Jack and The Beanstalk Tall and Short Stories

Slick Magic Trick

ic or ick - which is the correct one to use ?

sl ___ e t ___ et

20 - 20 Vision

Each of the following sums contains the number “20″. Fill in the correct mathematical equation sign in the following sums : either + x / or -.10 __ 2 = 20 20 __ 20 = 4000

© Jacqueline Richards 2005Answers :sliceticket

As the itchy witch entered the kitchen, the itchy witch ditched the switch. Everything flitched. When the switch switched, soon everything in the kitchen twitched. Although it was very hard to tell, everything else started to switch as well ! The milk bottles in the fridge, rattled their milk tops and fell off the ridge. The cheese tumbled off the shelf, and the butter melted all by itself. The itchy witch waved her wand and three apples in the fruit bowl started to land. The witch’s itch really was that grand ! She itched again and a hat fell off the hatstand ! It must have been all the witch’s fleas, that tickled her toes and made her wobble her knobbly knees. When the itchy witch sniffed and sneezed - out popped two dozen fleas that jumped up and down wheezing “Yes, please !”. When the itchy witch spluttered, the fleas wings fluttered. A few of them started to take off … all because of the itchy witch’s tickled cough. “Atishoo ! Atichoo !”, she sneezed some more - and another four fleas jumped through the door, landing on the floor. The itchy witch wasn’t sure which flea, it was that made her itch continuously ! Trying to shake off the fleas, the itchy witch wriggled and giggled all day long, but only one or two were blown away when the wind blew strong. The itchy witch wriggled so much, her hat fell off in the rabbit hutch ! She tried to grab them, but they jumped out of her clutch ! The fleas were full of jumpin’ beans - they were the most pogo - ing fleas that ever had been ! The reason for this was that the witch was so itchy, whenever the fleas got twitchy.

Where is the Titchy “it” In The Witch’s Twitch ?

Circle the “it” inside these words.

Mag the Magician was a magical chap, but the one thing he couldn’t do was keep on his hat. He was so busy jumping about, that he magicked everything … including the cat ! When he waved his magic wand, stardust made his magic grand. Very soon, he was quite surprised, to see everything around him metamorphisised. He even managed to spill a bit, of magic performing his magic tricks. In the kitchen without him looking, Everything started magically cooking. He didn’t notice, but even the bugs, started magically hopping on magic rugs. The vacuum cleaner started to work by itself, and the books tidied themselves up on the bookshelf. I bet you wish you had a magic wand like this, that would clean the house in a house - wizardry whizz.

Wizardry Maths

 1. If Mag’s magic wand halved the dust and cobwebs, how many of the 500 cobwebs were left ?

 2. If the magic from Mag’s magic wand polished one glass in 0.2 minutes, how long did it take to polish all 600 ?

 3. If the magic from Mag’s magic wand cut one square metre of grass in 3 minutes (and the lawn was 1 km wide x 1 km long), how long did it take to mow all the grass ? Give your answer in minutes, hours and day.

 4. If the magic from Mag’s magic wand trimmed the 120 cm high rosebushes by one third - how big did they become ?

 5. If the magic from Mag’s magic wand lifted 80% of the 500 crumbs, how may were left on the floor ?

 6. If the magic from Mag’s magic wand made the bugs on the rug jump four times higher, and they usually leapt 1.2 cm, how high could they then jump ?

 7. The magic from Mag’s magic wand made the washing jump magically onto the washing line from the basket, as well ! If one jumper was 50 cm wide, how many could fit along the 50 m washing line ?

 8. If the magic from Mag’s magic wand made the flowers in the garden grow three times as quickly. Usually they grew at a speed of 2 cm / per day. After a week of magic, how high were they ?

 9. Mag the Magician cast one spell every three hours - how many spells is that in one day ?

 10. Thank heavens Mag the Magician’s magic metamorphisised the washing up ! There were 150 bubbles, but after his magic started working 8 times as many - how many is that ?

