Jack and The Beanstalk Tall and Short Stories

How many words can you think of that include the word “big” ? Example - ambiguity.

… And words that are a bit smaller containing the word “bit” ? Example - ambition.  

1. Draw a table with the following headings :

ROWS

Item 1 … Size … (in mm)

Item 2 … Size (in cm)

Item 3 … Size (in m) …     

Item 4 … Size (in km) …

COLUMNS

Size difference, in mm, cm, m and km  

2. Find as many items as you wish and measure them.

3. Record your findings.  

4. Then work out the difference between each of the two items in sequence, recording your measurements in the columns of the chart

A Little Look At Little Words - The Word “The”

Some words are so small, their letters seem to be rationed somewhat ! All because of the few simple soinds that they have sometimes got ! Although he only had 3 letters in his name. The word “the” was often used in sentences all the same. In fact, he was called for in almost every class - whenever anyone wanted to show something and in their English get a pass.
The word “the” is often linked with another words - “is”, which, although somewhat smaller, fits into words like “his” and “this”.

Circle the word “the” inside these words.

there

therefore

then

lathe

loathe

these

rather

father

mother

brother

farthest

bathed

soothed

betrothed

Circle the word “is” inside these words.

this

hiss

hissing

miss

amiss

list

arise

kiss

fish

disguise

piston

sister

demise

mistletoe

whisk

frisk

Scottish

wisp

Another “other” Spelling Game

Circle the word “other” inside these words.

brother

otherness

sother

bother

bothersome

mother

another

otherwise

What If ?

Can you see the word “if” hiding inside these words ? Make a list of anymore that you can think of.

whiff

tiff

stiff

sniff

strife

life

wife

lifetime

rife

© Jacqueline Richards 2007

The Mammoth didn’t like maths much. Every time he went to sit down at the desk, he squashed it like a broken rabbit hutch. When the mammoth went to school, he was so big, he broke every school rule. The mammoth was so large, he broke into the physics class with an electric charge. The mammoth had a mammoth maths appetite - he ate three multiplications in just one bite. He was so mammoth that when he went to divide, three dinosaurs ran away to hide. The mammoth had a mammoth maths book, too - which contained questions, almost two million and two. Being mammoth, it grew and grew. Whenever the mammoth got a question right - he jumped up and down - amongst the tigers, it caused quite a fright. The leopard couldn’t sleep tight that night … he was worried about his homework - his maths problems weren’t at all slight - he got more wrong than he got right. As his mammoth maths calculator added some more, suddenly a huge hole appeared in the floor. As he started to begin, the mammoth mathematically fell right in … The most mathematical mammoth had the biggest tusks … which huffed and puffed as he studied till after dusk. When the most mammoth mammoth shook his fur, all of this counting caused quite a stir. When the mammoth mammoth blinked again … another of the pots fell off the windowpane. The mammoth mostly liked maths best, but his fleas were becoming a pest. As he itched, his whiskers twitched … the mammoth’s calculator on and off switched. So he decided to let them help - “All line up !”, he gave a yelp. Using the fleas, he added and subtracted … before very long, his maths problems retracted. The mammoth’s appetite for maths was so mammoth - he had his heads in his books for over a month. Because the mammoth his homework rushed, all of the pages became quite crushed. He was such a weighty chap, he flattened a magazine when he took a nap. In the geography class, he got in a terrible flap. When he sat on a chair, you could hear it “SNAP !”. The most mammoth mammoth was such a size, there was hurricane when he flutterd his eyes ! Eventually, two thousand years later, when the mammoth had become extinct, he was put in a museum, where people counted his bones and studied his links. Sometimes late at night, when all the lights were switched off in the dark, the mammoth’s rattling bones could still be heard, when around the museum his ghost started to walk.

Circle the letters M - A - M inside these the words, then make a sentence as an example.

Circle the words that also mean mammoth in the list below. Then sort out the list into big and small words.

