Hey diddle, diddle,
Let’s now try Maths in a riddle,
Singing, “Hey diddle, diddle,
You tickle me in the middle,
In Maths lessons, teachers talk a riddle,
When I need the answers, it’s easier to fiddle”.
Averages, Mean, Mode & Median In The Middle
Write a definition of each of average, mode, median and mean.
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The Pied Piper of Hamlin didn’t mean to get chased by rats. All he wanted was to play is music around the town and up and down in the flats. But his music drifted wide and far. Through the windows and out of the door, left ajar. From the drainpipes, the rats started to come out - they followed the Pied Piper upto the roundabout. One of the rats had such a long tail, when he waved it, the passers - by thought that it was a taxi he was trying to hail. When the Pied Piper hit a high note, three windows of a shop smashed and in the harbour, he sunk a boat. The Pied Piper played music some more … and the rats quickly followed to come and listen to the score. As the rats started to follow, one by one, the Pied Piper’s picnic tea they started to swallow. First the rats chomped his sandwiches, then a biscuit or two - very soon, they gulped in tune - and there was nothing much left to chew. The Pied Piper, realising the problem was his play, decided to try beating a drum rather than play his flute all day. But when he tried four rats scuppered out of the way ! The idea didn’t work that well … when he put the drum down, he almost squashed a rat as well. Mmmmm. The Pied Piper pondered long and hard - how to avoid rats, yet remain a bard. He studied guitar and the bassoon, but he was hopeless, the rats called him an out - of - tune baffoon ! He wanted to be the best living orchestral fellow, so next, the Pied Piper practised the cello. First he played softly, then awfully loud - hardly surprising that his music drew an even bigger crowd.
Pied Piper Pie Charts
Draw the following Pied Piper percentage data on pie charts.Colour of rats - grey (50%), white (25%), black (25%) Food eaten by a rats - cheese (75%), bread (10%), biscuits (15%)
Location of rats - drainpipes (40%), park (30%), streets (10%), houses (20%)
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2. Draw the following Pied Piper actual number data on pie charts.
Weight of rats - 50 grams (25 rats), 40 grams (45 rats), 30 grams (80 rats)
Length of rats - 15 cm (20 rats), 20 cm (10 rats), 25 cm rats (20 rats)
Pied Piper tunes - classical music (5 songs played), jazz (10 songs), pop (25 songs), rock (10 songs)
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3. What do you notice about the two different categories above in relation to the centile ?
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4. Draw the following Pied Piper fractions data on a pie chart.
Types of pies eaten by the rats - mince (1 / 3 rd), meat (2 / 6 ths), cheese (3 / 12 ths)
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5. Draw the following Pied Piper decimal number data on pie charts.
Types of rats - river (0.2), house (0.25), garden (0.55)
Places where the Pied Piper ran - to the park (0.4), to the riverside (0.2), to the baker’s shop (0.1), up the hill (0.3)
The Pied Piper’s different instruments - pipe (0.12), flute (0.18), harp (0.3), recorder (0.4)
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Drats ! Rat - Trap !Circle the word “rat” inside these bigger words.rattle
rational
prattle
rate
irate
rather
ratification
crate
ratio
rapport
pirate
rapturous
ramification
rapt
rapture
crater
wrath
girate
© Jacqueline Richards 2007Question 3 answer : The first group of percentage data all add upto one hundred, because they form a percentage, whereas, in the second category, the percentage needs to be first calculated, whether they total more or less than one hundred.
Milly, Molly, Mandy loved to eat sugary candy. In fact, at night, she dreamed of the stuff, too, even when there was none handy at well gone half past two. Actually, by that time of the night, only in order to sleep tight, Milly only molly - cuddled Mandy, to make sure that Molly’s her dreams were as sweet as sugary candy. From where in these words someone took a big bite, can you help her get her spellings right ?
Milly, Molly and Mandy’s MI - MO - MA Madhouse !
M - I, M - O or M - A which is the correct one to use ? (some you may be able to use twice). Then write a sentence using the word as an example.