 11. Mag the Magician magicked the cake baking in the oven to become five times it’s normal 2 kg size - what did it then weigh ?

 12. Mag the Magician magicked the frying pan and the pancakes he was cooking - they usually flipped twice every 30 seconds, but with magic, flipped 6 times more often.

a) How often did they flip in 5 minutes before 

b) and after magic ?

 13. Mag the Magician magicked five times as many cakes. There were originally 20 baking in the oven until Mag’s magic started to work - how many then ?

 14. Mag the Magician had a magic white rabbit in his pocket that hopped 4 times every minute until the magic started to work - and he jumped 7 times this - how many jumps is that per minute ?

 15. Mag the Magician magicked some more … and all the toys jumped off the floor ! If it took 45 seconds for one teddy bear to jump into the toy box, how long did it take 15 ? Give your answer in seconds and minutes.

 Spelling Whizz

When Mag the Magician waved his wand, something magical happened - the letters in the following words disappeared. What 3 letters do you think are missing ?

ical

net

azine

isterial

got

ic

netic

nate

nanimity

netism

nification

nifying glass

nificent

nitude

Whirly World Word Game

All of the following list are taken from the above poem but when Mag’s magic swirled, all of the letters in the following words twirled. Can you help Mag to sort out his jumbled up mix up ?

tha

gmicaina

lamigac

veryheting

dawn

tasrdust

rpsurised

pills

repfirmong

tircks

tikchen

oocking

ophping

koobs

okshboelf

oshue

wzardiry

hwizz

Game 1 Answers : 1. 250; 2. 120 mins; 3. 3 000 000 mins = 50, 000 hours = 2, 083 days; 4. 80 cm; 5. 100; 6. 4.8 cm; 7. 100; 8. 42cm; 9. 8; 10. 1200; 11. 10kg ; 12. a) 20 b) 120; 13. 100; 14. 28; 15. 675 secs = 11.25 mins

Game 2 Answers : magical; magnet; magazine; magisterial; maggot; magic; magnetic; magnate; magnanimity; magnetism; magnification; magnifying glass; magnificent; magnitude

Game 3 Answers : hat; magician; magical; everything; wand; stardust; surprised; spill; performing; tricks; kitchen; cooking; hopping; books; bookshelf; house; wizardry; whizz

© Jacqueline Richards 2007

The wicked witch had a magic mirror,

That magnified everything really well.

In fact, the magic mirror, magnified the witch as well.

The magic mirror magnified everything so miraculously,

It magnified everything endlessly.

Very soon, the witch’s hat was as big as an umbrella,

Quite a miraculous feat for a fortune - teller.

“Mirror, mirror, on the wall,

Who is the fairest of them all”.

The mirror was so magic,

That it magnified the hall ! Soon, all around the house,Everything was magnified,

 8. If the magic mirror magnified the 3 cm worm in the witch’s garden 1 : 3, how big did it become ?

 9. If the magic mirror magnified the 1.8 m rug 1 : 2, how big did it become ?

 10. If the magic mirror magnified the 2.5 m hatstand in a ratio of 1 : 5, how big did it become ?

Mirror Image 

Where is the mirror image in these words ? Circle the letters M - I - R.

besmirched

mirth

mirage

emir

miracle

miraculous

smirk

mineral

slimmer

miner

chiminier

chimer

climber

shimmer

mintier

spearmint

grimmer

minister

primer

miniature

demoralised

slimier

minstrel

© Jacqueline Richards 2007

Answers : 1. 2.5 x 5 = 12.5 m; 2. 3 x 3 = 9cm; 3. 1.8 x 2 = 3.6 m; 4. 9 x 2 = 18m; 5. 28 / 2 : (14 x 6) = 84 cm; 6. 4 x 5 = 20 m; 7. 2.5 x 5 = 12.5 m; 8. 3 x 3 = 9 cm; 9. 1.8 x 2 = 3.6 m; 10. 2.5 x 5 12.5 m

Boo the ghostly poltergeist was an awful host,

He scared all his guests away …

And burnt the toast.

