Juicy Lucy looked about - she couldn’t decide which hat to wear to go out. She opened up her cupboard drawer - and came across a hat that was easy to adore ! It fit not really that well at all … but she didn’t care, because she had to get to Old Hall. When she was on the bus, Juicy Lucy looked ludicrous, but she thought her hat was lustrously luxurious ! Juicy Lucy loosened the ribbon on her hat. It was hot and sunny and it tickled her blonde, long plait. Luckily, Lucy had some luggage to spare - in it she found a hat to wear. The bus ride was bumpy - the potholes made Lucy jumpy. Juicy Lucy looked under the chair - there were lots of bags, but no hat anywhere. They’d been thrown away with tickets everywhere - but none of the things belonged to Lucy. A scarf, a coat and an umbrella, too, Lucy looked under them - there was no hat, old or new. Because the road wasn’t all that flat, Juicy Lucy lost her hat. She wondered if she’d ever get it back - she should have known better than to wear a hat so slack. It wasn’t on the luggage rack ! Under the escalator stair, by the engine or on the track. Nor in the lost and found - perhaps she’d left it on the undergorund ! Lucy Lou asked the bus conductor if he knew, “What colour is it ? ” (it was blue). “Oh ! dear, Lucy, Lou - now what on Earth shall we do ? !”. Juicy Lucy looked again - but she still couldn’t find her hat - “Oh ! What a pain !”. When the bus stopped, off Lucy hopped. Whilst the bus driver parked, Lucy quickly disembarked. Once Juicy Lucy had had a bite to eat, she headed off down the street - straight to a hat shop - she wanted to replace the hat that she’d dropped (remembering to pick one that didn’t quite so much flop like her lost hat she lost when the bus stopped). Juicy Lucy tried them on - there were all different kinds of caps. Bonnets and bowlers, woollen and even one with flaps. Lucy looked over her shoulder, she hoped she’d find a hat to fit, before she got much older and probably would sit on it ! As Juicy Lucy tried them on for size, one was so big, it covered her eyes. Juicy Lucy’s ears were cold - so she picked a hat that unfold. When Juicy Lucy looked in the mirror, the passers - by gazed - “However did Juicy Lucy find such a lovely hat ?”, they were truly amazed.
That’s T - Hat !
1. Juicy Lucy loosened the ribbon on her hat. If ribbon cost £1.25 per metre, how much did she pay for a ribbon that 75 cm long ? Round off your answer to the nearest whole number.
2. Juicy Lucy’s bus bumped over one pothole every 3 metres. If the bus journey was 25 km long, how many potholes did she bump over ?
3. Juicy Lucy found 15 hats in her luggage. She tried on one third. How many is that ?
4. In the bus station, Juicy Lucy found 77 hats in the lost and found : bench : taxi rank in a ratio of 1 : 2 : 4. How many were in each place ?
5. In the lost and found, Juicy Lucy found 6 umbrellas, 12 coats, 18 lost hats and 24 lost jumpers.
a) What fraction of the lost things were umbrellas ?
b) What decimal of the lost things were coats ?
c) What decimal of the lost things were lost hats ?
d) What percentage of the lost things were jumpers ?
6. Juicy Lucy’s hat fell off every 5 minutes. How many times is that in 3 hours ?
7. When the bus stopped, off Lucy hopped. There were 12 people in the queue at the bus - stop and Juicy Lucy was third. What fraction, decimal and percentage is that ?
8. If Juicy Lucy paid £5.99 for a hat, how much change did she receive from £50.00 ?
9. Juicy Lucy put on her hat because the temperature dropped by 15 degrees Celcius. If it was 24 degrees Celcius in January, what was when the weather got colder ?
10. Juicy Lucy lost her hat once every 3 weeks - how often is that in one year ? Round off your answer to the nearest whole number.
Hat - Chat
Fill in the missing letters - what should these hats be ?
b__ __ler hat
c__p
wo__ __ly hat
diam__nd
t__a__a
tr__lby hat
h__mberg hat
f__dora
hat t__rban
w__ __ding veil
Ind__an he__ __ress
st__vepipe
cr__wn
helm__t
A Fun Look At Lucy’s Loose Hat
1. Circle the letters “lu”, “la” “lo” and “lou” inside the words where they occur in the story above.
2. Then in a different colour pen, circle the letters “bu”, “bo”, “ba” and “be” inside the words where they occur in the story above.
3. Then in a different colour pen, circle the letters “pu”, “po”, “pa” and “pe” inside the words where they occur in the story above.
4. Then in a different colour pen, circle the letters “ru”, “ro”, “ra” and “re” inside the words where they occur in the story above.
5. Then in a different colour pen, circle the letters “hu”, “ho”, “ha” and “he” inside the words where they occur in the story above.
6. Then in a different colour pen, circle the letters “du”, “do”, “da” and “de” inside the words where they occur in the story above.
7. Then in a different colour pen, circle the letters “cu”, “co”, “ca” and “ce” inside the words where they occur in the story above.
© Jacqueline Richards 2007
Hat Chat Answers : bowler hat ; cap ; woolly hat ; diamond tiara ; trilby hat ; homberg hat ; fedora hat ; turban ; wedding veil ; Indian headress ; stovepipe ; crown ; helmet
That’s T - Hat Answers :
1. 75 / 100 = 3 / 4 : 3 (125 / 4) = 93.75 = 94 pence 2. 25 x 1000 / 3 = 8, 333.3 r
3. 15 / 3 = 5 hats
4. One part = 77 / (1 + 2 + 4 = 7) = 11, therefore, lost and found : bench : taxi rank 11 : 22 : 44 5.
a) 6 / (6 + 12 + 18 + 24 = 60) = 1/ 10 th ;
b) 12 / 60 = 0.2 ;
c) 18 / 60 = 0.3 ;
d) 24 / 60 = 0.4 = 40%
6. 60 x 3 / 5 = 36
7. 3 / 12 = 1 / 4 ; 0.25 ; 25%
8. 50 - 5.99 = £44.01
9. 24 - 15 = 9 degrees
10. 52 / 3 = 17.3 = 17 times
