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Welcome to

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Your maths group is ___

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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.

Today’s lesson

Introductions and expectations

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Exercise books &

Folders

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Name: (write your name) Subject: Maths ____ Mrs Muldowney

What Mrs M expects from

you...

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6 B's + ......

- 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?

1. Some months have 30 days, some months have 31. How many have 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?

3. Divide 30 by a half and add ten. What do you get?

All of them .. Every month has at least 28 days.

70 30 ÷ ½ = 60 + 10

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NOW FOR THE

ANSWERSOne hour

Lateral

Thinking ....

4. A farmer had 17 sheep and all but 9 die. How many are left?

5. What do you put in a toaster

9

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NOW FOR THE

ANSWERSBread

Lateral

Thinking ....

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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Lateral

Thinking ....

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?

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?

9. A plan crashes on the Canadian – US border. Where would you bury the survivors?

10p and 5p – only ONE of the coins is not 10p

You don’t bury survivors

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NOW FOR THE

ANSWERS Glass

Lateral

Thinking ....

10. Jonnie’s mother has 3 kids, one is named April, one is named May. What is the other named?

11. A cowboy rode into town on Friday, spent the night and left on Friday. How can this be?

12. A rooster laid an egg on the apex of a slanted barn roof. Which way would the egg roll: left or right?

Jonnie

Roosters don’t lay eggs

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NOW FOR THE

ANSWERSHis horse was called

Friday

Lateral

Thinking ....

13. In a one storey house, the floor is blue, and the walls are white. What colour are the stairs?

14. If you take 2 apples from 3 apple, what do you have?

15. How many animals of each species did Moses take with him on the ark?

There are no stairs

0 ... it was Noah

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NOW FOR THE

ANSWERS2 apples.... You took

them!

Lateral

Thinking ....

16. Is it legal for a man in California to marry his widows sister?

17. An assistant in a butchers shop is 184 cm tall. What does he weigh?

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?

No ... He’s dead

The match

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NOW FOR THE

ANSWERSMeat

Lateral

Thinking ....

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