You run a theme park and have just opened a new roller-coaster.

It has the following features:

Write an advertisement for the new roller-coaster:

• persuade people that the new roller-coaster is the best there is;

• include all the reasons why people will enjoy the new ride;

• use words and phrases to make the ride sound exciting.

Write your advertisement.

]]> http://stbrigidsstage3.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/week-10-thrills-and-spills/feed/ 0 namadio rollercoaster http://stbrigidsstage3.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/week-10-what-an-experience/ http://stbrigidsstage3.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/week-10-what-an-experience/#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:52:05 +0000 Natalie Baker http://stbrigidsstage3.wordpress.com/?p=182 ]]> What an experience!

Imagine you are on holiday in a hotel on the moon.  You

are keeping a record of your experiences, to show your

friends when you get home.

Complete the entry for Day 1.

Ted likes to eat healthful meals. He always eats one of his favorite vegetables: broccoli, string beans, or a mix of peas and carrots. He always has either rice or mashed potatoes. And he always has either chicken, beef, or lamb.

How many possible combinations of his favorite vegetables, starches, and meats are there?

2. Heads and Legs

The City Zoo has a special exhibit on spiders and snakes. A visitor decided to count all the legs and all the heads of the many strange animals on exhibit. She found that there were 24 heads and 64 legs. She noticed that all the spiders have 8 legs each, the snakes have no legs, and, of course, snakes and spiders all have one head each.

How many spiders and how many snakes are there in the exhibit?

3. Bicycles and tricycles

Apple Lake Bike Shop has a total of 32 bicycles and tricycles for rent. The shop owner checked all 74 wheels at the beginning of the season to make sure they were in good condition.

How many of them are bicycles and how many are tricycles?

Maybe this week someone will have a go at these problems!!

Find the answers to the following problems. Don’t forget to number your answers in your post.

GOOD LUCK!

1.  If 2 cds and 3 tapes cost $51, and 2 cds and 5 tapes cost $65, what is the cost of 1 tape?

2.  If a shirt and tie cost $45, a shirt and jacket cost $155, and a jacket and a tie cost $120, what is the cost of the shirt?

3.  If 2 cheese and tomato pizzas and one garlic bread cost $10.60, and one cheese and tomato pizza and 2 garlic breads cost $6.50, what is the total cost of 1 cheese and tomato pizza and 1 garlic bread?

4.  8 bolts and 6 nuts weigh 138 grams.  3 bolts and 5 nuts weigh 71 grams.  Work out the weight of the following:-

(a) 4 bolts and 3 nuts

(b) 11 bolts and 11 nuts

(c) 3 bolts and 3 nuts

(d) 1 bolt

5.  The numbers ½ , x, y, ¾ are in increasing order of size.  The difference between successive numbers in this list are all the same.  What is the value of y?

6.  The last part of a telephone number has four digits, e.g.

7814            1487            2103            2772

The last part of the telephone number can start with any digit apart from zero.

The other three digits can be any number.  How many four digit numbers are there?

7.  If 100 dice show a total score of 361, what is the total of the 100 numbers which are hidden underneath each of these dice?

8.  A train leaves Wollongong at 11 am and travels at a speed of 60km/hr to Sutherland, which is approximately 60km from Wollongong.  Another train leaves Sutherland at 11:30 am on the same day, and travels on a parallel track towards Wollongong at the same speed of 60km/hr.  At what time do the trains pass each other?

9.  In a directory of names of members of a club, 25 names are listed on each page, beginning with page 1.  On what page is the 730th name listed?

10.  Find the cost of 1 1/4 kg of carrots at $1.88 per kg.

11.  In a shop, pens cost 45c each and pencils cost 16c each.  What is the total number of pens and pencils that I can buy for exactly $2.60?

12.  A cookery book recommends that the cooking time for a turkey should be calculated as follows:  36 minutes for each kg of turkey, plus an extra 34 minutes.  On this advice, how many kg of turkey would there be for a recommended cooking time of 4 hours?

13.  A bucket weighs 8 kilograms when full of water, and it weighs 4.8 kilograms when half full of water.  What does it weigh when it is a quarter full of water?

14.  Of the 26 boys in a class, 21 are right handed.  If 10 of the boys in the class wear glasses, what is the least number of right handed boys in the class who wear glasses.

15.  If 20th May is a Tuesday, what day is 20th June?

16.  Uncle Arthur is completely mad.  He adds up all of the even numbers between 0 and 1000 (including the number 1000), then he adds up all of the odd numbers between 0 and 1000, and finally he calculates the difference between the two totals.  What answer does he get?

17.   A mango costs five times as much as an orange.  I pay $1.74 for one mango and one orange.  Find the cost of an orange.

PART 1:

Look up the following words in a dictionary:

1. EXTENDED

2. REGENERATING

3. SPECIES

4. POLAR

5. CONTINENT

6. PROTECT

7. ENERGY

8. JOLTED

After you have found the meaning, write out the meaning for each word in YOUR OWN WORDS!

PART 2:

Use each word to write a complex (and interesting!) sentence.

Find the answers to the following problems. Don’t forget to number your answers in your post.

GOOD LUCK!

1.  If 2 cds and 3 tapes cost $51, and 2 cds and 5 tapes cost $65, what is the cost of 1 tape?

2.  If a shirt and tie cost $45, a shirt and jacket cost $155, and a jacket and a tie cost $120, what is the cost of the shirt?

3.  If 2 cheese and tomato pizzas and one garlic bread cost $10.60, and one cheese and tomato pizza and 2 garlic breads cost $6.50, what is the total cost of 1 cheese and tomato pizza and 1 garlic bread?

