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Activity Sheet For Rational Function
Activity Sheet For Rational Function
The answer for most puzzles is in the notes section of each slide. You will
need to scroll down to find it. For a few puzzles, the answer is on the next
slide (this is indicated). Pictures are included on most slides. Some will
help, others will lead you astray!
There is a points rating for each puzzle and each puzzle is numbered.
Maths
Maths Investigations
LOGIC / LATERAL THINKING
1 point
1
• My house is the 6th house from the north end of the road and the
5th house from the south end of the road.
• How many houses are there on my side of the road?
3 points
10
You have nine sticks. Without cutting any in half how can
you make ten? Answer on next slide.
11
2 points
12
FMAMJJAS
5 points
18
OTT FFSS
6 points
19
Continued on
next slide.
20
Look at the fluffy clouds in this picture.
Continued on
next slide.
20
Look at this plain paper.
landscape
Continued on
next slide
portrait
20
invite
8 points
22
NOON
10 points
23
In 17 minutes the ship will sink and the bridge will collapse with it.
How can they get to safety in this time?
• Joe counted the number of peanuts he ate every day for a week.
He worked out that he had eaten an average of 13 peanuts per day.
• How many peanuts must he eat on the 8th day to bring his average
down to exactly 12?
4 points
28
Jessica has her money in 10p pieces. ⅓ of it has heads facing up.
She turns over one coin. ¼ now has heads facing up. How much
money does she have?
Carol has her money in 2p pieces. ½ is heads up. She turns 4 coins
over and finds that ⅓ of her money now has heads facing up. How
much money does she have?
5 points
29
• Harry, Bert and Fred collect football cards. Together they have
450 cards. Harry has 110 more than Bert who has 50 more than
Fred.
• How many cards do they each have?
6 points
34
You are in the wood with the foxes and owls. This
time there are 24 eyes and 38 legs. How many
foxes and owls are there?
7 points
39
• Albert Moneybags died leaving £108,000. His will stated that his
widow should receive twice as much as each son and that each
son should receive three times as much as each daughter.
• He had 5 sons and 3 daughters.
• How much would each person receive?
8 points
41
Three guests book rooms in a hotel for £30 in total. The manager
realises they should have a discount of £5. He gives the receptionist
£5 to return to the guests. She reckons they will have a hard job
dividing up £5 between 3 people so she gives them £1 each and
keeps the remaining £2 for herself.
So out of the original £30, the guests have paid £27, the receptionist
has £2. What has happened to the last £1?
9 points
42
4158=3
7953=1
8842=5
3467=2 Can you explain this?
1753=0 It is a very simple principle.
8888=8
6247=2
8046=4
6812=3
10 points
44
4=11 11 22 = 10 5 5 2
5=1211 23 = 10 10 2 1 or 20 1 1 1
6=2211 24 = 10 10 2 2 or 20 2 1 1
7=2221 25 = 10 5 5 5 or 20 2 2 1
8=2222 26 = 20 2 2 2 or 10 10 5 1
9=5211 27 = 20 5 1 1 or 10 10 5 2
10 = 5 2 2 1 28 = 20 5 2 1
11 = 5 2 2 2 29 = 20 5 2 2
12 = 5 5 1 1 30 = 10 10 5 5
13 = 5 5 2 1 or 10 1 1 1 31 = 10 10 10 1
14 = 5 5 2 2 or 10 2 1 1 32 = 10 10 10 2
15 = 10 2 2 1 33 = 20 10 2 1
16 = 10 2 2 2 34 = 20 10 2 2
17 =10 5 1 1 35 = 20 5 5 5
18 = 10 5 2 1 36 = 20 10 5 1
19 = 10 5 2 2 37 = 20 10 5 2
20 = 5 5 5 5
21 = 10 5 5 1
5 points
47
The number 15 has 2 digits. If you add them together, you get 6
1+5=6
How many numbers can you find where the sum of the digits = 6?
a) 11
b) 12
c) 13
d) 14
e) 15 (already done)
f) 16
Do you see a pattern?
Number Combinations
11 2
12 4
13 8
14 16
15 32
16 64
8 points
48
There is only one type of cone you can buy from Alfy.
Without drawing out the cones, can you work out how many Edward
would sell, if he always served 5 scoops and stocked 5 different
flavours – apple, blueberry, cherry, damson and elderberry.
11 : 14
8 points
50
11 : 14