MATHS MATTERS AT MPS

Welcome to the final edition of Maths Matters for this term. We hope you enjoyed solving our tasks and are ready for more challenges from Milo (Year 2), Harvey & Aara (Year 3), Anna & Charlie (Year 4), Tess & Eden (Year 5) and Henry & Jude (Year 6).

Warm Up Task:

Jennie the old sheep dog is lazing around in the paddock near the house. She counts the number of animals in the paddock. There are 11 of them, pigs and ducks. Then she counts the legs. She sees 28 legs.

How many ducks are there?

JUNIOR SCHOOL MATHEMATICIANS

Sam had $158 and he spent $85 on donuts. How much money does he have left?

There are 2 pirates and 4 treasure chests on an island. The pirates have 1 small boat to take the treasure to their ship. The boat can take 2 pirates or 1 pirate and 1 chest of treasure. How many trips do the pirates have to take to get all the treasure and both pirates onto the ship?

MIDDLE SCHOOL MATHEMATICIANS

Livie found a portal in her garden. She stepped inside and found 20 red, 26 green, 39 purple, 47 pink, 11 multi coloured and 220 black gems. She took 7 back home with her. How many gems were left behind?

Help Harry to unlock three locks on a mystery door by answering these questions. You solve the problems in order from left to right, but you only use the odd numbers in each answer to open the locks.

168+ 198= ? 391+256= ? 592+209= ?

A shop sold 25 items per hour. If the shop is open from 12pm to 5pm from Monday to Friday, how many items did they sell in a week?

UPPER SCHOOL MATHEMATICIANS

Tui wonders if it is possible to place the numbers 1 through to 9 in a 3 by 3 grid, so that in any direction of three squares (across, down or diagonally), the sum of the first and last numbers minus the centre number gives the same answer. If it is possible, how many different answers exist?

Mathematical curiosities and puzzles have fascinated people throughout the ages. These were often expressed in verse or as riddles. Here is one of these, from A Lady’s Diary, 1788. A lady being asked her age, gave the following reply:

If to my age there added be;One half, one third and three times three Six score and ten the sum you’d see

Now pray tell what my age may be?

DID YOU KNOW? Amazing Multiplication:

multiply 111 111 111 by 111 111 111, the answer will surprise you.

WOW! Maths really is AMAZING!

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