. Match

17. The Iditarod Crossword
Words and clues are on the next page.

18. The Iditarod – Crossword
Across
4 A state in northwestern North America; the 49th state admieed to the union.
5 A disease of the throat which can make breathing difficult.
7 firm or fixed intenOon to achieve a desired end
8 A way of sending coded messages over wire by electricity.
9 dog who runs in front of others. It must be intelligent and fast. (2 words)
Down
1 Command to stop the dog team.
2 The dog that raced the relay to save the people of Alaska from diptheria.
3 A town in western Alaska on the southern coast of the Seward Peninsula; an
important center of an Alaskan gold rush at the beginning of the 20th century.
6 An important dogsled race run annually on the Iditarod Trail.
7 A sled that is pulled by a team of dogs. (2 words)

19. Basic AddiOon Key #1
addiOon pracOce

20. Basic SubtracOon Key #1

21. Basic MulOplicaOon Key #1

22. Basic Division Key #1

23. SubtracOon regrouping Key #1

24. Double Digit MulOplicaOon Key #1

25. Long Division Key #1

26. Iditarod Word search key

27. Iditarod Vocab. key

28. Iditarod Crossword

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