2. 5 x 7 = 35 cm

3. 1 : 15 = 1 : 150 cm

4. a) 2500 / 50 = 50 b) 8 c) 50 - 8 = 42 d) i) 8 / 50 = 4 / 25 ths ii) 0.16 iii) 16% e) i) 42 / 50 = 21 / 25 ths ii) 0.84 iii) 84%

5. 250 - 25 = 225 decibels

6. 700 x 4 = 2, 800 fleas

7. a) 150 x 0.1 = 15 cm b) 15 / 2 = 7.5 cm

8. If 30% = 750 cm, 10% = 750 / 3 = 250 cm, therefore, 250 x 10 = 2500 cm = 25 m

9. 3 x 60 x 7 = 1260 kg

10. 120 / 4 x 3 = 90 m 11. 200 / 2 = 100 cm

Thick asked Thin if he’d like to come in. He had some cake that he didn’t want to put in the bin. Thin said to Thick that he would like better. A slice of hot toast (with a sprinkling of pepper). Thick asked Thin if he’d like some thinly spread jam, Thin said yes, please, with a thin slice of ham. The pair had been through thick and thin … And wanted their tasty meal to begin.

 Thick Spellings

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ness

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ et

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ly

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ skinned

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ set

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ est

through ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ and thin

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ bread

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ening

a ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ear

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ skull

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ - eyed

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ grown

 Thin Spellings

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ness

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ner

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ly

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ bread

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ner

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ - skinned

___ ___ ___ ___ ly spread

 Through Thick and Thin

 1/ If an ice - lolly, 12 cm long, 6 cm wide and 4 cm thick melts by 15%, how thick does it become ?

 2/ If a man is 87 kg and loses 12 % on a diet, how much does he then weigh ?

 3/ When the first railway was built, one of the main problems was that the guages were different widths. One track was 125 cm wide and another was 215 cm - what is the difference in width ?

Answers : 1/ To answer this question, reduce each measurement by 15 %. 4 - (4 / 100 x 15 = 0.6) = 3.4 cm2/ 87 - (87 / 100 x 12 = 10.44) = 76.56 kg

 1/ The wider spider was 4cm wider than the smallest spider, which was 0.3 cm wide - how wide was the wider spider ?

 2/ It took the wider spider two hours to climb 2.5 cm in his web - how long did it take him to climb 75 cm ?

 3/ The wider spider could spin 4.5 cm of spider’s web every 30 minutes - how long did it take him to spin 450 cm ?

 4/ The wider spider caught 3 flies every 4 minutes - how many flies did he catch in two and a half days ?

 5/ He shared these between a greenfly, a tarantula, a newt, a lizard and a frog in a ratio of 2 : 3 : 6 : 7 : 9 - how many did each receive ?

 6/ The wider spider had eight legs - if there were 234 spiders - how many legs would that be in total ?

 7/ The wider spider ate 2 flies for breakfast, lunch and dinner every day - in one 30 day month - how many flies is that ?

 8/ The wider spider made one spider’s web every one a half hours … how many spider’s webs did he make in 3 days ?

 9/ The wider spider invited the lizard, greenfly, a tarantula, a newt, a lizard and a frog for dinner on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. In 3 months how often did they come to dinner ?

10/ The wider spider could crawl over 2.7 leaves in 4 hours - how long did it take him to climb over 270 leaves ?

I Spy A Spider Game

Add “spi” to complete these words and phrases.

