The Mystery of the

Missing Lunch Box

Mrs Jones’ husband has made her a Mrs Jones carefully placed her
special lunch for school, full of her lunch box in the staffroom fridge
favourite things. before she started teaching.

She quickly headed to the staffroom

The lunch bell rang and Mrs Jones and opened the fridge... to find her
was eager to get her special lunch lunch was gone! Somebody had
from the staffroom and tuck in. stolen it!

Using the staff list

and the clues, can
you help track
down the culprit
and reunite Mrs
Jones with her
beloved lunch?

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Eye
Staff Name Age Subject Hair Colour
Colour

Mr Smith 29 Maths Blue Brown

Miss Taylor 32 English Brown Brown

Mrs Kelly 33 Science Brown Blonde

Mr Morgan 55 English Green Grey

Mrs Patel 28 PE Blue Blonde

Mr Singh 35 Science Green Brown

Miss Lewis 33 English Brown Blonde

Mr Fraser 29 History Brown Red

Mrs Harris 31 English Brown Brown

Miss Brown 55 Geography Blue Grey

Mr Johnson 28 PE Blue Blonde

Mr Williams 35 Maths Green Brown

Mrs Clark 28 History Blue Red

Miss Anderson 32 Geography Brown Brown

Mr Lee 29 Maths Green Brown

Mr Martin 33 Science Blue Red

The culprit is 

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Clue 1
Follow the directions and navigate around the map. Highlight the numbers
you pass through and circle the number and corresponding word on the
table. Rearrange the circled words to find your first clue.

11 18 15

10

21 13

16

19 20

12 17

14

Start
Forward 3, turn right 90°,forward 4, turn left 90°,forward 4, turn left 90°,
forward 2, turn right 90°, forward 1, turn right 90°, forward 4, turn right 90°
forward 3.

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Clue 1
10 11 12 13
is culprit male isn’t
14 15 16 17
female male culprit not
18 19 20 21
female is the isn’t

Clue 1 

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Clue 2
Look at the six sequences below. There is an error in each one. Draw a circle
round the incorrect symbol in each sequence. Find these symbols in the table
to find the words for your second clue.

culprit has brown the has blue

eyes hair green have doesn't have

Clue 2 

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Clue 3
Convert the binary code into the binary image using a ‘0’ to represent a
white square and a ‘1’ to represent a black square. The images will spell out
the colour of the culprit’s hair.

Binary Code
11110
10001
11110
10001
11110

Binary Code
10000
10000
10000
10000
11111

Binary Code
11111
10001
10001
10001
11111

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Clue 3
Binary Code
10001
11001
10101
10011
10001

Binary Code
11110
10001
10001
10001
11110

Binary Code
11111
10000
11111
10000
11111

The colour of the culprit's hair is 

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Clue 4
Use the table below to convert the binary code into the correct letters. The
letters will spell out the subject the culprit teaches.

A B C D
01000001 01000010 01000011 01000100

E F G H
01000101 01000110 01000111 01001000

I J K L
01001001 01001010 01001011 01001100

M N O P
01001101 01001110 01001111 01010000

Q R S T
01010001 01010010 01010011 01010100

U V W X
01010101 01010110 01010111 01011000

Y Z
01011001 01011010

01010011 01000011 01001001 01000101 01001110

    

01000011 01000101

 
The culprit teaches 

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 The Mystery of the Missing Lunch Box Answers
Clue 1

10 11 12 13
is culprit male isn’t
14 15 16 17
female male culprit not
18 19 20 21
female is the isn’t

Clue 1 the culprit isn’t male

Clue 2

culprit has brown the has blue

eyes hair green have doesn't have

Clue 2 the culprit doesn’t have blue eyes

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Clue 3

Binary Code
11110
10001
11110
10001
11110

Binary Code
10000
10000
10000
10000
11111

Binary Code
11111
10001
10001
10001
11111

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Clue 3

Binary Code
10001
11001
10101
10011
10001

Binary Code
11110
10001
10001
10001
11110

Binary Code
11111
10000
11111
10000
11111

The colour of the culprit's hair is blonde

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Clue 4

01010011 01000011 01001001 01000101 01001110

S C I E N

01000011 01000101

C E

The culprit teaches SCIENCE

The culprit is Mrs Kelly

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