Bill the razorbill grew a beard. He soon had the hairiest face that had ever been seen or heard. He had hairy cheeks and hairy arms, too. Someone tried to trim it, but Bill stuck it back with glue. Bill the razorbill grew his beard back. Very soon, he looked like a haystack ! He stood in a grow bag to make his hair long and exercised daily to make the roots strong. Bill the Razorbill put his hair in plaits, he tied it with a ribbon, and weaved it into a mat. His long hair came in very handy, indeed, whenever he wanted to dry the pots (though sometimes it grew weeds). A bird came and made a nest, he thought it much cosier than a hedgerow and the rest. But he didn’t have enough twigs, so he went to the shops and looked at the wigs. Bill the Razorbill brushed his hair daily, to try and get rid of the growing daisy. Very soon, his hair was so thick, he styled it with curlers and made a flick. He used hairspray and a considerable amount of gel. Now Bill’s beard stuck to the comb as well. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
1. If Bill the Razorbill’s hair grew at a speed of 2 cm daily, how long was it after 3 weeks ?
2. If Bill the Razorbill used 5 cm of ribbon for one bow, how many bows did he make from a ribbon that was 100 cm long ?
3. Bill the Razorbill had 5 % cut off the length. If his hair was 45 cm long, how long was it after being trimmed ?
4. Bill the Razorbill bought a wig for £15.00. How much change did he receive from £50.00 ?
5. Work out the surface area of the Bill the Razorbill’s mat if it measured 75 cm long and 50 cm wide.
6. Bill the Razorbill found one worm in every 3 cm of his beard. If his beard was 30 cm long, how many worms did he find ?
7. Bill the Razorbill used 20 mls of shampoo every time he washed his beard. If he washed his beard 15 times, how much was left in a 5 litre bottle of shampoo ?
8. Bill the Razorbill flew three quarters of the way along the street to the wig shop. If the street was 2 km long, how far did he fly ?
9. The weeds in Bill the Razorbill’s beard grew at a rate of two weeds every three days. How many weeds were there in his beard after two weeks ?
10. If Bill the Razorbill had 200 curlers, but dropped 30 % of them onto the floor, how many were left ? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Bill the Razorbill’s Billions Bill
Add either “bil” or “bill” – which is the correct one to use ?
_____ iards
_____ ed
_____ bo
_____ board
_____ berry
_____ et
_____ iary
_____ poster
_____ teral
_____ of health
_____ of sale
_____ ingual
_____ of rights
_____ ow
_____ ge
_____ ion
_____ broker
_____ irubin
_____ e _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
© Jacqueline Richards 2007
Answers :
1.3 ( 2 x 7) = 42 cm
2. 100 / 5 = 20
3. 45 – (45 / 100 x 5 = 2.25 cm) = 42.75 cm
4. 50 – 15 = £35.00
5. 75 x 50 = 3, 750 sq cm
6. 30 / 3 = 10 worms
7. (5 x 1000) – (20 x 15) = 5000 – 300 = 4 700 mls
8. 2 (2 x 7 / 3) = 21.77
9. 2000 / 4 x 3 = 1500 m
10. 200 – (200 / 100 x 30 = 60) = 140
Answers : billiards; billed; bilbo; billboard; bilberry; billet; biliary; bill poster; bilateral; bill of health; bill of sale; bilingual; bill of rights; billow; bilge; billion; bill broker; bilirubin; bile