__ __ __ ce

__ __ __ ral

 __ __ __ ke

 __ __ __ n

 __ __ __ nach

 __ __ __ ne

 __ __ __ ll

 __ __ __ rit

 __ __ __ teful

 __ __ __ nster

 __ __ __ nning

 __ __ __ lt

 __ __ __ ndle

 __ __ __ nning wheel

 __ __ __ got

© Jacqueline Richards 2007

Game 1 Answers :

1/ 4 + 0.3 cm = 4.3 cm

2/ 75 / 2.5 = 30 x number of hours = 60 hours / 24 = 2 and a half days

3/ 450 / 4.5 = 100 x 30 mins = 3 000 mins / 60 = 50 hours / 24 = 2. 08 days

4/ 24 + 24 + 12 hours = 60 hours x 60 minutes = 3 600 minutes / 4 = 900 x 3 (no. of flies) = 2 700 flies

5/ 2 700 / (2 + 3 + 6 + 7 + 9 = 27) = 100 (one portion) …. then share these - if your answer is correct, they should = 2 700 … 200 : 300 : 600 : 700 : 900

6/ 234 x 8 = 1 872 spider’s legs

7/ 2 x 3 (per day) x 30 = 180

8/ 72 / 1.5 = 48

9/ 3 x (4 x 3) = 36 occasions

10/ 270 / 2.7 = 100 x 4 = 400 hours / 24 = 16. 66 r days

Game 2 Answers : spice ;spiral ; spike ; spin ; spinach ; spine ; spill ; spirit ;spiteful ; spinster ; spinning ; spilt ; spindle ; spinning wheel ; spigot

Hugo the Huge Giant was an enormous chap. He could fit three elephants, sat upon his lap. He was so colossal, that when he stood up straight, All the ground wobbled across California state. Hugo the Huge Giant was more mammoth than a mammoth. His feet were the size of ships, when he tripped, the Empire State building slipped. He could jump over sky - scrapers as he back - flipped. His hands were so immense that when he waved goodbye, he caught a bird in the palm of his hand and almost touched the sky. His jumbo jump so whopping, He could cross the Atlantic without stopping. He was so King - size, his head was in the skies. He could anchor ocean liners, with one of old school ties. Hugo the Huge Giant grew faster than a flower, he was taller than the Eifel Tower.

Hugo the Huge Giant’s Mega Mathematics Game

 1/ Hugo the Huge Giant was twice the size of his friend Fred, who was three times Jed who was twice the size of Ted. If Ted was 1.45 m tall, what was Hugo the Huge Giant’s height ? Show your working out.

 2/ Hugo the Huge Giant had feet that were 6 times the size of Jack’s, whose feet were three times the size of Derek’s whose feet were size. What size were Hugo the Huge Giant’s feet ? Show your working out.

 3/ Hugo the Huge Giant could fit four people inside the pocket of his coat. In his coat there were two pockets on the outside and two on the inside. He had three coats. In all of his coats on the coatstand, how many people fit inside the pockets ? Show your working out.

 4/ When Hugo the Huge Giant sat down, he was one third of his height. How high is that ? Show your working out.

 5/ Hugo the Huge Giant could walk 57 km in one hour. How long did it take him to walk 513 km ? Show your working out.

 6/ How far did he walk in 15 hours ? Show your working out.

 7/ When Hugo the Huge Giant jumped, 5 trees toppled and fell over. How many jumps did it take for him to knock down a forest of 5 , 550 trees ? Show your working out.

 8/ When Hugo the Huge Giant sneezed, 3 bricks fell off the nearest sky - scraper. If the sky - scraper was made from 19, 767, how many times did he sneeze to knock the whole sky - scraper down ? Show your working out.

 9/ Hugo the Huge Giant grew at a rate of 3 metres per year. When he was seven, he was 6.5 metres tall. What was his height when he was 27 years old ? Show your working out.

 10/ Hugo the Huge Giant was twice as wide as tree and three times as wide as a car. If the car was 300 cm wide, work out the ratio and actual width of the tree and Hugo. Show your working out.

 11/ Every day, for breakfast, Hugo the Huge Giant ate two dozen eggs, 12 rashers of bacon, 3 tomatoes, 50 mushrooms, one quarter of a packet of cornflakes, 3 glasses of juice, 3 cups of coffee and finally, half a loaf of bread as 45 slices of toast. Work out what he bought from the supermarket in one month.

