Special Problem -Primary

Problem #3


In the Car Park

Make a tally chart to show the colours of all the cars in the car park.
Car Colour Tally Total

Red
Blue
Green
White
Other

1.Which colour car was the most popular?
2.Which colour car was the least popular?
3.How many cars were in the car park altogether?
4.How many red and white cars were there?
5.Which is your favourite colour of cars?
Now put your results into a block graph.

Problem #6

Witch Hazel A

Witch Hazel wants to make a special potion. It can only have 10 animal legs in it.
She has these ingredients in stock:

Spiders with 8 legs

Lizards with 4 legs

Bats with 2 legs.

Which ingredients did she use to make her potion?

Whitch Hazel B

Witch Hazel wants to make a special potion. It can only have 10 animal legs in it.
She has these ingredients in stock:

Spiders with 8 legs

Lizards with 4 legs

Bats with 2 legs.

Which ingredients did she use to make her potion?


Question #10

Word and Money puzzle

1. Write out the alphabet

2. Give each letter a value starting with a=$1, B= $2, C= $3 up to z = $26

3. How much is your name worth?

4. If vowels are worth double money, how much is the name Aoife worth?

5. Staying with double money for vowels, how much is your teacher worth, be careful how you answer this!!

6. What would be the most expensive day of the week? How much is this day worth? (remember vowels are worth double?)

Challenge

Can you findsthe most expensive answer to each of the four categories?
( remember vowels are worth double?)

a. Most expensive athlete’s surname
b. Most expensive pop band’s name
c. Most expensive City nameMost expensive T.V. Programme.