All he wanted to do was to say “hello !”,

But they ran away down the stairs below.

The minute they saw Boo running round,

They headed off in the other direction,

Hiding, trying not to make a sound.

Boo the ghostly poltergeist was really so scary,

They felt as though they’d been shocked unfairly.

Everywhere Boo the ghostly poltergeist loudly boo -ed ,

Which his friends thought was really

incredibly rude.

“Boo !” his friend called once again,

As three of his friends headed off into the

rain.

Of course, everyone thought it was because

he was a ghostly poltergeist,

That everything around him went

crashing,

That things went bump in the night …

And usually ended up smashing !

But the real truth of the matter was,

Boo the ghostly poltergeist had a

boomerang that he couldn’t fire straight …

And that’s what shattered all the broken

plates when he stayed up late after eight !

When Boo threw his boomerang,

It made the telephone ring all by itself,

Dishes crashed to the floor,

And books fell off the bookshelf.

Although he tried with all the ghostly

power he’d got.

He really was a hopeless shot …

Boo’s Boomerang Maths Quiz

1. If Boo the ghost threw a boomerang that travelled at a speed of 15 m / second, how far did it travel in 4.5 minutes ?

2. Boo the ghost’s boomerang headed North, then turned 45 degrees in a clockwise direction - what direction on a compass point is that ?

3. Boo the ghost’s boomerang hit a bush and knocked off 50 blackberries onto the ground. If the tree had originally 750 blackberries, what fraction, decimal and percentage is this ?

4. Boo the ghost was so scary that he frightened away the mouse ! It ran 34.2 m upstairs, 2.5 m over the computer desk and 3.2 m under the bed. How far is that in total ?

5. Boo the ghost’s boomerang got a real boost when the wind blew and it travelled 160% of it’s usual speed (see question 1). How long did it take to travel 500 m ?

6. Boo the ghost bought his boomerang on holiday in Australia. It cost him 35 Australian $ - how much change did he receive from $50 Aus. ?

7. If Boo the ghost’s boomerang span 8 times in 30 seconds as it flew - how many times did it spin in 5 minutes ?

8. Boo the ghost’s boomerang hit a tree and 80% of the birds flew away. If there were 200 birds sitting on the tree, how many remained ?

9. Boo the ghost’s boomerang hit the roof of the haunted house and knocked off 8 of the 800 roof tiles - what fraction, decimal and percentage is this ?

10. Boo the ghost’s boomerang knocked off 80 of the 200 books on the bookshelf. How many remained ? What fraction, decimal and percentage is this of the original total number of books ?

Boo !

Add the letters “B - O - O” in place of Boo the ghost where he has frightened the letters away then make a sentence using the words. =

 klet = __ __ __ klet

 k = __ __ __ k

 kworm = __ __ __ kworm

 kish = __ __ __ kish

 ked = __ __ __ ked

 m = __ __ __ m

 ming = __ __ __ ming

 merang = __ __ __ merang

 n = __ __ __ n

 st = __ __ __ st

 t = __ __ __ t

 th = __ __ __ th

 ty = __ __ __ ty

 r = __ __ __ r

Spooks & Gooks

How many words can you think of that are “ook” - y ? Example - book.