 12/ The prices are given below. How much did his monthly groceries cost ? Six eggs - £0.80 Bacon (10 rashers per pack) - £1.20 Tomatoes - £0.50 (six per pack) Mushrooms - £0.75 (100 per pack) Cornflakes - £1.75 per packet Juice - £0.90 (each bottle contained 6 glasses) Coffee - £3.60 (one jar made 30 cups) Bread - £0.48 per loaf

 Hugo the Huge Giant’s Sky - High Quiz

Add “SKY” or “HIGH” to these words to complete the spellings. Which is the right one to use ?

_____ - scraper

_____ land

_____ lark

_____ fidelity

_____ society

_____ er education

_____ est

t _____ _____ frequency

her royal _____ ness

_____ brow

_____ light

_____ jump

_____ school

look up to the _____

_____ heels

the _____ ’s the limit

_____ pressure

_____ flying

_____ chair

_____ price to pay

 The Gigantic Giant Game

All of the words below mean big, but their letters got mixed up when Hugo the Huge Giant passed by. Can you unjumble them to make them spell properly again ?

gagincit

geuh

noremosu

raget

stav

reemdonust

mghity

lkuyb

sonidercable

sumutonaino

bomuj

howpping

mupber

calastronomi

veetexnsi

gib

ragel

gink

zise

mommath

latl

ziseebeal

dewi

soloscal

taing

HUGO THE HUGE -GUE

Find as many words as you can ending in … GUE. here as some examples to help get you started … dialogue rogue

“Fe, Fi, Fo, Fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman !”

How many words can you think of that include the letter sets - “FE”, “FI”, “FO” and ”FUM” ?  

© Jacqueline Richards 2007

Answers :

1/ 1.45 x 2 x 3 x 2 = 17.4 m

2/ 4 x 3 x 6 = 72

3/ 4 x 4 x 3 = 48 4/ 17.

4 / 3 = 5.8 m

5/ 513 / 557 = 9 hours

6/ 15 x 855 = 12, 825 km

7/ 5, 550 / 5 = 1110 jumps

8/ 19, 767 / 3 = 6 , 589

9/ 6.5 + (3 x 7) = 27.5 m

10/ Hugo - tree - car. 3 : 2 : 1 900 : 600 : 300cm

11/ Eggs - 24 x 30 = 720 Bacon - 12 x 30 = 360 rashers Tomatoes - 3 x 30 = 90 Mushrooms - 50 x 30 = 1 , 500 Cornflakes - 0.25 x 30 = 7.5 packets Glasses of juice - 3 x 30 = 90 Cups of coffee - 3 x 30 = 90 Bread - 0.5 x 30 = 15 loaves = 1 , 350 slices of toast

12/ (£0.80 x 120) + (£1.20 x 36) + (£0.50 x 15) + (£0.75 x 150) + (£1.75 x 7.5) + (£0.90 x 15) + (£3.60 x 3) + (£0.48 x 15) = £9.60 + £43.20 + £7.50 + £112.50 + £13.12 + £13.50 + £10.80 + £7.20 = £217.42

Answers : sky - scraper ; highland ; high ; skylark ; high fidelity ; high society ; higher education ; highest ; thigh ; high frequency ;her royal highness ; high brow ; skylight ; high jump ; high school ; look up to the sky ; high heels ; the sky’s the limit ; high pressure ; high flying ; high chair ; high price to pay Answers : gigantic ; huge ; enormous ; great ; vast ; tremendous ; mighty ; bulky ; considerable ; mountainous ; jumbo ; whopping ; bumper ; astronomical ; extensive ; big ; large ; King size ; mammoth ; tall ; sizeable ; wide ; colossal ; giant

The biggest and best fishing net caught fish all by itself …

It jumped off the shelf in the garden shed,

And walked to the fish pond, by the flower bed.

