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Welcome back to Term 3!

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13/8/09 Answer:
Lyle’s trips
McGraths' house: 8 trips in all
Dunns' house: 6 trips in all
Carbones' house: 18 trips in all
Quinns' house: 4 trips in all

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Million Mystery	Website of the week:http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/handling_data.shtml
The Bobcats, Cheetahs, Lions, Panthers, and Tigers each played 10 soccer games during the season. There were no tie games. * The Tigers and the Bobcats won the same number of games. * The Lions won 1 more game than the Panthers. How many games did ea ch team win? How many games did each team lose?  Answer in Term Three
	Patrick Walsh, Maths Coordinator

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Million Mystery	Website of the week: http://www.mathmastery.com/cyberchallenge/
* It's a number greater than one million but less than ten million. * It's an even number. * None of the digits is less than 3. * No digit is used more than once. * The sum of the digits in the hundreds, tens and ones places is 12. * The digit in the ten thousands place is equal to the sum of the digits in the tens and hundreds places. * The digit in the millions place is 2 more than the digit in the thousands place. * The digit in the hundred thousands place is twice the digit in the tens place. What is the mystery number?  Answer in two weeks   21/5/09 Answer: Miss Ginn has a 10 on her shirt. (Two hands have 10 fingers.) Miss Ozcagli has a 6 on her shirt. (10 – 4 = 6) Mrs Goranitis has a 16 on her shirt. (10 + 6 = 16) Mrs Jefferies has a 12 on her shirt. (6 x 2 = 12) Mrs Nikolakakis has a 13 on her shirt. Patrick Walsh, Maths Coordinator
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What’s My Number?	Website of the week: http://www.ictgames.com/countonconvict.html
Mrs Goranitis, Mrs Jefferies, Miss Ginn, Miss Ozcagli, and Mrs Nikolakakis play on the same soccer team. Each player's shirt has a different number on it. * Miss Ginn said, "My number is the same as the number of fingers on my two hands." * Miss Ozcagli said, "My number is 4 less than Miss Ginn's." * Mrs Goranitis said, "Add Miss Ginn's number to Miss Ozcagli's number to get my number." * Mrs Jefferies said, "Double Miss Ozcagli's number to get my number. My number is a double fact." *Mrs Nikolakis’ number is 3 less than Mrs Goranitis What is each person's number? Answer in two weeks 7/5/09 Answer: Mrs Psarakis will: Walk the dog: 10:00am Go shopping: 1:30pm Eat lunch: 12:00pm Play outside: 10:15am Patrick Walsh, Maths Coordinator
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A busy Saturday	Website of the week: http://www.worsleyschool.net/socialarts/telling/time.html
Mrs Psarakis has a lot to do on Saturday. Match the clues to each event that Mrs Psarakis has planned for Saturday. * She will walk the dog first. * She will go shopping with her daughter after lunch. * She will play outside before lunch. * She will eat lunch at noon. At what time will she do these things? Walk the dog. ___________ Go shopping. ___________ Eat lunch. ___________ Play outside. ___________     23/4/09 Answer: Nikki made the star shaped cookies. Wendy made the heart shaped cookies. Alejandra made the round cookies. Patrick Walsh, Maths Coordinator
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Cookie Cutters	Website of the week: http://www.mrnussbaum.com/mathcode.htm
Nikki, Wendy, and Alejandra made cookies. Each made a different cookie shape. Then they sampled each other's cookies. Nikki ate 2 heart shaped cookies and 1 star shaped cookie. Wendy ate 1 heart shaped cookie and 1 star shaped cookie and 1 round cookie. Alejandra ate 1 star shaped cookie and 2 round cookies. When they were done eating, Nikki had 5 cookies left. Wendy had 3 cookies left. Alejandra had 7 cookies left. What cookie shape did each child make? Answer in two weeks   26/3/09 Answer: Miss Weston has: 3 red hats 2 yellow hats (3 - 1 = 2) 6 green hats 4 blue hats (3 + 1 = 4) 5 orange
	Patrick Walsh, Maths Coordinator

Answer in Term Two

Website of the week: http://www.mathszone.co.uk/ (Click on Key Stage 1/2 )

12/3/09 Answer:
Eating Pizza
Miss Morrison ate the plain pizza.
Miss Rossi ate the pepper pizza.
Miss Dimech ate the mushroom pizza.
Miss Hook ate the sausage pizza.

Patrick Walsh, Maths Coordinator

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Hats, Hats and More Hats

* She has 3 red hats. * She has 1 less yellow hat than red hat. * She has 1 more blue hat than red hat. * To find the number of green hats, add the number of yellow hats to the number of blue hats. * The rest of her hats are orange.
How many hats are red? How many hats are yellow? How many hats are green? How many hats are blue? How many hats are orange?

Answer in Term Two

Website of the week: http://www.mathszone.co.uk/ (Click on Key Stage 1/2 )

12/3/09 Answer:
Eating Pizza
Miss Morrison ate the plain pizza.
Miss Rossi ate the pepper pizza.
Miss Dimech ate the mushroom pizza.
Miss Hook ate the sausage pizza.