© Jacqueline Richards 2007

Answers : 1.4.5 x 60 x 15 = 4050 m 2. NE 3. 50 / 750 = 1 / 15 th; 0.066r; 6% 4. 34.2 + 2.5 + 3.2 = 39.9 m 5. 500 / 15 = 33.33 seconds 6. 50 - 35 = $ 15 7. 5 x 2 x 8 = 80 8. 200 - (200 / 100 x 80 = 160) = 40 9. 8 / 800 = 1 / 100; 0.1; 1% 10. 200 - 80 = 120; 80 / 200 = 2 / 5 ths; 0.4; 40%

Answers : booklet; book; bookworm; bookish; booked; boom; booming; boomerang; boon; boost; boot; booth; booty; boor

The fairy at the bottom of my garden complained to the garden gnome,
You’ve just squashed my mushroom - go find somewhere else to make a home !”.
The fairy said that it just wasn’t neighbourly, to behave to noisily.
The fairy then moaned a little to the toad, “I agree” the black crow crowed.
Someone had eaten all the bread, it must have been the gnome (or perhaps the magpie instead)…
The fairy decided to build a shelter, that would keep out the heat, when the weather started to swelter.
The frog bounced up … to lend a hand … (though he didn’t really think that her shelter was that grand).

1. The fairy was 2 / 3 rds of the height of the mushroom, which measured 15 cm high - so how tall was the fairy ?

2. It took the fairy at the bottom of my garden 5 minutes to walk along one paving stone in the garden path. If she walked for 40 minutes, how many paving stones were in the garden path ?

3. The fairy at the bottom of my garden met a slug and a caterpillar who told her the best to find fresh cabbage leaves … if one cabbage had 25 leaves - the fairy ate 2, the slug ate 1.3 leaves and the caterpillar ate 20 % - how many leaves were left ?

4. The fairy at the bottom of my garden had a race with the grasshopper. Of course, the grasshopper won in 8 minutes (travelling at a speed of 4 daisies per minute). How many daisies did they pass in the race ? If the fairy travelled at 7 / 8 ths of this speed, how fast did she travel ?

5. The fairy at the bottom of my garden went collecting pollen to make honey with the bees - if she collected 3 lumps of pollen in 2 minutes, how much pollen did she collect in 15 minutes ? One lump of pollen could make 3 mls of honey - so how much honey was made from this amount of pollen collected by the fairy ?

6. She climbed up a molehill that measured 15 cm high and 10 cm wide. Using Pythagoras’ theory, work out how far she travelled up one side. Give your answer to two decimal places.

7. The fairy then met a spider in the garden shed who said the fairy could use some of his thread to fix her torn dress, if she wishes. He sold her 5 cm of spidery thread at a cost of one gold coin per 0.25 cm. How much did she pay ? It took the fairy, with tiny fairy stitches 4 minutes to stitch 0.5 cm - how long did it take her to stitch the tear, measuring 2 cm ?

8. The fairy took a wash in dew left by the rain on the flowers. In one rain shower, there were 18 puddles in the garden. How many puddles were there after 6 rain showers ?

9. The fairy was almost knocked on the head by an acorn ! She had to dodge quickly out of the way … if there were 70 acorns on the oal tree at the bottom of the garden where the fairy lived and 60% fell to the ground - how many were left on the tree ?

10. The fairy went picking flowers, but it was quite hard because they were so much bigger than her. It took her 7 minutes to put one into a vase - if the vase contained 5 flowers, how long did it take the fairy ?

Answers :
1. 15 / 3 x 2 = 10 cm
2. 40 / 5 = 8
3. 25 - (2 - 1.3 - (25 / 5 = 5) = 16.7) = 8.3 leaves
4. a) 8 x 4 = 32 daisies b) 4 / 8 x 7 = 3.5 daisies per minute
5. a) 15 / 2 = 7. 5 x 3 = 22.5 b) 22.5 / 3 = 7.5 mls
6. y 2 = (15 x 15) + (5 x 5) = 225 + 25 = / 250 = 5.81 cm
7. a) 5 / 0.25 = 20 b) 2 / 0.5 x 4 = 16 mins
8. 18 x 6 = 108
9. 70 - (70 / 100 x 60 = 42) = 28
10. 7 x 5 = 35 mins

