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Aims:
The aims of lhis aclivily are lvo-foId. Iirsl lo encourage leamvork and
communicalion elc. Second, lo give raclice in a range of 'menlaI' arilhmelic
queslions vhich can incIude aIgebra elc.
SIil lhe cIass inlo lvo leams, A and . One leam slands lo lhe Iefl of lhe
room, lhe olher leam slands lo lhe righl side.
Exp!ain that NO vcrba! nr writtcn cnmmunicatinn is a!!nwcd.
Iire off a queslion vilh a numericaI ansver, e.g. The square-rool of 49.
The leam vho can arrange lo Ieave lhe correcl number (7 in lhis case) of
members slanding, scores a oinl. Iach leam is onIy aIIoved one incorrecl
ansver er queslion.
The vinning leam is simIy lhal vilh lhe highesl score afler a series of
queslions.
IossibIe queslions mighl incIude:
1) Whal is lhe square-rool of 49`
2) Whal is 3 squared Ius one`
3) Whal is lhe highesl common faclor of 12 and 30`
4) SoIve lhe equalion: 3( + 1) 27.
5) Hov many edges has a cube`
6) Whal is lhe mean of lhe numbers 5, 8, 8 `
7) Work oul lhe vaIue of 1 + 2 5 2
2
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8) Hov many sides has a decagon`
9) Round lhe number 21.74 lo one significanl figure. HaIve lhe ansver.
10) Whal is lhe unils digil in lhe number 3
3
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