Friday Puzzle 18th November 2011

I have some pencils and some jars. 

If I put 4 pencils into each jar I will have one jar left over 
If I put 3 pencils into each jar I will have one pencil left over 


How many pencils and how many jars?

Friday Puzzle 4th November

 In a Circle

In a fireworks display, rockets are let off in a circle. The rockets are evenly spaced and the 8th rocket is directly opposite the 16th rocket. How many rockets are there altogether?

Friday Puzzle 14th October 2011

The numbers 1, 2, 4 and 6 are represented by the shapes below.

Can you match the shapes to the numbers so both these problems work?

Friday Puzzle - 30th September 2011

  Planting Trees

You just bought TEN trees...

You want to plant them in FIVE rows with FOUR trees in each row.

How are you going to do it?

 

Angle Properties of Polygons

Investigate the interior angles of regular polygons by completing the table:

investigate

Test Yourself by clicking on the links and answering the questions.
 Use your mini whiteboards or books to jot down any calculations.  

test yourself 1                                                                           
test yourself 2
test yourself 3                       
test yourself 4


Exam Questions (homework +mathswatch)
polygons exam questions

Friday Puzzle - 23rd September 2011

Use four 9's in a math equation that equals 100.

Lesson Starter - Changing the subject of a formula

Changing the subject of a formula

Top of Form

1. If F = ma, what's the value of F when m = 5 and a = 3?

2. If A = 3b - c², find the value of A when b = 4 and c = 2

3. If a = b - c, then c =

4. If v = u + at, then a =

5. If ab + c = bc - a, then a =