Thursday, 27 November 2014

Mission complete

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Have a careful look at this image. 

1) What do you think is happening in this image? How do you know?
2) Where do you think this is happening? What is the evidence?
3) What do you think happened next?

Swordsmen, at your ready!



There are some mysterious words here which you may not recognise or understand their meaning. Can you research and find out what they mean?

Tuesday, 25 November 2014

Reach 100!

Here is your challenge...

You must choose four different digits from 19 and put one in each box. For example:
Square divide into four, with 5,2,1 & 9 in the sections. 
This gives four two-digit numbers:
52 (reading along the 1st row)
19 (reading along the 2nd row)
51 (reading down the left hand column)
29 (reading down the right hand column)

In this case their sum is 151.

Your challenge is to find four different digits that give four two-digit numbers which add to a total of 100. Can you find 4 different numbers to put in the grid?

Think about:
Where could you start?
How do the four digits you choose contribute to the zero in the units column of 100?

Monday, 24 November 2014

Astonished astronomers!

One of the stars of the night sky had begun to change. This star had always been a very tiny star, of no importance at all. It had shone up there for billions and trillions and sillions of years in the Constellation of Orion, that great shape of the giant hunger that strides across space on autumn and winter nights. in all its time this tiny star had never changed in any way.

Now, suddenly, it began to get bigger.
In the style of the Author Ted Hughes, write the next part of the story.