Your maths group is ___
Starter Activity:
Think of a mathematical word beginning with
the same letter as your first name.
Beware!!!
If someone says your word before it gets to
you, you will need to think of another one.
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Introductions and expectations
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Name: (write your name)
Subject: Maths ____ Mrs Muldowney
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6 B's + ......
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To AVOID talking when I'm talking.
To complete homework for the correct day.
To ask if you are unsure of anything.
To remain sitting in the seats you are sat in
today unless you are told otherwise.
...it's your choice!!
NOW .... What do you expect from me?
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1. Some months have 30 days, some months have 31. How
many have 28 days?
All of them .. Every month has
at least 28 days.
2. If a doctor gives you 3 pills and tells you to take one pill
every half an hour. How long before all the pills are
taken?
One hour
3. Divide 30 by a half and add ten. What do you get?
70
30 ÷ ½ = 60 + 10
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4. A farmer had 17 sheep and all but 9 die. How many are
left?
9
5. What do you put in a toaster
Bread
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6. Do this as a group ...
Out loud say “silk” five times
Now spell “silk”
Now answer the question : What do cows drink?
Water
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7. I have 2 coins which add up to 15p and one of the coins
is NOT a 10p piece. What are the two coins?
10p and 5p – only ONE of the
coins is not 10p
8. If a red house is made of red bricks and a blue house is
made of blue bricks what is a green house made of?
Glass
9. A plan crashes on the Canadian – US border. Where
would you bury the survivors?
You don’t bury
survivors
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10. Jonnie’s mother has 3 kids, one is named April, one is
named May. What is the other named?
Jonnie
11. A cowboy rode into town on Friday, spent the night and
left on Friday. How can this be?
His horse was called Friday
12. A rooster laid an egg on the apex of a slanted barn roof.
Which way would the egg roll: left or right?
Roosters don’t lay eggs
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13. In a one storey house, the floor is blue, and the walls are
white. What colour are the stairs?
There are no stairs
14. If you take 2 apples from 3 apple, what do you have?
2 apples.... You took them!
15. How many animals of each species did Moses take with
him on the ark?
0 ... it was Noah
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16. Is it legal for a man in California to marry his widows
sister?
No ... He’s dead
17. An assistant in a butchers shop is 184 cm tall. What does
he weigh?
Meat
18. If you only have one match and enter a cold dark room
where there is an oil heater, an oil lamp and a candle ...
Which would you light first?
The match
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