He had the answer to every question …
And was a mine of information.
If you asked the wise old owl a query,
He answered straight away …
He knew how to multiply and divide so promptly
That the woodland animals came to see him every day …
Help the wise old owl to answer the following questions :
1/ The forest frog went to see the owl because he wanted to know how many lillypads there were in the pond. If there was one lillypad in every square metre and the pond was 80 m wide x 100 m long, what reply did the wise old owl give ?
2/ The woodpecker wanted to know if there were enough worms for him to eat that Winter. In one metre of tree trunk, there were on average 45 worms. If the tree was 15 metres high and the woodpecker ate 5 worms for breakfast, dinner and tea – were there enough worms for one month ? If there were any left, how many were there remaining ?
3/ The squirrel wanted to know how far away his acorns were hidden and if he could make it back before tea – time. He could run at a speed of 2.2 km / hour and his acorns were hidden in a tree 7 km away. It was now 1 o’ clock in the afternoon and tea was due to be served at 5 pm – did he make it ? If not, how late would he be ?
4/ The worm asked the wise old owl how many mushrooms he had to climb over in a 500 metre journey. If there were 6 mushrooms every 3 metres, what should the wise old owl say ?
5/ The ladybird wanted to know if he would be able to reach the pond before the greenfly in an insect race. If the ladybird travelled at a speed of 3 m / hour and the greenfly at speed of 2 m / 30 seconds – who was fastest ?
6/ The blue tit wanted to know if he was big enough for the hole in the bird box, which was one third of the width of the bird box (10 cm wide). The blue tit was 4.3 cm wide – did he fit ? What was the difference in sizes ?
7/ The fisherman wanted to know if his fishing net would be strong enough for the fish he was going to catch in the pond. His fishing net had a capacity of 50 kg – each of the 45 fish he caught weighed 55 grams – could his fishing net hold them all ? If so, how much spare space would there be ?
8/ The duck asked the wise old owl how long it would take him to paddle around the park, if he travelled at a speed of 2.5 km / hour and the park measured 160 x 260 metres ? What reply did the wise old owl give (in hours and minutes) ?
9/ The sparrow wanted to know of she would have enough breadcrumbs for all her eight chicks. If there were 50 breadcrumbs and each chick ate 3 breadcrumbs each for breakfast, dinner and tea – what reply should the wise old owl give ? If so, how many more breadcrumbs might she need ?
10/ The caterpillar wanted to know how many flowers he had to climb over if every branch of the tree had 2 flowers and the tree had 35 branches – what reply should the wise old owl give ?
“SQUEAK !” In the Owl’s “EEK !”
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are = ___ ___ ___are
id = ___ ___ ___ id
elch = ___ ___ ___ elch
eegee = ___ ___ ___ eegee
elch = ___ ___ ___ elch
e ire = e___ ___ ___ ire
irt = ___ ___ ___ irt
ish =___ ___ ___ ish
ash = ___ ___ ___ ash
at = ___ ___ ___ at
awk = ___ ___ ___ awk
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Wise Old Owl
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money = money ____ ___ ___ ___
old man = ____ ___ ___ ___ old man
upto = ____ ___ ___ ___ upto
crack = ____ ___ ___ ___ crack
none the r = none the ____ ___ ___ ___ r
ly = ____ ___ ___ ___ ly
street = street ____ ___ ___ ___
book = book ____ ___ ___ ___
square = square ____ ___ ___ ___
© Jacqueline Richards 2007
Answers :
1/ 100 x 80 = 8000
2/ (45 x 15) – (5 x 3 x 30) = 675 – 450 = 225
3/ Journey Time = distance / speed per hour = 14 / 2.2 = 6.36 hours – he would be 2.36 hours late
4/ 500 / 3 x 6 = 999.99
5/ greenfly
6/ 4.3 – (10 / 3 = 3 .33 r cm) = 1 cm
7/ (50 x 1000) – (45 x 55) = 50 000 – 2475 = 2 525
8/ (160 x 2) + (260 x 2) = 320 + 520 = 840 m / 2500 = 0.336 hours = 20 minutes
9/ 50 – (8 x 3 x 3 = 72) = – 22
10/ 2 x 35 = 70
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money wise
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