Jack and The Beanstalk Tall and Short Stories

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2. If the fastest horse travelled at a speed of 25 km / hour, how long did it take to reach the finishing line ?

3. The slowest horse travelled at a speed of 15 km / hour - how much further behind the winning horse was he at the finishing line ?

4. There were 60 horses running in the race and 10 % of them were white, 1 : 5 were black and one quarter were brown. How many of each colour horse was there ?

5. One fifth of the riders wore red silks, 1 : 3 wore blue and 5% wore green. The rest of the riders wore pink silks. Work out how many of each colour silks the riders wore.

6. Three of the horse fell at the first fence, 5 fell at the third, 8 fell between the water jump and Beecher’s Brook. If 60 horses started the race, how many horse were left running ?

7. 5, 000 spectators came to watch the race. Each paid £5 per ticket. How much is that in total ?

8. The odds on one horse were 2 : 1 of it winning. If there were 60 horses in the race, what were the odds of the others winning ?

9. Work out the difference in the weight of the lightest horse (575 kg) and the heaviest horse (725 kg). 

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4. a) white = 60 / 100 x 10 = 6 ; b) black = 10 ; c) brown - 60 / 4 = 15

5. a) red - 60 / 5 = 12 ; b) blue - 15 ; c) green - 60 / 100 x 5 = 3 ; d) pinks - 60 - (12 + 15 + 3 = 30) = 30

6. 60 - (3 + 5 + 8 = 16) = 44

7. 5000 x 5 = £25 , 000

8. one horse 40 : 20, therefore, 20 : 40

9. 150 kg

Divide the class into two teams of tennis players. You could name them “Wimbledon” and the “French Open championship”, for example ! Draw ten tennis rackets on the whiteboard. Inside write a maths sum - the sides of the tennis racket form the brackets of a mathematical equation. Each tennis ball needs to be hit from each tennis racket, by solving the sum, before you can finish each set, match and game. One point is scored for each team when an equation is solved and the ball is shot.

Hitting The Net

Misfire shots (those where the wrong number above the correct answer is given) result in one deducted point for that team.

15 (1 point) + 10 (2 points) + 100 (2 points) + 2 (1 point) + 2 (1 point) = ?

Final Gold Cup answer : 129 (10 points)

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Marathon maths starts from base. There are 26 steps and each team takes a shot, in turn at the any of the maths questions, written on the whiteboard by the umpire. If the team gets the answer right, then they move the same number of squares as the answer to the equation. The winner is the first team to pass the finishing line.

START ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ FINISH.

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Jack Beanstalk bought a catapult from the market one day - he wanted to see if he could knock down the fruit in the beanstalk without having to go up the ladder and possibly fall in the hay ! But he had already pea - shooted all his peas … Everyone of the fleas had jumped away and all the mice had gone hunting cheese for the day. So what could Jack Beanstalk possibly use ? To bring down the fruit off the branches for a tasty blackberry pie or stew. As he looked around for possible ideas, he found a caterpillar crawling on one of the pears. Eureka ! That’s that ! He could fire caterpillars and get fruit from where he sat ! As he fired - he missed a gnat ! The catapult elastic almost broke … and Jack Beanstalk almost got one of his fingers stuck. “OUCH !”, he cried out in pain - picking up his catapult and starting all over again ! The catapulted fat caterpillar span through the air and over the mat. Once or twice, he almost got eaten by a hungry rat ! The catapulted fat caterpillar had no sense direction at all - he almost landed with a SPLAT ! on the wall. BANG ! CRASH ! WALLOP ! He hit the tastiest apple of all, the branches shook and one or two started to fall.

Cat - apulted Cat - erpillar Cat - astrophe

How many words, like catapult, can you think of that contain the word “tap” ?

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1. The basketball player scored 1 : 2 baskets from his 330 shots at the net. How many did he succeed in scoring ?