__ __ cabre
__ __ stress
__ __ ckery
__ __ mmoth
__ __ lfunction
__ __ __ __ c
__ __ intain
__ __ jority
__ __ ne
__ __ ndate
__ __ dnight
__ __ ke
__ __ dday
__ __ nservant
__ __ bile
__ __ levolence
cos __ __ s
__ __ keshift
__ __ dern
__ __ ladministration
__ __ b
____ lign
__ __ ladjusted
__ __ bility
__ __ nifestation
__ __ nage
__ __ niature
__ __ del
__ __ nhood
__ __ derate
__ __ nic
__ __ xture
__ __ gul
__ __ nifest
__ __ dulate
__ __ nner
__ __ sunderstand
__ __ noeuvere
__ __ chine
__ __ suse
__ __ cho
__ __ ssing
__ __ estro
__ __ st
__ __ gical
__ __ ment
__ __ sbehaviour
__ __ dam
__ __ ghty
__ __ ddest
__ __ xed
__ __ ther’s day
s__ __ le
s__ __ ther
__ __ scalculation
__ __ chinery
__ __ rror
__ __ gician
__ __ rth
__ __ gnanimous
__ __ nty
__ __ gistrate
__ __ racle
__ __ gazine
__ __ nor
__ __ gnet
__ __ stake
__ __ inistry
__ __ streat
__ __ gnetic
__ __ nimum
__ __ iden
__ __ tigate
__ __ gnificent
__ __ ngle
__ __ gnetism
__ __ crocosm
__ __ gnitude
__ __ litary
__ __ jesty
__ __ ghty
__ __ il
__ __ dget
__ __ instream
__ __ ncemeat
__ __ inspring
__ __ grate
__ __ instay
__ __ croscopic
__ __ nfacture
__ __ nure
__ __ ld
__ __ nuscript
__ __ ny
__ __ asma
__ __ rginal
__ __ ddle
__ __ rriage
__ __ crobe
__ __ p
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Game 1 Answers : macabre mistress mockery mammoth malfunction mimic maintain majority mine mandate midnight make midday manservant mobile malevolence cosmos makeshift modern maladministration mob malign maladjusted mobility manifestation manage miniature model manhood moderate manic mixture mogul manifest modulate manner misunderstand manoeuvere machine misuse macho missing maestro mist magical moment misbehaviour madam mighty maddest mixed mother’s day smile smother miscalculation machinery mirror magician mirth magnanimous minty magistrate miracle magazine minor magnet mistake ministry mistreat magnetic minimum maiden mitigate magnificent mingle magnetism microcosm magnitude military majesty mighty mail midget mainstream mincemeat mainspring migrate mainstay microscopic manufacture manure mild manuscript many miasma marginal middle marriage microbe map
Bart Simpleton had pimples, he didn’t know what to do … whenever he looked in the mirror, his pimples simply just grew (as pimples do !). He simply couldn’t decide why or how, he had become so pimply, but when he hid behind dark spectacles, they began to show. As his face got redder and redder, his eyes opened wide and he gave a shudder. All over his arms and his legs, Bart Simpleton was soon covered in spots - like a bird’s spotted eggs. One thing was for sure, his face was getting spotted more and even more. As Bart Simpleton looked down at his toes, he could just about see spots glowing on his nose ! Soon, he was so completely dotty, that everywhere he went looked spotty ! Bart Simpleton discussed the matter with his friend a bit - who said he had an idea that would put an end to it ! He should put his spots in an envelope and send it off to a pit !
Dot To Dot
Draw dots on the picture of Bart. Match up the pimples from ear to ear in the same order as the words below :
ear - elbow - knee
eye - stomach - foot
hand - eyebrow - shoulder
knee - nose - elbow
buttock - chin - nose
finger -shoulder - elbow
knee - hand - head
thigh - chest - elbow
1. If Bart Simpleton had 200 spots but when he put on cream, 10% disappeared, how many were left ?
2. In one day, Bart Simpleton’s grew in a ratio of 1 : 3. If he originally had 80 spots, how many did he have left ?
3. Bart Simpleton had 400 spots on his legs, but one fifth were covered by his short trousers and 0.1 - how many and what fraction, decimal and percentage of the spots on his legs were showing ?
4. Bart Simpleton had 50 more spots on his arms than on his face. If he had 80 spots on his face, how many did he have on his arms ?
5. Bart Simpleton also had a polka dot hat - which had even more spots on it than a spotty leopard cat ! When he wore his hat, the spots on his forehead disappeared. This was one third of the total number of 90 spots on his head.
a) How many spots disappeared ?
b) How many spots could be seen ?
