Mathematics Department

PUZZLES AND INVESTIGATION 

 

Children's Section

See if you can solve any of these puzzles.  There will be new challenges added regularly.  Email your answers to araikes@malsis.com and you may receive a prize!!

 

Week 1

 

A	On the cakes stall at the Summer Fair, slices of apple pie were priced at 40p per
	slice.  No-one bought any so they were reduced to less than half price and the
	total raised was £3.91. By how much was the price of each slice reduced?

B	Investigate these statements, show whether they are true or false.
	1.   All quadrilaterals tessellate 2.  A regular pentagon will not tessellate 3.  A regular hexagon will tessellate
C	A snail climbing up the side of a 10m high building climbs 3m every night and
	slips back 2m every day.  On which night will the snail reach the top?

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