Little Miss Muffet sat on her tuffet,
When along came a spider,
Who sat down beside her,
And frightened Miss Muffet away.
1. If Little Miss Muffet sat on her tuffet for 60% of the day, how long is that ?
2. If Little Miss Muffet ate 9 bowls of curd and whey per day, how may bowls did she eat in one week ?
3. If Little Miss Muffet was 120 cm tall, 50 times bigger than the spider, how big was the spider ?
4. If Little Miss Muffet’s spider span a thread for her spider’s web 50 cm long in one minute, how long did it take her to make enough spidery thread for a whole web (100 metres) ? Give your answer in minutes and hours.
5. If Little Miss Muffet ran away at a speed of 1.8 km / 20 mins, how far did she run in one hour ?
6. If Little Miss Muffet ran away at a speed of 1.8 km / hour, how long did it take her to reach home 18 km away ?
7. If one spider appeared every 20 minutes, how many spiders appeared in the whole afternoon (1p.m. to 4 p.m.) that Little Miss Muffet was sat on her tuffet ?
8. If the spider span one web every two hours. How many webs were on the tuffet after three days ?
9. If each spider measured a width of 3 cm and the tuffet was 3 m wide, how many spiders could sit next to Little Miss Muffet, who herself was 50 cm wide ?
10. Write down as many different words as you can that also have the same, or a similar meaning to “little”. © Jacqueline Richards 2007
Answers : 1. 14.4 hours; 2. 63; 3. 2.25 cm; 4. 200 mins = 3 hrs 20 mins; 5. 5.4 km; 6. 10 hours; 7. 9; 8. 36; 9. 83.33 r
