The Headmaster's Desk

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30405, 2 April 1964, Page 11

The Headmaster's Desk

12. What five coins make these amounts? 3fd, 2/3, 6/3, 6d, 6/1, 9/9.

13. Count these mixed moneys: 2/6, 2/-, 3d, Id. 14. How much change is there from five half-crowns, if I spend 10/10: buy half a dozen tins of fruit at 1/11 a tin: buy three theatre tickets at 3/10 each: lose two halfcrowns and find a florin. 15. What sort of sum is each of these. Do not work them out, just put + X or How many seventies in 1940. Mount Everest is 29,002 feet high. Mount Cook is 12,349 feet high. How much higher is Everest? How much must be added to £7-13-6 to make £2O-10? A space ship travels at 17,500 miles an hour: how far does it travel in 45) hours? 16. Write these statements using figures and signs only. Don’t work them out 4) score are ninety. A car travels at 50 miles an hour for 1J hours. How far does it travel? Two less than a thousand is nine hundred and ninetyeight. After subtracting 127

minutes, breakfast 10 minutes; the bell goes at five minutes to nine; how long has Tom got to get to school? A bus seats 33 people; how many buses are needed for 327? Shoe sizes start at 4 inches which is size 0; each size is one third of an inch longer than the previous size; what is the length of a size 10 shoe? What is four times one quarter of one? What is two times one half of sixteen? What is one half of a half of twelve?

21. This is part of a ruler (illustrated) maked in inches: how far is it from A to B, A to C, C to E, B to F, D to F. 22. Make guesses and then find out Write your guesses down before you begin to find out What does a house brick weigh? What is the length of your room? How long is this sheet of paper? What is the weight of a milk bottle? How many milk bottles would be as long as a yard? How far it is from the front door of the school to the headmaster’s office?