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Answers to most recent puzzles
Bob goes out for a walk with his dog Paws. Bob walks the two kilometres to the bandstand at a regular speed of 3 kilometres an hour. Paws is an exuberant dog who runs straight to the bandstand and then back to Bob, then back to the bandstand and back to Bob and so on until Bob reaches the bandstand when Paws sits down for a rest. If Paws runs at 12 kilometres an hour, how far does he cover before his rest?
Paws travels 8km. Bob takes 40 minutes to walk to the bandstand so Paws runs for 40 minutes at 12 km/h making 8km.
In which sport do the winners move backwards and the losers move forwards?
Tug of War
Which of these numbers is the odd one out? 1 2 4 6 10
4 as it is the only one with four letters (the others all have three)
There is something that gets 50 percent bigger if you turn it upside down. What is it?
6 - upside down it is 9
A man sailed into Portsmouth on Friday. He stayed at a local pub for two days then, because it was a bit noisy, he moved to a hotel for a further day. Then he left again, once more on Friday. How, if he stayed only three days could he sail away on Friday?
His yacht was called Friday.
What is so fragile that you break it just by naming it?
silence
Easter Jokes and Puzzles
Why was the Easter Bunny so upset? Because he was having a bad hare day.
What do you call a duck that just doesn't fit in? Mallardjusted
Jacob has received a Button Easter egg,
Lewis has received a Smarties egg,
Cliff has received a Flake egg,
Has Marc received a Roses egg or a Crunchie egg?
Crunchie egg. They each receive the egg that begins with the last letter of their name.
The leading float in the Easter Parade is travelling at three mph.
It has to retrace its steps to treturn and does so at nine mph.
What is the average speed of the float over the round trip?
4.5mph. Say the distance was 9 miles there and 9 miles back. It would take the float 3 hours to get there and only 1 hour to get back. The average speed would be 18 divided by 4 = 4.5 mph
Test yourself here on the maths quiz that was given to Primary school teachers.
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Past Papers
year 6 SATs papers (English, Maths and Science)
AQA This link takes you to the maths papers. For other subjects just choose from the list on the left.
Unfortunately for this one you will need a centre number. However your school should be able to provide this.
Answers to jokes and puzzles
What odd number becomes even when it is beheaded? SEVEN (without the S it is EVEN)
Mrs Smith bought 99 apples at the market and had the stallholder put them in four bags, carrying an odd number in each bag. How was that possible? He put 33 in each of three bags and then put them all in a fourth bag
It has cities, but no houses. It has forests, but no trees. It has rivers, but no fish.
What is it? A map
Which number is the only number to be spelt with the same number of letters as the number itself. (for example the number 12 (twelve) is made of up 6 letters so this is not the answer) Four as it has 4 letters.
What row of numbers comes next?
1
11
21
1211
111221
312211
13112221
Read each line out loud then you will realise that it is 1113213211
There are six eggs in the basket. Six people each take one of the eggs. How can it be that one egg is left in the basket?
The last person takes the basket with the last egg in it.
What Christmas Carol is the favourite of parents? Silent Night
What does a cat on the beach have in common with Christmas? Sandy Claws
A man was born before his father and married his three sisters. He did nothing wrong either legally or morally. How was this so?
The man was a priest who was born when his father was present (slightly unusual meaning of before). He officiated at his sisters' weddings.
Paul Joins with another saint to produce something permanent. The answer is a nine-letter word.
Paul joined with Peter gives PERPETUAL.
Use me well and I am everybody. Scratch my back and I am nobody. You can look at my face but never see me. What am I?
A mirror
What sort of story begins with a limb and ends with a finish.
A legend
A famous professor had a brother who died. The man who died did not have a brother. How were the professor and the man who died related?
The professor was the dead man's sister.
Tom's mother had three children. One called April, one called May and the other called .......?
Tom
As round as an apple, as deep as a pail. It never cries out, 'til it's caught by the tail. What is it?
A bell
The person who made it did not want it. The person who bought it did not use it. And the person who used it did not know it. What is it?
A coffin
Double Jeopardy - you should ask each guard what the other guard would say. Then go through the opposite door.
Useful links
2009 league table for some of the local schools in the recent GCSE and A level results Just type in North Yorkshire or the school you are looking for.
Primary Resources - a great website with all sorts of ideas for Primary pupils
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