Patrick Walsh, Maths Coordinator

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Eating Pizza

Miss Morrison, Miss Hook, Miss Rossi and Miss Dimech each ate a different kind of mini-pizza for lunch. After lunch, there was 1/4 of the plain pizza left, 1/3 of the pepper pizza left, 1/2 of the mushroom pizza left, and 5/8 of the sausage pizza left.
* Miss Morrison ate the most.
* Miss Hook ate the least
* Miss Rossi ate more than Miss Dimech.

What kind of pizza did each person eat?

Answer in 2 weeks

Website of the week: http://www.kidport.com/Contents.htm

26/2/09 Answer:
Marathon Members
Miss Mecuri wore 3417.
Miss Mardjetko wore 5216.
Mrs Hocking wore 5500.
Mr Cretney wore 5328.
Mr Jones wore 5330.

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Marathon Members
5500, 5328, 5216, 5330, 3417
These are the numbers that Miss Mecuri, Miss Mardjetko, Mrs Hocking, Mr Cretney, and Mr Jones wore when they ran in a marathon.

Each of the 5,500 runners in the marathon wore a different number. The runners got their numbers in the order that they signed in on the day of the race. So the first person to sign in got number 1 and the last person to sign in got number 5,500.

* Of the group of five, Miss Mecuri had the lowest number.
* The digit in the tens place on Mr Cretney's shirt is one more than the digit in the tens place on Miss Mecuri's shirt.
* Mrs Hocking was the last person to sign in for the race.
* Mr Jones and Mr Cretney were closest to each other in line.
* Miss Mardjetko's number is lower than Mr Cretney's.

What number did each person wear? Answer in two weeks

Website of the week: http://www.supermathsworld.com/

12/2/09 Answer:
Pop Pick Solution
Mr Renshaw: 4 lollipops – 3 red and 1 green
Mr Whelan: 5 lollipops – 4 purple and 1 green
Miss McCormack: 6 lollipops – 2 yellow and 4 purple
Miss Dunn: 5 lollipops – 3 red and 2 yellow

Patrick Walsh, Maths Coordinator

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Welcome to the first instalment of Fun With Maths for 2009.  These problems are designed as way for a discussion of Maths to occur between you and your child. I will be providing a range of problems for all areas of the school. I hope you enjoy these over the coming year and they spark some meaningful maths conversations at home.

Pop Pick

There were 8 bags of lollipops on the table. Mr Renshaw, Miss McCormack, Miss Dunn, and Mr Whelan each chose 2 bags.

    * Miss Dunn picked a bag of red lollipops and a bag of yellow.
    * Mr Whelan picked the two colours that Miss Dunn had not picked.
    * The colours that Miss McCormack picked have 6 letters in their names.
    * Mr Renshaw took the two bags left.

How many lollipops did each child pick?

Answer in two weeks

Website of the week:

http://www.coolmath4kids.com/

Patrick Walsh, Maths Coordinator

The Answer to last week's riddle is:

Answer =100 

This week:

Pants and Shirts

Bobby has 5 shirts: red, blue, green, yellow, and black. He has 4 hats, red, blue, green, and black. He has 3 pairs of pants. How many outfits can he make?

Hold on to your pants, the answer will be available next week !

The Answer to last week's riddle is:

54

This week:

http://www.braingle.com/brainteasers/teaser.php?op=2;id=23316;comm=0

Too many apples
Toad eats 50 apples. Darth eats half of Toad's amount, Settra eats Darth's amount divided by 5, and Hunter eats 20 times Settra's amount. How many did Hunter eat?

The answer will be available next week together with another MATH RIDDLE

Mr Patrick Walsh

Maths Riddles

http://www.braingle.com/brainteasers/teaser.php?op=2;id=37011;comm=0

Millionaire
"And welcome back to Guess That Number! Before the break Mr. Renshaw got to the 1 million dollar question! So, Mr. Renshaw how are you feeling?"
"Very nervous Bill, very nervous," replied Mr. Renshaw.
"Okay Mr. Renshaw, you know what to do. We'll put a set of clues on are screen, and you must figure out what number we're talking about! Today, the mystery number is represented by ‘A’. Mr. Renshaw, if you can figure out what number A stands for in 2 minutes or less, we'll give you 1 million dollars! Are you ready?" asked Mr Jones.
"I hope so," answered Mr. Renshaw.
"Okay! The clues are on our screen! On your mark! Get set! GO!" screamed Mr Jones.
Mr. Renshaw turned around and faced the screen. My challenge to you is can you help Mr. Renshaw win the million dollar prize? Here are the clues given to Mr. Renshaw:
1. 100 is larger than A.
2. A is larger than 30.
3. A is a multiple of 6.
4. The sum of A's digits is 9.
5. The number in the tens place is larger than the number in the ones place.
6. The difference between A's digits is 1.
Mr. Renshaw figured out the answer and scribbled it down on the notebook in front of him right when the buzzer sounded. He raised his answer for all to see.
"Congratulations Mr. Renshaw! You have won 1 million dollars!" Mr Jones said into the microphone.
What number did Mr. Renshaw write in the notebook?

