Thursday 3 August 2017

#1 Home Learning Challenge - Distinction

This week my Home Learning challenge was Cantamaths, It is a maths team that represents Oakands school in a maths competition. Here are some of the questions. I have shown the CARE values Active Thinking and Excellence, I have also shown the Leadership Trait Trustworthy because I committed to doing cantamaths and they teachers trusted me to do them.


2011 Year 7 Cantamaths Questions 1-5



Question
Answer
1
27 x 12 = 9 x ?
36
2
What do you get when you subtract forty five hundredths from twenty seven tenths? Write your answer as a decimal.
2.25
3
Courtney has 9 pairs of black socks and 6 pairs of red socks in her drawer. Her husband put them away without matching them up. Courtney gets up in the dark and cannot see what colour socks she removes from the drawer.
What is the minimum number of socks she must remove to be sure to have ONE matching pair of socks to wear?
3
4
Brett’s birthday is June 13th. Martin’s birthday is December 13th.
In a year when Brett’s birthday falls on a Sunday, what day will Martin’s birthday fall on?
Monday
5
Two fair six-sided dice are rolled. The product of their numbers is found.
What is the probability that the product is odd?
Express your answer as a fraction its simplest form.
1/4


2011 Year 7 Cantamaths Questions 6-10



Question
Answer
6
167
7

8
When a number is divided by 3 the remainder is 1. When the same number is divided by 4 the remainder is 2.
When the same number is divided by 5 the remainder is 3.
What is the smallest whole number this can be?
11
9
What is the sum of the three missing numbers in this sequence?
4, 7, 12, 19, ___, ___, ___, 67,
28, 39, 52
10
What is the product of the whole number factors of 20?
1, 2, 4, 5, 10 and 20

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