© Jacqueline Richards 2007

I’ve never seen a ghost perform such a spectacular vanishing act,
As the spectre with no spectacles as a matter of fact …
His spectacles vanished into thin air …
Although he looked here and there, he couldn’t see them anywhere !
Whenever he went to take a look for something,
It disappeared and he couldn’t see a single thing !
The spectre went to take a better look …
But his spectacles went up in a puff of smoke !
So un - spectacular was the spectacle - less spectre, as a ghost,
That he decided to become a chef … spending his days cooking toast.
But still he couldn’t see further than his nose …
Perhaps his spectacles had fallen onto his toes ?
Without his spectacles, everything looked ghostly,
Actually, he really couldn’t see mostly !
He went to watch a football match, as a spectator,
But when he cheered for the wrong side,
He felt a real potato !
His phantom friends came to help, speculating that he’d left them on the bus,
Or perhaps in the supermarket when he’d been in a rush !
Specifically, his poor visibility completely eradicated the spectre’s sight - seeing capability …
So he came home early from his holiday.

Spectacular Spectre Spellings

The spectre cannot see the following words without his spectacles, so can you help ? Add “spec” to complete the spellings.

___________ ulum

___________ ies

___________ tacular

___________ ialised

___________ imen

___________ ulate

___________ ific

___________ ialism

___________ kle

___________ ifically

___________ ulation

___________ kless

___________ ial

___________ ify

The Spectre’s Spell Spell

The spectre magicked a spell to help him spell the words that he couldn’t spell well without his spectacles as well, so can you help ? Add “spell” to complete the spellings.

___________ bound

___________ ing book

mis - ___________

___________ binder

___________ able

___________ ing

___________ ed

___________ out

___________down

___________of rain

___________ backwards

The Spectre’s Specific Maths Game

Maths with a “wwhooo !” … Write a mathematical equation to show your working out when answering the following questions.

1/ If the spectre made a ghostly disappearance, twice every night for 20 minutes, how long did he stay out of sight in one week ?

2/ If the spectre could float in the air at a speed of 20 metres / 4 minutes, how long did it take him to travel down the 150 metre hallway ?

3/ If the spectre rattled his chains 8 times in one hour, over the twelve hour night shift that he worked, how many times did he rattle his chains in one week ?

4/ The spectre spent one hour looking for his spectacles in the Hall, 3 hours in the kitchen, 2 hours in the Dining room and 1.5 hours on the balcony - how long did he spend looking in total ?

5/ The poltergeist rattled so loud that the neighbours complained ! 150 ghouls, ghosts and phantoms came around (through the walls, of course !) - one fifth of them decided to stay - how many ghostly neighbours disappeared ?

6/ When the spectre disappeared … so did 20% of the books on the bookshelf … If there were originally 300 books, how many were left ?

7/ The spectre disappeared gradually - if, after 5 minutes, there was still 0.2 of him visible - how much had disappeared ?

8/ The spectre went to buy a new pair of spectacles from the optician - if they cost £24.99, how much change did he receive from £50.00 ?

9/ The spectre polished his spectacles so well that they broke, shattered into one hundred pieces and 34% of them disappeared under the rug. How many could the spectre find ?

10/ The spectre had such bad eyesight that he had real problems seeing the door and he crashed regularly ! If he crashed twice every 3 minutes, how many times did he crash in four days ?

© Jacqueline Richards 2007

Spectacular Spelling Answers
speculum; species; spectacular; specialised; specimen; speculate; specific; specialism; speckle; specifically; speculation; speckless; special; specify

The Spell Spell Answers :
spellbound; spelling book; mis - spell; spellbinder; spellable; spelling; spelled; spell out; spell down; spell of rain; spell backwards

Specific Maths Answers :
1/ (20 x 2) x 7 = 280 minutes
2/ 150 / 20 = 7.5 x 4 = 30 mins
3/ 8 x 12 x 7 = 672
4/ 1 + 3 + 2 + 1.5 = 7.5 hours
5/ 150 / 5 x 4 = 120
6/ 300 - (300 / 100 x 20 = 60) = 240
7/ 0.8
8/ 50 - 24.99 = £25.01
9/ 100 - 34 = 66
10/ 24 x 60 = 1440 / 3 480

Write a mathematical equation to show your working out to the following maths problems.

