Posted by misslawton on July 6, 2012
With all this awful weather and rain that we have been having, my roof has started to leak. I only have one small bucket and that one small bucket can hold 50millilitres of water. The forecast says that 255millilitres of rain water will fall into the bucket. How many times will I have to empty [...]
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Posted by misslawton on June 1, 2012
Dawn, Mark, Josh and Tina are friends. They each have a nick-name. Their nick-names are Spider, Curly, Ace and Fudgy, but not in that order. What is the nick-name of each of the friends? Clues Josh plays tennis with Curly and goes swimming with Ace. Tina has been on holiday with Curly but [...]
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Posted by misslawton on May 18, 2012
I have three cat friends who are trying to work out how much they each weigh. Their owners have given them some of the information, but they need help to work it out fully. Can you help them? They each have a different weight. Chico and Mr Wiggles weigh 7kg together. Mr Wiggles and Lionel [...]
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Posted by misslawton on May 4, 2012
Can you work out how many of each red nose Coco the clown bought? I spent £2 on 20p and 10p red noses. I bought three times as many 10p red noses as 20p red noses. How many of each red nose did I buy?
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Posted by misslawton on April 27, 2012
Can you help the wrestler work out the total number of medals that he has won? Hi, I’m Kakoora and Im a sumo wrestler. I have won so many medals I struggle to count them all. I put them in fours and there were two left over. I counted them in fives and there was [...]
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Posted by misslawton on April 20, 2012
Can you help the pirate to calculate how many pieces of treasure that he has found? Remember to work logically and check each number once you think you have found the correct amount. Good Luck!
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Posted by misslawton on March 16, 2012
A big congratulations to Yusra in year 6 for solving the puzzle. This week Yusra has chosen the type of puzzle and it is as follows…. Detective Dahlia, needs your help before her case deadline, which is Friday lunchtime. Good luck, Miss Lawton.
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Posted by misslawton on March 9, 2012
The previous puzzle was quite tricky and unfortunately no-one managed to solve it correctly, so here is a sequence puzzle for you to have a go at. Have a look at the sequence What number comes next? 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, ___ Try to come up with a rule that makes [...]
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Posted by misslawton on February 10, 2012
If you look at the hundred square it will show you how many number threes there are up to 100, there are 20. If we double this then we get 40, which would be for 200. Then we have 203, 213, 223, 230, 231 and 232 which is a grand total of 46. Congratulations to [...]
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Posted by misslawton on February 3, 2012
Aroosa has created this problem for you to solve. Have a go and remember to count carefully so that you do not miss any number 3s out. Good Luck
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Posted by misslawton on January 27, 2012
Congratulations to everyone who attempted the maths puzzle this week, and well done to all of you who managed to solve it – there were a few different ways of doing it! SIRAJ in 6DL was chosen from the correct entries from the puzzle last week to choose the puzzle this week! This puzzle was [...]
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Posted by misslawton on January 20, 2012
Have a go at this puzzle and submit your answers below, by four sevens and a 1, it means 7,7,7,7,1. good luck! You will have until Thursday night to submit your answers, as the winner will be decided on Friday.
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