Mathematical Treasure-hunt: Fractions
Cut out each of the question slides and place them around the room,
stick them on the walls if you wish.
Print out and distribute the answer sheet, one per pupil, or team, and
set them off to find the answers.
The correct answer is:
90, 56, 42, 60, 84, 51, 25, 12, 6, 7, 48, 40, 16, 1, 44, 65
Name:
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Mathematical Treasure-hunt:
Fractions
Name:
Answer Sheet
Mathematical Treasure-hunt:
Fractions
65
Mathematical
Treasure-hunt:
Fractions
What is the
Lowest Common
Multiple (LCM)
of the following
numbers:
2, 3, 5, 9 ?
?
90
Mathematical
Treasure-hunt:
Fractions
A pair of trainers
worth £84 have
been put in the sale
with a third off the
original price. What
is the sale price in
pounds?
?
56
Mathematical
Treasure-hunt:
Fractions
The cost of 6
medium eggs is 48
pence. Small eggs
7
cost 8 of the price
of medium eggs.
How much will 6
small eggs cost (in
pence)?
?
42
Mathematical
Treasure-hunt:
Fractions
Using the price of
medium eggs from
the previous question,
calculate the cost of
6 large eggs (in
pence) if large eggs
cost 25% more than
medium eggs.
?
60
Mathematical
Treasure-hunt:
Fractions
To generate equivalent
fractions we multiply or divide
both the numerator and the
denominator by the same
number.
What value of n will make this
equation true?
6
n

9 126
?
84
Mathematical
Treasure-hunt:
Fractions
3
Find
of
5
85.
?
51
Mathematical
Treasure-hunt:
Fractions
What value will
the numerator
take when you
convert 12½
into an
improper
fraction?
?
25
Mathematical
Treasure-hunt:
Fractions
What is the
Highest
Common
Factor (HCF)
of 36 and 96?
?
12
Mathematical
Treasure-hunt:
Fractions
Derek eats ¾ of a
bar of chocolate
every day. How
many bars of
chocolate does
Derek eat in 8
days?
?
6
Mathematical
Treasure-hunt:
Fractions
What is the
numerator in the
answer to
4 7
 ?
5 8
when written in its
simplest form?
?
7
Mathematical
Treasure-hunt:
Fractions
A digital camera is
1
in the sale with 6
off the normal
price of £288.
How much will be
taken off the price
in pounds?
?
48
Mathematical
Treasure-hunt:
Fractions
5% of the
students in a
school of 800 are
called Adam. How
many students are
called Adam?
?
40
Mathematical
Treasure-hunt:
Fractions
The Sandwich Club of
Great Britain are
going on their annual
picnic. If one
5
sandwich is 8 inch
thick, how many layers
of sandwiches can be
stacked in a box 10
inches high?
?
16
Mathematical
Treasure-hunt:
Fractions
Simplify the
following:
17


7 8
1
8 ?
1
Mathematical
Treasure-hunt:
Fractions
Bridget bought a
new hat in the sales
for £33. The
original price had
been reduced by
25%. What was the
original price (in
pounds)?
?
44
Mathematical
Treasure-hunt:
Fractions
In a general
knowledge quiz
Tina scored 13
out of 20. What
percentage is
this?
?