2. The basketball player ran at a speed of 2 km / hour, how long did it take him to run around the basketball pitch ?

3. Work out the surface area of the basketball pitch, if it measured 150 metres long and 50 metres wide.

4. If there were 12 players in each of the two teams, but 16.6 % of the first team was sent off and one - third of the second team was sent off, how many players were left ?

5. The basketball player was 3.5 m smaller than the goal post. If the player was 175 cm tall, how high was the goal post ?

6. The basketball player went to the sports shop and bought - a new pair of trainers for £25.99, a new ball for £5.99, a new pair of socks for £2.99 and a whistle for the Saturday game for £3.99 - how much change did he receive from £100.00 ?

7. Using the formula for calculating the volume of a sphere, work out the volume of the basketball if it had a diameter of 50 cm.

8. The basket was 15 cm bigger that the ball - how wide was it ?

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Answers :

1. 110

2. 60 mins / speed / distance = 60 / (2 / (150 + 150 + 50 + 50 = 400 m = 0.4 km) = 5) = 12 mins

3. 150 x 50 = 7, 500 sq metres

4. (12 x 2 = 24) - (12 / 6 = 2) - (12 / 3 = 4) = 18 players

5. 3.5 + 1.75 = 5.25 m

6. 100 - (25.99 + 5.99 + 2.99 + 3.99 = 38.96) = £61.04

7. 2 (50 x 50 = 2, 500 / 3 = 833.33) = 1,666.66 cubic cm

8. 50 + 15 = 65 cm

Sindy Doll

How many words can you think of that have a Sindy doll hidden inside by including the letters “sin” ? Example - resin.

Barbie Doll

How many words can you think of that contain the word “doll” ? Example - dollar.

Barbie Doll In In The Doldrums

Add the letters - DLE, - DOL or - DEL to complete the words.

1. Another word for lazy - i _____

2. Another word for happiness - _____ ight

3. Another word for something or somebody to worship - i _____

4. Hand out - _____ e

5. Tasty - _____ icious

6. Lazy and slothful - in _____ ent

7, Charming - _____ ightful

8. Clumsy spoonful - _____ lop

9. A shop where you can buy specialist meats - _____ icatescen

10. Walk in shallow water - pad _____

11. Post a parcel - _____ ivery

12. Fed up in informal slang - _____ drums

13. Torrent of water - _____ uge

14. Seat for a horse - sad _____

15. Deceive or fool - _____ ude

16. Baby’s bed - cra _____

17. Establish or fix - _____ imit

18. Outline - _____ ineate

19. Lawless, young, criminal - _____ inquent

20. Fever - _____ erium

21. Salvation - _____ iverance

22. Dig deep - _____ ve

23. Luxurious - _____ uxe

24. On purpose - _____ iberate

25. Tasty and mouth - watering - _____ ectable

26. Pass on the task - _____ egation

27. Erase - _____ ete

28. Fragility or sensitivity - _____ icacy

29. Light and friable - _____ icate

30. Hold up or made late - _____ ay

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Answers :