1/ The hungriest ghost loved toast. Each slice was 15 cm long x 20 cm wide. Work out the surface area.

2/ The hungriest ghost who loved toast ate 3 slices for breakfast, 6 for lunch and 9 for supper. How many slices did he eat in three weeks ?

3/ If one loaf contained 20 slices, how many loaves did he need for one month ?

4/ The hungriest ghost who loved toast cut four slices of toast into four pieces. Then he ate 12% - how many pieces did he have left ?

5/ The hungriest ghost who loved toast put butter on 4 slices, jam on 8 slices, peanut butter on 12 slices and cheese spread on 16 slices. Express this as a ratio. What proportion in a fraction did he put jam on ? What decimal did he coat with peanut butter ? What percentage did he put cheese spread on ?

6/ When the hungriest ghost who loved toast looked inside his bread bin, he had two packs of six crumpets, three packs of four crumpets and two loaves of bread containing 60 slices. Express this as a ratio. What proportion in a fraction was bread inside his bread bin ? What decimal were crumpets ? What percentage was bread ?

7/ Work out the volume of one loaf eaten by the hungriest ghost who loved toast if it was 25 cm wide, 35 cm high and 75 cm long.

8/ The hungriest ghost who loved toast ate 5 / 6 ths of a loaf. If there were 60 slices, how many slices were left ?

9/ The hungriest ghost who loved toast could carry 5 loaves in his supermarket basket - how many trips did he have to make to carry 500 loaves ?

10/ The hungriest ghost who loved toast estimated the approximately one slice of toast took 15 bites. To eat three quarters of a slice - how many bites did he take ?

11/ The hungriest ghost who loved toast shared out 45 slices of toast between Jack, Fred and Bob in a ratio of 2 : 3 : 5. How many slices did each friend eat ?

12/ The hungriest ghost who loved toast burnt 35% of the 350 slices of toast that he was making. How many were left ?

13/ The hungriest ghost who loved toast ordered toast in a restaurant for £2.99 - how much change did he receive from £10.00 ?

14/ The hungriest ghost who loved toast made cheese on toast with 2.5 grams of cheese. how much cheese would he need to make 50 slices ? Express your answer in grams and kilograms.

15/ The hungriest ghost who loved toast naturally, liked peanut butter the most ! He bought 5 jars from the supermarket, each containing 125 mls. How much peanut butter is that in total ?

16/ The hungriest ghost who loved toast even put a slice of ham on jam ! If one slice of bread was 0.75 cm thick and ham was 0.25 cm thick - how thick in total was his sandwich ?

17/ The hungriest ghost who loved toast made a packed lunch for whilst he was at work with 10 slices of bread. When he got there, he had dropped 10 % - how many sandwiches did he have left ?

18/ The hungriest ghost who loved toast went on a picnic. There was 50 biscuits, 100 slices of toast and 75 crumpets - Express this as a ratio. What proportion in a fraction was biscuits on the picnic ? What decimal were slices of toast ? What percentage were crumpets ?

19/ The hungriest ghost who loved toast couldn’t believe his eyes ! When he went to the supermarket, there were shelves and shelves along the aisles ! If one shelf contained 6 different types of bread, how many types of bread did 5 shelves contain ?

20/ If one slice of toast was 2.5 cm thick, how thick was a loaf of bread containing 50 slices ?