The minute the biggest and best ever fishing net started to fish,

Stickleback jumped out of the water straight into the dish.

Soon, the biggest and best ever fishing net was so full of trout,

None of them could even shout or turn about.

The fish quickly multiplied … and soon were in the fryer, being fried !

The biggest and best ever fishing net caught one or two tadpoles, too.

It wasn’t long before they were being boiled in a tadpole stew !

In no time, whatsoever, it had caught a frog,

That was quietly minding his own business, asleep on a log.

The biggest and best ever fishing net caught a the world’s biggest cod …

When the fisherman saw it, he remarked “My God !”.

 Fish For The Right Answers Maths Quiz

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

 1. If the biggest and best ever fishing net caught 80 trout, but 30% of them swam away, how many were left ?

 2. If the biggest and best ever fishing net caught twice as many cod as trout, and caught 16 cod, how many trout did it catch ?

 3. If the biggest and best ever fishing net caught one frog for every 3 roach it fished, how many frog did it catch when it caught 18 roach ?

 4. If the biggest and best ever fishing net caught one fish every 3 minutes, how many fish did it catch in 3 hours ?

 5. If the biggest and best ever fishing net caught 120 tadpoles, but 80% of them got eaten by the fish, how many were left ?

 6. If the biggest and best ever fishing net measured 90 cm long and broke into two - what size were the two broken pieces ?

 7. Work out the surface area of a hole in the biggest and best ever fishing net with a diameter of 8 cm across the middle.

 8. If the biggest and best ever fishing net caught 6 fish and 3 swam out through thte hole, how many were left ?

 9. Using the formula for calculating the volume of a sphere, work out the volume of water that the biggest ever fishing net could hold if it measured 18 cm deep and 18 cm wide.

 10. If the biggest and best ever fishing net caught 275 fish - 50 cod, 75 roach, 30 perch and 120 trout,

a) Express this as a ratio.

b) What proportion as a fraction of the total fish caught were cod ?

c) What proportion as a decimal of the total fish caught were roach ?

d) What proportion as a percentage of the total fish caught were perch ?

e) What proportion as a ratio of the total fish caught were trout ?

 A Hole In The Fishing Net

The biggest and best ever fishing net has fished some of the letters from these words, too !

Add the letters “n - e - t” to complete the words and phrases ….

taxes

uralise

 verheless

 profits

fishing

 tle

x

il

a

 earnings

 result

 a criminal

 work

bird’s  s

 wsworhy

icy

glec

gligen

goiate

cessiy

aviga

  atness

ar - sighed

© Jacqueline Richards 2007 

Answers : net taxes; neutralise; nevertheless; net profits; fishing net; nettle; next; inlet; neat; net earnings; net result; net a criminal; network; bird’s nest; newsworthy; nicety; neglect; negligent; negotiate; necessity; navigate; neatness; near - sighted

The biggest boat in the world was as big as an aeroplane … so big in fact, that it could fly just like an aeroplane … the biggest boat in the world was so big that it could float across the globe … so big in fact, that it even scared the sharks. The biggest boat in the world was so big that when it was washed by the waves and crashed into a beach … all the jellyfish on the beach wobbled much more than the boats, the starfish jumped and the seaweed hit the floor. Of course, the biggest boat in the world was never late - in fact, it was so big that it got there before it had even left port. The biggest boat in the world was so big that nothing could make it sink - it floated over to Australia and the starboard still hadn’t set off in Dover. The biggest boat in the world was so big that it could circumnavigate the world in less than a day … and ended up in the South Pole as quick as you could say “STARBOARD”. So quick that you could hardly see it float - when it took every other boat in the world forever and a day, the biggest boat in the world got there twice as fast as every other boat, almost as quick as a rocket and even faster than a torpedo. The biggest boat in the world was so big that you couldn’t see the flag on the top of the mask from the deck. You had to use a telephone to tell your friends to come to tea … and all of this biggest boating went on the biggest, bluest and deepest sea.