The answer will be available next week together with another MATH RIDDLE

Mr Patrick Walsh

Here are some very interesting Math sites:

External links might go offline, if you find any of the following links broken, please let us know.                                                                                                            

http://www.visualfractions.com/

http://www.mathplayground.com/math_millionaire.html

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html

http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jeather/maths/dictionary.html

http://www.scweb4free.com/elementarymathgames.htm

http://www.learningplanet.com/act/mayhem/index.asp

http://www.learningplanet.com/stu/kids0.asp

http://www.homeschoolmath.net/online/clock.php

http://www.fen.com/studentactivities/MathSplat/mathsplat.htm

http://www.funbrain.com/fractop/index.html

http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Miscellaneous/Popular.html

http://www.primaryschool.com.au/mathematics-lessons.php

http://www.rainforestmaths.com/

http://www.copacabanap.schools.nsw.edu.au/

http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/maths/maths.htm  

http://www.mathplayground.com/thinkingblocks.html

http://www.jmathpage.com/
 

Mr Patrick Walsh

The Answer to last week's riddle is:

Answer=60

This week:

http://www.braingle.com/brainteasers/teaser.php?op=2;id=8327;comm=0

Birthday Party
Tianna is planning her party. She bought a package of 2 dozen paper plates. This will give her 2 extras, and she'll still have enough for each person to have 2 plates: one plate for their hot dogs and chips, another for ice cream and cake. Besides her brother and sister, how many friends will she have at her party?

Come back next week for the answer

Mr Patrick Walsh

The Answer to last week's riddle is:

Answer =100 

This week:

Pants and Shirts

Bobby has 5 shirts: red, blue, green, yellow, and black. He has 4 hats, red, blue, green, and black. He has 3 pairs of pants. How many outfits can he make?

Hold on to your pants, the answer will be available next week !

The Answer to last week's riddle is:

54

This week:

http://www.braingle.com/brainteasers/teaser.php?op=2;id=23316;comm=0

Too many apples
Toad eats 50 apples. Darth eats half of Toad's amount, Settra eats Darth's amount divided by 5, and Hunter eats 20 times Settra's amount. How many did Hunter eat?

The answer will be available next week together with another MATH RIDDLE

Mr Patrick Walsh

Maths Riddles

http://www.braingle.com/brainteasers/teaser.php?op=2;id=37011;comm=0

Millionaire
"And welcome back to Guess That Number! Before the break Mr. Renshaw got to the 1 million dollar question! So, Mr. Renshaw how are you feeling?"
"Very nervous Bill, very nervous," replied Mr. Renshaw.
"Okay Mr. Renshaw, you know what to do. We'll put a set of clues on are screen, and you must figure out what number we're talking about! Today, the mystery number is represented by ‘A’. Mr. Renshaw, if you can figure out what number A stands for in 2 minutes or less, we'll give you 1 million dollars! Are you ready?" asked Mr Jones.
"I hope so," answered Mr. Renshaw.
"Okay! The clues are on our screen! On your mark! Get set! GO!" screamed Mr Jones.
Mr. Renshaw turned around and faced the screen. My challenge to you is can you help Mr. Renshaw win the million dollar prize? Here are the clues given to Mr. Renshaw:
1. 100 is larger than A.
2. A is larger than 30.
3. A is a multiple of 6.
4. The sum of A's digits is 9.
5. The number in the tens place is larger than the number in the ones place.
6. The difference between A's digits is 1.
Mr. Renshaw figured out the answer and scribbled it down on the notebook in front of him right when the buzzer sounded. He raised his answer for all to see.
"Congratulations Mr. Renshaw! You have won 1 million dollars!" Mr Jones said into the microphone.
What number did Mr. Renshaw write in the notebook?

The answer will be available next week together with another MATH RIDDLE

Mr Patrick Walsh

Here are some very interesting Math sites:

External links might go offline, if you find any of the following links broken, please let us know.                                                                                                            

http://www.visualfractions.com/

http://www.mathplayground.com/math_millionaire.html

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html

http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jeather/maths/dictionary.html

http://www.scweb4free.com/elementarymathgames.htm

http://www.learningplanet.com/act/mayhem/index.asp

http://www.learningplanet.com/stu/kids0.asp

http://www.homeschoolmath.net/online/clock.php

http://www.fen.com/studentactivities/MathSplat/mathsplat.htm

http://www.funbrain.com/fractop/index.html

http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Miscellaneous/Popular.html

http://www.primaryschool.com.au/mathematics-lessons.php

http://www.rainforestmaths.com/

http://www.copacabanap.schools.nsw.edu.au/

http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/maths/maths.htm  

http://www.mathplayground.com/thinkingblocks.html

http://www.jmathpage.com/
 

Mr Patrick Walsh

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