A Bit of Bart Blart
Add the letters S - I - M to complete the words
__ __ __ ple
__ __ __ ultaneous
__ __ __ plicity
__ __ __ ulate
__ __ __ plify
__ __ __ mer
__ __ __ ilar
__ __ __ ilarity
__ __ __ pleton
__ __ __ ultaneously
__ __ __ mered
__ __ __ mering
__ __ __ ulation
__ __ __ ilarly
__ __ __ pler
__ l __ __
__ l __ __ e
__ l __ __ y
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Answers :
1. 180
2. 240
3. a) 120 b) 0.7 = 7 / 10 = 70 %
4. 130
5. a) 30 b) 60.
How many words can you think of that include the word “mini” ? Example - miniature.
Miniature Maths
1. If Mini Mouse was one third smaller than Mickey Mouse, whose height measured 125 cm, how tall was Mini ?
2. Mickey Mouse ate 0.2 more cheese than Mini who ate 80 grams. How much did Mickey eat ?
3. Mini Mouse spent 20 minutes every day, tying a bow in her hair - how long is that every week ? Give your answer in minutes and hours.
4. Mini Mouse ran 20% faster than Mickey Mouse, who ran at a speed of 3 km / hour - how fast did Mini Mouse run ?
5. Mickey Mouse and Mini Mouse stood next to each other and were 24 cm wide. What was the average width of each mouse ?
6. Mickey Mouse ate so much cheese that he was 2 cm wider than his mousehole and he couldn’t fit through ! If Mickey Mouse was 15 cm wide, how big was his mousehole ?
7. Mickey Mouse took Mini Mouse to the pictures to watch a film. Their two tickets cost £5 - how much did each mouse pay ?
8. When Mini Mouse ran across the floor, he knocked over 1 : 4 of the 20 flowers from out of the vase. How many were left ?
9. Mickey Mouse ran one - fifth further than Mini, who ran 250 m away from the cat. How far did Mini Mouse run ?
10. Mickey and Mini Mouse shared a 50 gram block of cheese in a ratio of 2 : 3. How much did each receive ?
11. Mini Mouse had six whiskers, Mickey had eight - how many whiskers is that in total ?
12. Mickey Mouse spent one hour and 45 minutes every day looking for cheese. How long is that in total in one weeek ?
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Answers :
1. 125 - (125 / 3 = 41.6 r) = 83.33 r cm
2. 80 + (80 / 10 x 2 = 16) = 96 g
3. 20 x 7 = 140 mins = 2.3 r hours
4. 3000 + (3000 / 100 x 20 = 600) = 3 600 m / hour
5. 24 / 2 = 12 cm
6. 15 - 2 = 13 cm
7. 5 / 2 = £2.50
8. 20 - (20 / 4 = 5) = 15
9. 250 + (250 / 5 = 50) = 300 m
10. 20 : 30 grams
11. 6 + 8 = 14
12. 7 x 1.75 = 12.25 hours
Paddington Beard grew a beard,
It was the longest beard ever, or so I heard.
Paddington Beard brushed it daily,
He put it in curlers and dyed it greyly.
He had a trim,
So that it wasn’t untidy,
Then he combed a part in it,
And put a clip until Friday.
Paddington Beard liked his wig,
Even though the curls weren’t that big.
1. If Paddington’s beard grew at a speed of 2 cm every week, how long was it after one month ?
2. Paddington Beard spent 10 minutes combing his air every day - how long is that in one year ?
3. Paddington Beard took a trip on a Paddle boat. He paid £25.00 per ticket. If there were 45 passengers, how much did they take
4. Paddington Beard went paddling in a pool. His splashes tipped out 20% of the 15 litres. How much water was left ? Give your answer in millilitres and litres.
5. Paddington Beard went into the paddock. He scared away one quarter of the 40 horses grazing there - how many horses were left ?
6. Paddington Beard had 20 curlers for his beard - but he dropped two. What fraction, decimal and percentage were left ?
7. Paddington Beard went fishing - he caught 5 of the 75 lillypads floating in the pond. How many were left ?
8. Paddington Beard loved eating marmalade sandwiches. If there were 50 sandwiches on a plate, cut into quarters, and he ate one eigth, how many were left ?
9. Paddington Beard took a train to Paddington station. There were 500 seats, but only 4 / 5 ths of them were taken - how many seats were empty ?