The biggest boat was 253 354 m long - the deckchairs were only 24 m long - how many deckchairs could fit on one boat ?

There were 34 boats on each ocean - how many boats were there in total ?

Each boat scared off 252 sharks - how many sharks did they scare off ?

Each shark scared off 234 jellyfish, 24 starfish and 23 whales - how many animals were scared off in total ?

There were 214 sharks and each one ate 25 grams of seaweed - how much is that ?

From the South to North Pole was 2 342 432 325 miles and the shark swam there and back - how far is that ?

Until one bed broke, there were 895 rooms in the biggest boat in the world and each had 4 beds - how many people could now sleep in the biggest boat ?

You can make a paper boat -

© Jacqueline Richards 2005
Answers
253 354 / 24 = 6 080 496 ; 34 x 5 = 170; 170 x 252 = 42840; 234 + 24 + 23 = 281; 214 x 25 = 5 350; 2 342 432 325 x 2 = 46 848 646; 895 x 4 - 1 = 3 579

The world’s biggest balloon was as big as the moon. It took three years to sew it’s seams all together and days to fill it with enough puff to blow it up, a hurricaine to lift it and a tornedo to make it sail. The world’s biggest balloon could carry five hundred people in one go, in a basket the size of a rain forest. When the world’s biggest balloon floated off, it was the highest thing that flew in the sky - higher than the trees and even higher than a sky - scraper. When the world’s biggest balloon passed overhead, it cast a dark circle shadow over the hillside. It eclipsed the moon and you could only just about see the stars. The raindrops bounced off it’s sides and landed in a puddle the size of a lake. When the world’s biggest balloon landed, it squashed a playing field of grass and twenty - four cricket players were last seen rushing away to find shelter. It rolled over and three houses disappeared. The world’s biggest balloon was made of rubber so bouncy that the world’s biggest balloon rickocheted between the Himalayan mountains and popped on Everest. The world’s biggest balloon was so big that when it popped, there were rumbles on Mars and Saturn’s rings began to swin even faster. A pop so loud that it shook the trees and even made skyscrapers tremble. The shadow of the world’s biggest balloon fell across the hillside … and as it flew overhead, darkness fell. The world’s biggest balloon was so multi - coloured that it could even be confused with a rainbow … only the biggest and most enormous rain cloud could bring the world’s biggest balloon back down to Earth with a bump.

 The Best Balloon Ride Activity

Name 5 places the balloon passed beginning with the following letters :

A    S    B    L    M    B    P    W    F    E   T   N   C    

Colour in the balloons and match them to the colours

pink red green blue yellow purple

Comprehension Activity

Answer the following questions :

1. The world’s biggest balloon was as big as what ?

2. How long did it take to sew it’s seams all together ?

3. What came to blow it up ?

4. What made the biggest balloon sail ?

5. The world’s biggest balloon could carry what ?

6. What was as big a rain forest on the biggest balloon ?

7. When the world’s biggest balloon floated off, what was it higher than ?

8. When the world’s biggest balloon passed overhead, what happened ?

9. When the world’s biggest balloon landed, what happened ?

10. What was the world’s biggest balloon made of ?

11. Name two planets mentioned in the story.

12. Do you know the colours of the rainbow ?

13. What was the only thing that could bring the world’s biggest balloon back down to Earth with a bump ?

Balderdash !