1. Another word for lazy - idle

2. Another word for happiness - delight

3. Another word for something or somebody to worship - idol

4. Hand out - dole

5. Tasty - delicious

6. Lazy and slothful - indolent

7, Charming - delightful

8. Clumsy spoonful - dollop

9. A shop where you can buy specialist meats - delicatescen

10. Walk in shallow water - paddle

11. Post a parcel - delivery

12. Fed up in informal slang - doldrums 13. Torrent of water - deluge

14. Seat for a horse - saddle

15. Deceive or fool - delude

16. Baby’s bed - cradle

17. Establish or fix - delimit

18. Outline - delineate

19. Lawless, young, criminal - delinquent

20. Fever - delerium

21. Salvation - deliverance

22. Dig deep - delve

23. Luxurious - de luxe

24. On purpose - deliberate

25. Tasty and mouth - watering - delectable

26. Pass on the task - delegation

27. Erase - delete

28. Fragility or sensitivity - delicacy

29. Light and friable - delicate

30. Hold up or made late - delay

The crocodiles in the swamp, decided to play a game, but it was damp. Crocodile one brought a bat … it was too big to fit under his hat - the crocodile was simply too fat !
“How about that ?”, he asked the cat. “Not bad at all”, he added to the rat. Soon, they started to roll a ball - and within minutes, three skittles began to fall. The crocodile croquet was a brilliant match. Although when the crocodile scratched, three crocs hatched. The crocodile croquet lasted for at least an hour - by the end of the afternoon, the ball had squashed three flowers. There was a trail in the grass, when the crocodile’s croquet ball went zooming past. Crockery went crashing everywhere, when the crocodile played croquet and the ball flew through the air. No wonder that the crackpot crocodile cracked up … he was left with only a broken cup from which to sup !

Cracked Up Crocodiles !

Look at the title of the poem above. How many different words can you see inside the bigger words ? You can continue to do this for the titles of all the stories.

The Hokey Kokey Crocodile Poker !

sock

knocked

flock

block

lock

broke

joke

rock

stock

frock

snooker

cook

book

look

nook

rook

took

stock

broker

yokel

brook

token

awoken

choke

smoke

shook

poke

spoke

bloke

joker

clock

rocket

locket

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Answers : sock ; knocked ; flock ; block ; lock ; broke ; joke ; rock ; stock ; frock ; snooker ; cook ; book ; look ; nook ; rook ; took ; stock ; broker ; yokel ; brook ; token ; awoken ; choke ; smoke ; shook ; poke ; spoke ; bloke ; joker

When he was tennis - ing, Dennis the Menace was truly menacing. Dennis the Menace was hopeless at tennis. Although he tried to hit the ball right, he always missed and it span off mid - flight. He was forever getting his match mixed up with his set. Soon, his laces came undone and he started to roll and there was a hole in his net. He picked up his racquet and threw it away - he played tennis every day. The linesman ducked as the bat came flying past, Dennis the Menace was really quite fast. Before long, of course, he ended up in bed because of his bad throw - with what else other than tennis elbow ! Where is Dennis ? Circle the letters D - E - N to complete the words.

Where is Dennis ? Add the letters D - E - N to complete the words.

How many words or phrases can you think of that include the word game and match ? Example - game bird, matchstick.

Add “set” to complete the words and phrases, then make a sentence using the word as an example.

Put the three following sets into the right order : stem root floweracorn oak tree sapling

Dennis the Tennis Menace’s Tennis Courtourt ? urt ? irt ? or ert ? which is the correct one to use ?

Game Game Game

1              2           3

15            5          25 10           50         30

Which is the correct one to use “is” or “are” ?1. It is six o’ clock.2. The girl is friendly.3. All the students are late.

Answers : dent ; dendrite ; incident ; accident ; dentures ; denial ; dense ; denote ; denomination ; denigrate ; denounce ; density ; deny ; denouement ; indent ; jurispudence ; prudenceAnswers :

Answers :1. 62. 100

The snooker balls were all lined up straight. They’d been stood in a line for hours and still had to wait. The red was first, he’d been up early, followed by the green ball, whose hair was still curly. The black ball bounced off the felt, he karate chopped so much, he should have got a black belt. The snooker cue told everyone to be as straight as the blue, but even then, the white ball jumped in the queue. “Hey, you !”, the snooker cue shout, telling the balls not to wriggle about. But none of the balls could stay at all still. They rolled to the snooker pockets and over the hill. The pink ball was the worst of all. He bounced off the table and into the wall.

 A Cue For A Cue Game

Write ten sentences including the word “cue” and the word “queue”. Do you know the difference ?

* Teacher’s note - this poem can be used in conjunction with a snooker set, or simply pictures of different coloured balls drawn on a chalkboard which are added up in various order.

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