10. In the cafeteria on platform one, Paddington Beard collected 60 crumbs of marmalade sandwiches on his beard. One two - thirds fell off - how many were left ?
11. Without his hat, Paddington Beard was 125 cm tall. If his hat was 25 cm high, how tall was Paddington Beard ?
Add the letters P - A - D instead of the bear. What word does it make ?
dock
lock
dle
re
dy
lilly
ding
ded
dle steamer
Bear
forbearance
beard
unbearable
bearded
ball bearing
bear down
bear out
bear
Circle the word “bear” inside these words. How many more words can you think of that include the letters ”ber” ? Example - cyber - space.
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Answers : paddock ; padlock ; paddle ; padre ; paddy ; lillypad ; padding ; padded ; paddle steamer
Answers:1. 4 x 2 = 8cm
2. 364 x 10 = 3, 640 mins = 60.6 r hours
3. 45 x 25 = £ 1, 125
4. (15 x 1000 = 15, 000) - (15 x 1000 / 100 x 20 = 3000) = 12, 000 mls = 12 l
5. 40 - (40 / 4 = 10) = 30
6. 2 / 20 = 1 / 10 = 0.1 = 10%
7. 75 - 5 = 70
8. (50 x 4 = 200) - (200 / 8 = 25) = 175
9. 100
10. 20
11. 125 - 25 = 100 cm
1. Winnie the Pooh loved honey. He learned maths by counting bees. If there were 150 bees but 25 % flew away,
a) How many were left ?
b) What fraction and decimal is that ?
2. Piglet learned maths by counting loudly in “OINKS !”. If Piglet oinked 50 times in a day, how often did he “oink !” in one week ?
3. Tigger loved jungle maths. He learned subtraction by taking away coconuts from a tree. He looked at a tree with 100 coconuts and cut down two branches. Each branch had 5 coconuts, how many coconuts were left ?
4. Donkey was a real ass at maths ! E - aw ! He learned counting by using buckets of water. If he had a one litre bucket and added two cups, each containing 200 mls, how much water was there ?
5. To learn about surface area, Donkey went eating grass in a field. To eat one square metre took 20 minutes of Donkey’s time. If the field measured 2 km wide x 2 km long, how long did it take to eat it all ?
6. Tigger had 80 stripes, 5 % were on his tail. How many is that ?
7. Tigger learned about percentage by walking in the sand. If he left 200 footsteps and 20% of them were washed away, how many were left ?
8. Tigger passed one zebra every 0.5 km - how many zebras is that if the journey was 50 km long ?
9. Donkey tried multiplying elephants. There were 5 herds of elephants and each elephant had 4 elephants - how many is that in total ?
10. Winnie the Pooh didn’t know what to do so he spent the afternoon multiplying two hundred times two - what answer did he get ?
11. Winnie the Pooh had 5 crackers on a plate - how many were left if it was one that he ate ?
12. Winnie the Pooh was so hungry that he opened a jar of honey - no wonder he never had any money ! If one jar cost £1.25, how much did he pay for five ?
13. Soon, his paws and whiskers were all covered in the stuff ! Hardly surprising, there wasn’t enough ! If he ate one third of a 150 mls jar of honey, how much was left ?
14. Winne the Pooh wanted something new. He looked and some jumpers and then he bought two ! If one jumper cost £4.99, how much change did he receive from £20.00 ?
15. Winnie the Pooh invited Tigger, Donkey and Piglet around for lunch. They said that crisps were their favourite crunch ! If each packet of crisps contained 120 crisps, how many crisps were in 3 packets ?
16. Work out the volume of a jar of honey if it had a lid that measured 10 cm wide and was 20 cm deep.
17. When Winnie the Pooh sniffed honey, his whiskers started to twitch and he sneezed rather a lot- all because of the honey he’d got. If his whiskers twitched 8 times every time that he smelt a new jar of honey and there were 8 jars, how many times did his whiskers twitch ?
18. Winnie the Pooh washed his red shirt in the washing machine and it shrank ! It was 125 cm wide, but once washed, became one - fifth smaller - how wide was it then ?
Winnie the Pooh’s Poo - Poo To You !
How many words can you think of that include the letters P - O - O ? Example - shampoo.