4.  8 bolts and 6 nuts weigh 138 grams.  3 bolts and 5 nuts weigh 71 grams.  Work out the weight of the following:-

(a) 4 bolts and 3 nuts

(b) 11 bolts and 11 nuts

(c) 3 bolts and 3 nuts

(d) 1 bolt

5.  The numbers ½ , x, y, ¾ are in increasing order of size.  The difference between successive numbers in this list are all the same.  What is the value of y?

6.  The last part of a telephone number has four digits, e.g.

7814            1487            2103            2772

The last part of the telephone number can start with any digit apart from zero.

The other three digits can be any number.  How many four digit numbers are there?

7.  If 100 dice show a total score of 361, what is the total of the 100 numbers which are hidden underneath each of these dice?

8.  A train leaves Wollongong at 11 am and travels at a speed of 60km/hr to Sutherland, which is approximately 60km from Wollongong.  Another train leaves Sutherland at 11:30 am on the same day, and travels on a parallel track towards Wollongong at the same speed of 60km/hr.  At what time do the trains pass each other?

9.  In a directory of names of members of a club, 25 names are listed on each page, beginning with page 1.  On what page is the 730th name listed?

10.  Find the cost of 1 1/4 kg of carrots at $1.88 per kg.

11.  In a shop, pens cost 45c each and pencils cost 16c each.  What is the total number of pens and pencils that I can buy for exactly $2.60?

12.  A cookery book recommends that the cooking time for a turkey should be calculated as follows:  36 minutes for each kg of turkey, plus an extra 34 minutes.  On this advice, how many kg of turkey would there be for a recommended cooking time of 4 hours?

13.  A bucket weighs 8 kilograms when full of water, and it weighs 4.8 kilograms when half full of water.  What does it weigh when it is a quarter full of water?

14.  Of the 26 boys in a class, 21 are right handed.  If 10 of the boys in the class wear glasses, what is the least number of right handed boys in the class who wear glasses.

15.  If 20th May is a Tuesday, what day is 20th June?

16.  Uncle Arthur is completely mad.  He adds up all of the even numbers between 0 and 1000 (including the number 1000), then he adds up all of the odd numbers between 0 and 1000, and finally he calculates the difference between the two totals.  What answer does he get?

17.   A mango costs five times as much as an orange.  I pay $1.74 for one mango and one orange.  Find the cost of an orange.

Remember to work backwards through the questions and turn the operations into their inverse partners!!

+ and x

-   and ÷

1. I think of a number.  I subtract 25 and add 2.  I then multiply by 2.  My answer is 154, what was my number?

2. I think of a number.  I add 15 and multiply by 2.  Then I divide by 2 and my answer is 16, what was my number?

3. I think of a number.  I divide by 2, add 98 and my answer is 100.  What was my number?

4. I think of a number.  I add 50, multiply by 3 and subtract 25.  My answer is 275.  What was my number?

5. I think of a number.  I multiply by 20, divide by 10 and subtract 5.  The answer is 195.  what was my number?

6. I think of a number.  I double it, add 31, and then subtract 4. My answer is 149, what was my number?

7. I think of a number, I multiply it by 2, and then add 9.  The answer is 20.  What was my number?

8. I think of a number, I divide by 4, add 1.5 and then double it.  My answer is 23.  what was the number?

9. I think of a number, I multiply by itself, subtract 44, add 10 and my answer is 110.   What was the number?

10. I think of a number, I subtract 35, add 5 and then multiply by 1.  My answer is 0.  What was the number?

Now write your own “I think of a number word problem” and explanation of how to work it out.

If you’ve ever seen any sport on television then you’ll know that the job of a sports commentator is to tell the viewer exactly what’s happening even when the viewer can see what is happening!

Your homework is to imagine that you are a commentator. Instead of talking about a football match or motor race I want you to commentate on an everyday activity.

So you could do the commentary on someone washing the dishes, making the dinner or doing something completely different. It’s up to you.

It might help you if you listen to some commentators on the television or radio.

“Are we there yet?” is a phrase young children often say on long car journeys.

I would like you to imagine a family that is going on holiday. They are inside their car driving down the motorway. Imagine what is happening in the car. Think about what they might be doing and what they might be talking about.

What I want you to do is write down part of this car journey. Instead of writing it as a story I would like you to write it in the form of a script. Imagine that you are writing it as part of a TV programme.

Think about what the children might want to know about the holiday. How might they behave on a long car journey? What are their parents doing?

Start off your script with..

Julie: Are we there yet?

Dad: [glancing backwards] No!

Julie: When will we get there?

End your script with.

Julie: Are we there yet?

*Don’t forget to number your answers in your post.

1. Order the following fractions from the smallest to the largest:

½, ¾, ¼, ⅛, ⅞,

2. Sarah has 348 gel pens. She gives ¾ of them away. How many does she give away?

3. Rachael has 5 packets of 20 biscuits. She puts three tenths of them on a plate. How many biscuits are on the plate?

4. James buys 65 sweets. He eats 4/5 of them. How many does he have left?

5. Robert has 816 marbles. He puts ⅜ of them in his pocket for a game. How many does he put in his pocket?

6. A small bag of flour is 3kg and a large bag is 9kg. What fraction of the large bag is the small bag?

7. I have £10. I give £6 to my friend Lucy. What fraction of £10 have I given her?

8. What fraction of 1 meter is 25cm?

9. What fraction of £2 is 40p?

10. I have 608 sweets I eat three quarters of them. How many have I eaten?