For students
the BEBRAS CHALLENGE
Bebras challenges that you can try to solve.
Bebras Computational Thinking Challenge
In the run up to Bebras Challenge, Mr O’Callaghan and Mr Boyd will be publishing questions from previous Bebras challenges that you can try to solve. More information on how your child can participate in the challenge will be published nearer to the time.
Here is the answer to last week’s question:
THREE FRIENDS The correct answer is: the green circle
EXPLANATION The total distance from their homes to the red square is: 4 + 3 + 8 = 15. The total distance from their homes to the blue triangle is: 4 + 3 + 6 = 13. The total distance from their homes to the green circle is: 3 + 4 + 5 = 12. The total distance from their homes to the yellow diamond is: 4 + 5 + 4 = 13.
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Here is this week’s question…
LEMONADE PARTY Janet made 37 litres of lemonade at home and now she needs to put it in bottles to take it to school for a party. She has several empty bottles of various sizes, but she wants to use the smallest number of bottles AND all of the bottles have to be full. Task:What are the bottles that she should use.  |
Find out the answer in next week’s newsletter.
Good luck.
Mr O’Callaghan and Mr Boyd