Add the letters B - A - L to complete the words

__ __ __ e

__ __ __ loon

__ __ __ listic

__ __ __ lad

__ __ __ m

__ __ __ let

__ __ __ lerina

__ __ __ tic

__ __ __ lyhoo

__ __ __ d

__ __ __ ance

__ __ __ aclava

__ __ __ lderdash

__ __ __ cony

__ __ __ dric

__ __ __ alaika

__ __ __ butient

__ __ __ k

__ __ __ last

__ __ __ sa

__ __ __ morel

__ __ __ uster

__ __ __ zarine

__ __ __ lot

__ __ __ low

© Jacqueline  Richards 2005

The little deer had big ideas … he always wanted to be a scientist or an inventor … so he came up with some novel suggestions. First he thought he would create something that would stop people ever having to do all the washing up … then a broom that would sweep the floor all by itself. An iron that would leave the clothes pressed and in the wardrobe without ever having to do very much. A lawnmower that would mow the lawn just by switching it on. The next idea the deer had would be to invent an automatic car that the wheels would never come off … or if they did they would replace themselves automatically. The deer pondered on the matter a little while … what would be most useful to a deer ? The biggest idea that the deer with big ideas had were always the tastiest that big ideas can be … the biggest lollipop idea went down a treat, at the biggest party thrown in the street. A tree whose leaves never went brown or fell off … with an inexhaustible supply of apples. Fences that would open and close again at the click of a hoof … or a nice warm stable with warm hay that never got wet. By now the deer was really thinking big … he was thinking so big that he thought his brain was about to explode. His mind was a twaddle … and his brainstorm so stormy that there were lightening flashes in his eyes and thunder roaring in his ears. The deer had such big ideas that he couldn’t measure them with a ruler. His ideas were a mile long and two miles high … his ideas were so high he could almost reach the sky with them. His big ideas touched the tops of trees and peeped through the clouds … they simply grew … and grew … and grew.

Colour in the picture.

 Activity - Comprehension Questions
What big idea did the deer have ?
What did the deer think that he would do ?
Name three things that the deer invented.
What happened when the deer invented a lollipop ?
What was special about the tree that the deer invented ?
How big were the deer’s big invention ideas ?

The Id Game

How many words, like “idea” can you think of that include the letters I D ?

© Jacqueline Richards 2005

The biggest breakfast took hours to cook after a long night’s sleep. The plate for the biggest breakfast was actually more the size of a lake. There were so many fried eggs on the biggest breakfast in the world that it took a dozen eggs to lay them … so many sausages that they rolled over and squashed the cat. There were so many tomatoes on the biggest breakfast in the world that you could play ten - pin bowling with them. So many mushrooms that they were more the size of umbrellas. The biggest breakfast in the world was so big that it took three days to cook, the preparation started a week earlier. There was enough milk on the biggest breakfast in the world to feed three dozen cats … it came from a whole herd of cows. The biggest breakfast in the world was so big that the washing - up took a week … the forks were actually pitchforks and the spoons were actually spades. There was so much toast on the biggest breakfast in the world that is used up five hundred loaves … so much butter and jam that the bees came from every honey pot for miles around. The biggest breakfast in the world was so big that it fed one thousand people … and they were still having titbits a month later.

 Breakfast - time Activity

The biggest breakfast had 234 sausages, 45 eggs, 45 tomatoes, 345 mushrooms and 3254 pieces of bacon - how many items is that on the plate ?

What was the area of the plate if it was 56 cm wide ?

Each omlette required 45 fried eggs and there were 345 omlettes - how many eggs did the biggest breakfast use ?

Compared to a 56.7 cm high mushroom, an umbrella is 3 times bigger - how big is that ?

Each can of beans on the biggest breakfast contained 500 beans and the biggest breakfast
required 5 550 beans - how many cans were needed ?

Draw a picture of the biggest breakfast that includes all this food on the plate ? Label the picture.

tea
orange juice
sausage
knife & fork
tomato
beans
serviette
fried egg

Some words have a break in the middle of them, called a hyphen - how many words can you think of that are hyphenated ?

© Jacqueline Richards 2005

Answers
234 + 45 + 45 + 345 + 3254 = 3 923; 3.14 x (28 x 2 = 2461.76 cm 2; 45 x 345 = 15 525; 56.7 x 3 = 170. 1;5 550 / 500 = 11.1 (or twelve cans)