Answers :
1. a) 150 / 100 X 25 = 30 b) 0.25 and one quarter
2. 50 x 7 = 350
3. 100 - (2 x 5 = 10) = 90 coconuts
4. 1 400 mls
5. 160
6. 80 - (80 / 100 x 5 = 0. 
= 71.2
7. 40
8. 100
9. 5 x 4 = 20
10. 400
11. 5 - 1 = 4
12. 150 - (150 / 3 = 50) = 100 mls
13. £6
14. £10.02
15. 360
16. 3.14 x 5 x 5 = 78.5 square cm
17. 8 x 8 = 64
18. 100 cm
Add the letters S - N - O to complete the words.
___ ___ ___ w
___ ___ ___ op
___ ___ ___ oper
___ ___ ___ oty
___ ___ ___ oker
___ ___ ___ ut
Sleepy’s ZZZzzzz Game
Whilst Snoozy was sleeping, some of the letters in his words disappeared. Can you put the “Z” back to complete the spellings.
___oology
gu___ ___le
___odiac
___oo
gra___e
da___ed
ha___e
fu___ ___y
bla___er
la___y
___ebra
___ombie
___one
gla___ed
bu___ ___ing
do___en
mai___e
no___ ___le
pri___e
bree___e
___inc
o___one
snoo___e
ga___e
ha___e
pi___ ___a
qui___
si___e
bli___ ___ard
snee___e
wi___ard
cra___y
li___ard
Snoo___y
fi___ ___led out
si___ ___le
gu___ ___le
fi___ ___y
fi___ ___le
fra___ ___led
da___ ___le
___ygote
___oom
ra___or
___ebra
fi___ ___led out
whi ___ ___
Cinderella wanted to go to the ball, but she didn’t have anything to wear at all. She tried on a coat - which didn’t match her shoes and the hole in her socks, made her cry the blues. In fact, her ballgown hardly made headline news. What was poor Cinders going to do ? When the only thing she had to wear on her feet, were Wellington boots, size twenty - two ? Then, just to top it all, Cinderella slipped when she got to the ball ! She really wasn’t used to wearing high heels. Her knees wobbled as she landed with squeals ! Her new pair of shoes were so utterly fantastic, she skated on ice, performing a back - flip trick. Luckily Prince Charming was charming indeed and caught her just as she was about to fall in the weeds. He swirled Cinderella round and upside down in musical time, the pair only stopped dancing at midnight, when the clock began to chime.
Footloose Maths Game
Write a mathematical equation to show your working out to the following maths problems.
1. With a skip, jump and a hop, she quickly nipped down to the local shoe shop. If she paid £25.99 for a pair of dancing shoes, how much change did she receive from £50.00 ?
2. On the rack, there were eight pairs of size six shoes, ten pairs of size seven and twelve pairs of size eight.
a) How many shoes were there in total ?
b) Work out the average size of shoes for sale (mean).
c) What size was the shoe in the middle of the rack (median) ?
d) What is the difference between the smallest and largest shoe for sale (mode) ?
3. She tried on a pair of slippers, which were one tenth bigger than her feet. If her feet measured 20 cm, how big were the slippers ?
4. Cinders polished her shoes for ten minutes every day. How long did she spend polishing in one week ?
5. Her high heels made Cinders 12 cm taller. If she usually was 157 cm tall, how high was she wearing her new shoes ?
6. Cinderella knit a new pair of socks to match her new shoes. If she knit at a rate of 4 cm per hour, how long did it take her to finish both 24 cm socks ?
7. She used 150 cm of wool for every 2cm. On one ball of wool, there was 20 m and she had 5 balls of wool.
a) How much wool did she use knitting both pairs of socks ? Give your answer in cm and m.
b) How many balls of wool did she use ?
c) How much wool did she have left ?
8. There were 250 pairs of shoes in the shop. 40% of them were displayed in the shop window. How many were on the window and on the racks ?
9. Work out the volume in cubic cm of the shoe box that Cinderella took her new pair of slippers home in if it measured 12 cm wide, 10 cm high and 25 cm long.
10. The slippers weighed 2.5 kg and the box added 0.2 of this amount onto it. How much did Cinderella carry home in her shopping bag in total ?
