Cupid had an arrow,
That didn’t know left from right …
Everytime that Cupid shot it,
It flew right out of sight.
Cupid’s arrow was hopeless,
With no sense of direction at all,
Whenever Cupid tried to shoot it into the air,
It crashed straight into a wall.
Cupid’s arrow had no map -
No wonder Cupid was a confused little chap !
Although he started shooting arrows as soon as he awoke,
Most of them fell flat on the floor - and very often broke !
1. If Cupid fired 600 arrows and only 15% of them hit a heart - how many is that ?
2. Cupid romantically bought a box of 200 chocolates, but he ate 0.7 of them himself - how many were left ?
3. Cupid bought 12 red roses, £0.99 each - how much change did he receive from £20.00 ?
4. Cupid sent a whole load of Valentine’s Day Cards costing £1.25 with a £0.25 stamp each. If he spent £27.00 in total, how many cards did he send ?
5. Cupid bought a diamond ring that should have cost £1299 but had a discount in the sale - if he paid £1234.05, what percentage was the sale reduction ?
6. Cupid was asked by 200 girls to marry him - he said “yes” to only one - what fraction, decimal and percentage is this ?
Cupid’s Stupid Bow
Cupid finally tied the knot … with a big bow. Add “B - O - W” to complete these words and phrases.
___ ___ ___ - legged
___ ___ ___ ling alley
___ ___ ___ - tie
___ ___ ___ l
___ ___ ___ ling green
___ ___ ___ line
___ ___ ___ led over
___ ___ ___ ed
___ ___ ___ wow !!
___ ___ ___ ler hat
rain___ ___ ___
strong___ ___ ___
___ ___ ___ shot
___ ___ ___ l of soup
___ ___ ___ string
cereal ___ ___ ___ l
___ ___ ___ window
lean ___ ___ ___
Aim and Fire
“Aim” or “ame” - which is the correct one to use ?
g ___ ___ ___
fr ___ ___ ___
st ___ ___ ___n
t ___ ___ ___
bl ___ ___ ___
d ___ ___ ___
c ___ ___ ___
cl ___ ___ ___
l ___ ___ ___
m ___ ___ ___
n ___ ___ ___
s ___ ___ ___
sh ___ ___ ___
t ___ ___ ___r
bec __ __ __
Game 1 - Answers :
1. 600 / 100 x 15 = 90
2. 200 - (200 / 10 x 7 = 140) = 60
3. 20 - 11.88 = £8.12
4. (18 x 1.25) + (18 x 0.25) = 22.5 + 4.5 = £27
5. 1299 - (1299 / 100 x 5 = 64.95) = 1234.05
6. 1 / 200 th; 0.005; 0.5%
Game 2 - Answers : bow - legged; bowling alley; bow - tie; bowl; bowling green; bowline; bowled over; bowed; bow wow !!; bowler hat; rainbow; strongbow; bow shot; bowl of soup; bow string; cereal bowl; bow window; lean bow
Answers : game ; frame ; stamen ; tame ; blame ; dame ; came ; claim ; lame ; maim ; name ; same ; shame ; tamer ; became
© Jacqueline Richards 2007
