Read the excerpt from the number devil. "and besides . . i hate everything that has to do with numbers." “and why is that, may i ask? " “you sound as though you never went to school. or maybe you are a teacher yourself? "'if 2 pretzel makers can make 444 pretzels in 6 hours, how long does it take 5 pretzel makers to make 88 pretzels? '" "how dumb can you get! " said robert. "a colossal waste of time if you ask me. so get going! scram! shoo! " what is robert trying to accomplish? a. he is trying to persuade the number devil to leave him alone. b. he is trying to the number devil solve a math problem. c. he is trying to find out if the number devil is educated. d. he is trying to prove that the number devil is imaginary.