Cinderella’s Ball of Wool Game
Can you guess what the words on her knitting pattern are meant to be (they got splashed when she spilled her tea) ?
w__ __l
kn__tt__ng ne__ __le
s__it__h
cro__ s st__ tch
c__tto__ thread
s__wing
__nitting m__chine
d__rn
p__tchelast__ __
Prince Charming’s Lost Charm
Prince Charming lost his charm, he couldn’t think where he’d put it. It wasn’t in his pocket and he asked everyone of they knew where he’d put it. He looked under the table and in the cake tray, too. It seemed that it wasn’t anywhere and he didn’t know what to do. Prince Charming looked on the dancefloor. He got everyone to quickstep a little bit more. But his charm was lost somewhere, it wasn’t on the table, or on by the stairs. It had been a present from the Queen of Moldavia, who’d given it to him as a present, when he had come to save her. A diamond pendant, with a golden chain, he was adamant that he’d put it on … And started to look again.
Prince Charming’s CHA - CHA
Add the letters C - H - A where Prince Charming has lost his charm.
__ __ __ air
__ __ __ se
__ __ __ llenge
__ __ __ irman
__ __ __ mpagne
__ __ __ p
__ __ __ tter
__ __ __ nt
__ __ __ lk
__ __ __ let
__ __ __ mpion
__ __ __ rade
__ __ __ sten
__ __ __ rter
__ __ __ racter
__ __ __ otic
__ __ __ os
__ __ __ nce
__ __ __ rity
__ __ __ rge
__ __ __ rade
__ __ __ sm
__ __ __ nt
__ __ __ nge
__ __ __ rge
__ __ __ nnel
__ __ __ nce
The Ugly Sisters Urrgghh ! Game
The ugly sisters looked a disgrace. Their hair was all over the place and they had warts on their face. One of them smashed a glass, by looking in the mirror as she walked past. The oldest ugly sister was wrinkled and creased. Her clothes were quite scruffy and her ugliness increased. When she smiled one of her teeth fell out, “She was uglier than a hippopotamus”, Prince Charming shout.
Ur ?? Er ?? Stuck with spelling ? Try this spelling quiz. Add the letters either U - R or E - R in the gaps.
s + + e = s __ __e
wind + = wind__ __
h + ry = h__ __ry
b + + sary = b__ __sary
baby mind + = baby mind __ __
t + + n = t__ __n
summ + = summ __ __
r + + al = r__ __al
kind + = kind __ __
c + + e = c__ __ e
charm + = charm __ __
f+ = f__ __
m + + ry = m__ __ry
c + + ry = c__ __ry
c+ + se = c__ __sed +
d + + able = d__ __able
ch + ry = ch__ __ry
b + + ry = b__ __ry
d + + ess = d__ __ess
qu + y = qu__ __y
d + + ing = d__ __ing
g + + u = g__ __u
h + + t = h__ __t
c + + ator = c__ __ator
h + + icane = h__ __ ricane
h + + ried = h__ __ried
h + + dle = h__ __dle
h + + tle = h__ __tle
j + + y = j__ __y
all + + e = all__ __e
m + + al = m__ __al
p + + se = p__ __se
m + + m = m__ __m__ __
m + + ky = m__ __ky
m + + der = m__ __der
n + se = n__ __ se
Glass Slipper Game
How many more things can you think of that are made from glass ?
The Midnight Hour
How many words can you think of that also include the word “mid” ? Example - middle.
High Heels
Write five sentences including the words “heal” and “heel”. Do you know the difference ?
