Monday

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2. How many red fire engines were used by the army during the November strike?

   Click on the fire extinguisher for today's mental maths challenge.

Tuesday

Click on the snow to find out more        

1. If the snow fell at a rate of 15mm every hour how long would it take to reach the depth reported in the news story?

2. 12cm of snow falls in 90 minutes - how much snow fell in 1 hour?

Click on the diagram below for today's mental maths activity

Wednesday

Click on the book and read on       

1. Matthew's special edition book fetched much more than expected. How much more?

2. Matthew will probably spend 3 years at university. The money for the book will pay for the first year. How much more will he need to save?

Click on the first coin for today's mental maths activity

Thursday

Click on the elephants to read about the dangers they face    

1. How many elephants have poachers killed?

2. What fraction of the elephants are:

      a) still alive?           b) been killed?

Click on the plan below for today's mental maths problem

Friday

Read more about a fabulous competition here   

For the survey the following number of people were questioned

300 Children ( half were 11 year olds)           160 Teachers             90 parents

Spot the right answer

1. The number of children who had heard of Global Warming was

             6                  8                   9                       11

2. The number of teachers who knew that CFC gases damaged the ozone layer was

            75               80                   85                     90

3. The number of 11 year olds who could name an endangered species was

            30                 33                 50                     60

Click on the diagram for today's mental maths challenge