The Most - Ost Spelling Game

Add either “ost” or “oast” to complete the word s- which is the correct one to use ?

t__________

utm__________

p__________

gh__________

m__________

p__________age stamp

m__________ly

r __________ beef

p__________ed letter

off the c__________

b__________

gh__________ly

fr__________

h__________

__________rich

__________ensible

__________eoarthritis

c__________

j__________ling

p __________ box

Answers :
1/ 15 x 20 = 300 sq cm
2/ 3 + 6 + 9 = 18 x 7 x 3 = 378
3/ 18 x 7 x 4 / 20 = 25.2 loaves
4/ 16 - (16 / 100 x 12 = 1.92) = 14.08
5/ a) butter : jam : peanut butter : cheese spread 4 : 8 : 12 : 16 = 1 : 2 : 3 : 4 b) 8 / 40 = 1 / 5 c) 12 / 40 = 0.3 d) 16 / 40 = 4 / 10 = 40 %
6/ a) 12 : 12 : 120 b) 120 / 144 c) 12/ 144 = 0.083 d) 120 / 144 0.83 r = 83 %
7/ 25 x 35 x 75 = 65 , 625 cubic cm
8/ 60 - (60 / 6 x 5 = 50) = 10
9/ 500 / 5 = 100 trips
10/ 15 / 4 x 3 = 11.25 bites
11/ 8 : 13.5 : 22.5
12/ 350 - (350 / 100 x 35 = 122.5) = 227.5
13/ 10 - 2.99 = £7.01
14/ 50 x 2.5 = 125 g = 0.125 kg
15/ 125 x 5 = 625 mls
16/ (2 x 0.75 = 1.5) + 0.25 = 1.75 cm
17/ 9
18/ a) biscuits : crumpets : toast 50 : 75 : 100 b) 50 / 225 c) 100 / 225 = 0.444 r d) 75 / 225 = 1 / 3 = 33 %
19/ 6 x 5 = 30
20/ 50 x 2.5 = 125 cm

Game 2 - Answers
toast
utmost
post
ghost
most
postage stamp
mostly
roast beef
posted letter
off the coast
boast
ghostly
frost
host
ostrich
ostensible
osteoarthritis
cost
jostling
post box

The most scary ghost was always losing things and getting lost. If he posted a letter, it got lost in the post. If he dropped a bottle of lemonade - it disappeared off the coast.
See if you can help the scary ghost by solving these strange disappearances.

1/ The Phantom scared away approximately 200 people every day, the ghoul scared three quarters of that number daily. Ghost in the attic scared away twice as many people as the ghoul. How many people were scared away in a week ? Show your working out.

2/ The three ghosts shared a pumpkin, weighing 800 grams for lunch in a ratio of 2 : 3 : 5. How much did each ghost eat ?

3/ The most scary ghost knocked over half a one litre bottle of lemonade - the phantom drank 25% of what was left in the bottle. How much lemonade remained ?

4/ The phantom ghost hid the keys three times every hour. The gruesome fiend hid the keys twice as much as that and the white ghost his the keys three times as often as both of them in total. How many times did the keys get lost in one week ?

5/ The phantom ghost said “BOO!” every five minutes. His ghostly friend, said “BOO!” twice as much as that and another spectre said “BOO !” only every hour. In the haunted house, how many times could “BOO !” be heard ?

6/ The phantom ghost walked through three doors and down a corridor and back again approximately 235 metres long five times each night. How far did the phantom walk ?

7/ The phantom ghost rattled his chains every half hour. In one 30 day month, how many times were his chains rattled ?

8/ When the spooky wind blew down the corridor, it knocked off 6 flowerpots and twice as many books off the bookshelf. Ten fleas off the cushioned setee and a clock. How many things dropped in total ?

9/ The spooky wind rattled the 25 windows on 4 floors of the house as well as 17 doors, 62 picture frames and 4 table legs and four times as many chairs as that. How many things rattled in total ?

10/ When the ghost disappeared, so did … four sets of keys each with 6 keys, sixteen shoes, a ring, a bracelet and 2 necklaces. How many things in total disappeared ?

