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Monday
RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!
Read Hamish's story here then answer the questions below.

Lava from Mount Etna was thrown 200m into the air. A river of red hot rock flowed at 4 kph down the mountain side, and billowing, black smoke could be seen over 50km away.

Q1 - Do you think:
a) Hamish was in great danger?
b) Hamish was in some danger?
c) Hamish was not really in danger?

Q2 - Travelling at the speed above how long would it take the lava to reach Hamish?

Review Q1 with an explanation.
Repeat Q1 and Q2, but the speed of the lava flow is now 0.4kph

Discuss and share solutions for the problem - then click for answers.

 
 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday
GET RICH - GET READING!

Read the story here.
Estimate
At the local bookshop Harry Potter books cost £4.99.
Q1 - If you had £50 how many books could you buy?
Q2 - If you had £100 how many books could you buy?
Q3 - If you had £150 how many books could you buy?

Q4 - If you had a first edition copy how many new Harry Potter books could you get for it? (Use the information from Q1, 2 and 3

Falling Sales
350000 copies were sold on Monday but sales then fell by 10% every day for the rest of the week
Q5 - How many books were sold on Wednesday?

***** is 10% of 350000

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday
DRINK DANGERS!

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Is there a problem?
"Yes" says Kate in Newcastle
"No" says Dean from London
"Yes" says Zoe from York
What do you think? Do you agree with Kate or Dean or Zoe? 

First the facts

Newcastle - 40 children surveyed How many alcohol drinkers?

London - 50 children surveyed - How many alcohol drinkers?

York - 30 children surveyed
How many alcohol drinkers?

Which town has the biggest problem?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday
Points and the Premiership?

Work out which teams have the following points.
Q1 -  1/2 of Arsenal's points?
Q2 - 3/4 of Fulham's points?
Q3 - 4/5 of Everton's points?

Number Sets
Liverpool, Man Utd, Leeds …?
Blackburn, Aston Villa, Bolton …?

Chelsea - record
P    W   D   L 
14   ?    ?    ?      26pts

14   ?    ?    ?      26pts

14   ?    ?    ?      26pts
How many different records from 14 games can you make that always add up to 26points?
CAN YOU BEAT 3?

 
1 Arsenal 14 32
2 Liverpool 14 31
3 Chelsea 14 26
4 Everton 14 25
5 Man Utd 14 23
6 Newcastle 13 22
7 Boro 14 21
8 Blackburn 14 20
9 Tottenham 14 20
10 Leeds 14 17
11 Southampton 14 17
12 Man City 14 17
13 Fulham 14 16
14 Aston Villa 14 16
15 Birmingham 14 16
16 Charlton 14 14
17 Sunderland 14 14
18 Bolton 13 12
19 West Ham 14 12
20 West Brom 14 12

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friday
NEW WORLD RECORD for S CLUB?

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S Club beat the World record for Chinese whispers involving hundreds of children and the six band members.

Each whisper lasted 6 seconds

Q1 - How long did it take for S Club and the children to break the record?

? minutes ? seconds



  

If the record attempt started at the time shown on the clock – what time did the record attempt finish?

Write the answer in 24 hour clock time.