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Answers : wool ; knitting needle ; stitch ; cross stitch ; cotton thread ; sewing ; knitting machine ; darn ; patch ; elastic
Answers :
1. £4.01;
2. a) 8 + 10 + 12 = 30 b) (6 + 7 + / 30 = 7; c) 7 d) 2;
3. 20 + (20 / 10) = 22 cm;
4. 70 mins;
5. 169 cm;
6. (24 x 2 = 4 / 4 = 12 hours;
7. a) 48 / 2 x 150 = 3, 600 cm; 3.6 m b) 2 c) 5 - 3.6 = 1.4 m ;
8. a) 250 / 100 x 40 = 100 b) 150;
9. 12 x 10 x 25 = 3000 cubic cm;
10. 2.5 + (2.5 / 10 x 2 = 0.5 kg) = 3 kg
Answers : chair; chase; challenge; chairman; champagne; chap; chatter; chant ; chalk; chalet; champion; charade; chasten; charter; character; chaotic; chaos; chance; chance; charity; charge charade; chasm; chant; change; charge; channel; chance
Answers : wool ; knitting needle ; stitch ; cross stitch ; cotton thread ; sewing ; knitting machine ; darn ; patch ; elastic
Answers : 1. £4.01; 2. a) 8 + 10 + 12 = 30 b) (6 + 7 + / 30 = 7; c) 7 d) 2; 3. 20 + (20 / 10) = 22 cm; 4. 70 mins; 5. 169 cm; 6. (24 x 2 = 4 / 4 = 12 hours; 7. a) 48 / 2 x 150 = 3, 600 cm; 3.6 m b) 2 c) 5 - 3.6 = 1.4 m ; 8. a) 250 / 100 x 40 = 100 b) 150; 9. 12 x 10 x 25 = 3000 cubic cm; 10. 2.5 + (2.5 / 10 x 2 = 0.5 kg) = 3 kg
Answers : chair; chase; challenge; chairman; champagne; chap; chatter; chant ; chalk; chalet; champion; charade; chasten; charter; character; chaotic; chaos; chance; chance; charity; chargecharade; chasm; chant; change; charge; channel; chanceAnswers : sure; winder; hurry; bursary; baby minder; turn; summer; rural; kinder; cure; charmer; fur; merry; curry; curse; durable; cherry; berry; duress; query; during; guru; hurt; curator; hurricane; hurried; hurdle; hurtle; jury; allure; mural; purse; murmur; murky; murder; nurse
Bobby Shafto’s gone to sea,
Silver buckles on his knee,
He’ll come back and marry me …
Bonny Bobby Shafto.
1. Bobby Shafto’s boat was due to set sail at 7.00 a.m., but it was late by 45 minutes. What time did it set off ? 2. Bobby Shafto had 4 suitcases - weighing 5.2 kg, 6.1 kg, 7.8 kg and 9.7 kg. What weight is that in total ? 3. Work out the surface area of Bobby Shafto’s passport, if it measured 15 cm long and 10 cm wide.
4. On the plank Bobby Shafto was 5th in a queue of 15 people. What fraction is that ?
5. The boat that Bobby Shafto sailed in travelled at a speed of 75 knots / hour. How far did it sail in 7 hours ? 6. The Captain, collected 200 tickets off the passengers, but he dropped 12 %. How many is that ?
7. Bobby Shafto soon got sea - sick, of course ! He took two pills every four hours for two days from a bottle of 100 headache tablets.
a) How many were left ?
b) What decimal of the pills did he use ?
c) What percentage of the original amount were left ?
8. If the boat that Bobby Shafto was travelling on rocked sideways twice a minute and towards starboard three times a minute, a) How often did it rock in total in five minutes ?
b) Express this as a ratio.
c) What fraction of the waves rocked the boat forward and backwards in five minutes ?
d) What decimal of the waves rocked the boat sideways in five minutes ?
9. Bobby Shafto had three buckles on each knee - how many buckles is that in total ?
10. Bobby Shafto spent 10 minutes every day polishing his buckles. How long is that in 4 weeks ?
Boarding For Bo - Tany Bay
Boarding ship, Bobby Shafto lost the “bo” out of some of the bowline words in the book he had taken to read on the journey. Add the letters “B - O” in place of the ribboned bow to complete the words below :
ROUGH
RN
AST
THER
UNCE
UND
ULEVARD
TTLE
TH
X
WL
QUET
XED
UTIQUE
W
ELW
Y
XER
WLINE
WLER
WEL
URGEOIS
UNTIFUL © Jacqueline Richards 2007
Answers : 1. 7.45 a.m.
2. 28.8 kg 3. 150 sq cm4. 5 / 15 = 1 / 3 rd5. 5256. 247. a) 100 - (2 x 2 x (24 / 4 = 6) = 24) = 76 b) 0.24 c) 76%8. a) 25 b) 10 : 15 = 2 : 3 c) 15 / 25 = 3 / 5 d) 10 / 25 = 0.49. 610. 280
Answers : BOROUGH; BORN; BOAST; BOTHER; BOUNCE; BOUND; BOULEVARD; BOTTLE; BOTH; BOX ; BOWL ; BOUQUET ; BOXED ; BOUTIQUE ; BOW ; ELBOW ; BOY ; BOXER ; BOWLINE ; BOWLER; BOWEL; BOURGEOIS; BOUNTIFUL;