 Ghosts and Ghouls Game

Fill in the gaps with the word “GHOST”.

not a _________ of a chance

_________ ly

_________ - like

_________ - writer

_________ word

Holy _________

_________ liness

Give up the _________

_________ story

_________ town

Phantom Disappearances

Some of the ghostly letters disappeared from these words below. Can you help the scary ghost to find his missing letters again by filling in the gaps ? Add “DIS” to complete these spellings.

___ ___ ___ability

___ ___ ___appearance

___ ___ ___ orientated

___ ___ ___ comfort

___ ___ ___ accord

___ ___ ___ satisfied

___ ___ ___ appointed

___ ___ ___ array

___ ___ ___ aster

___ ___ ___ allow

___ ___ ___ agree

___ ___ ___ pprove

___ ___ ___card

___ ___ ___ cussion

___ ___ ___charged

___ ___ ___ associated

___ ___ ___tance

___ ___ ___ advantage

___ ___ ___ claim

___ ___ ___ cept

___ ___ ___ ciple

___ ___ ___ count

___ ___ ___ ease

___ ___ ___ continue

___ ___ ___ content

___ ___ ___ courage

___ ___ ___ credit

___ ___ ___ crepancy

___ ___ ___ connect

___ ___ ___ creet

___ ___ ___ cussion

___ ___ ___ embark

___ ___ ___ enfranchise

___ ___ ___ h

___ ___ ___ infected

___ ___ ___ play

___ ___ ___ please

___ ___ ___ quiet

___ ___ ___ qualify

___ ___ ___ sent

___ ___ ___ similar

___ ___ ___ gusted

___ ___ ___ tended

___ ___ ___ tant

___ ___ ___ temper

___ ___ ___ taste

___ ___ ___ tress

___ ___ ___tributed

© Jacqueline Richards 2007

Game 1 Answers :
1/ (200 x 7) + (150 x 7) + (150 x 7) = 1 400 + 1 050 + 525 = 2 975
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2/ Total weight / total number of portions i.e. 800 / (2 + 3 + 5 = 10) = 80 then share this in the same ratio … 160 : 240 : 400 As a check, add them all up ! If you answer equals the original weight - you’ve got the answer right !

3/ 1 000 - (1000 / 2 + 500 / 100 x 25) = 1 000 - 655 = 345 ml

4/ (3 x 24 x 7) + (3 x 24 x 7 x 2) + ((3 x 24 x 7) + (3 x 24 x 7 x 2) x 3) = 504 + 1008 + (504 +1008 x 3 = 4 536) = 6 , 048

5/ (60 / 5 = boo per hour = 12 x 24 = 28 + (288 x 2 = 576) + 24 = 888

6/ 235 x (5 x 2 ) = 2 , 350

7/ 2 x 24 x 30 = 1 440

8/ 6 + 12 + 10 + 1 = 29

9/ 25 x 4 + 17 + 62 + 4 + (4 x 4 ) = 199

10/ 4 x 6 + 16 + 1 + 1 + 2 = 44
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Game 2 - Answers : not a ghost of a chance ; ghostly ; ghost - like ; ghost - writer ; ghost word ; Holy Ghost ; ghostliness ; give up the ghost ; ghost story; ghost town
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Game 3 : Answers : disability ; disappearance ; disorientated ; discomfort ; disaccord ; dissatisfied ; disappointed ;disarray ; disaster ; disallow ; disagree ; dispprove ; discard ; discussion ; discharge ; disassociated ; distance ; disadvantage ; disclaim ; discept ; disciple ; discount ; disease ; discontinue ; discontent ; discourage ; discredit ; discrepancy ; disconnect ; discreet ; discussion ; disembark ; disenfranchise ; dish ; disinfected ; display ; displease ;disquiet ; disqualify ; dissent ; dissimilar ; disgusted ; distended ; distant ; distemper ;distaste ; distress ; distributed