Clue posters for MGS World Numbers day.

1. 11/26 Grid number/numbers Numeracy Day 4 th December 2008 Numeracy Day 4 th December 2008 Art & Design How many Angels did this sculptor create for the North?

2. 12 Grid number/numbers Numeracy Day 4 th December 2008 Numeracy Day 4 th December 2008 Question. How many milk teeth does a human child have?

3. 9 Grid number/numbers Numeracy Day 4 th December 2008 Numeracy Day 4 th December 2008 What is the size of B Brian’s span of control? B Brian Manager M Little Assistant B Blues Assistant M Merry Assistant C Peters Assistant C Andrew Assistant

4. Grid number/numbers Numeracy Day 4 th December 2008 Numeracy Day 4 th December 2008 3

5. 25 Grid number/numbers Numeracy Day 4 th December 2008 Numeracy Day 4 th December 2008 The first computers didn’t have screens. Can you imagine that! The output was shown by bulbs lighting up. What number are these bulbs showing?

6. 10 Grid number/numbers Numeracy Day 4 th December 2008 Numeracy Day 4 th December 2008 Computer experts sometimes use a number system called “hex”. What number is he talking about? D

7. Grid number/numbers Numeracy Day 4 th December 2008 Numeracy Day 4 th December 2008 ENGL I SH Take Away Divided By of Equals? 2, 8

8. 5 Grid number/numbers Numeracy Day 4 th December 2008 Numeracy Day 4 th December 2008 La capitale de mon département est très célèbre pour la moutarde et une sorte de vin et je ne suis pas loin de la frontière suisse!

9. Grid number/numbers Numeracy Day 4 th December 2008 Numeracy Day 4 th December 2008 16 Bob is planning a big dinner party and wants to make homemade chocolate ice cream for dessert. He has to make enough for all 6 of his guests, but his recipe book only tells him how to make enough for one person. If he needs 2 ounces of chocolate to make one portion, how many ounces of chocolate does he need to make ice cream?

10. 19 Grid number/numbers Numeracy Day 4 th December 2008 Numeracy Day 4 th December 2008 BAKERS DOZEN-3 2 -1 =

11. 6 Grid number/numbers Numeracy Day 4 th December 2008 Numeracy Day 4 th December 2008 Have you heard the one about the chemist who was reading a book about helium and just couldn’t put it down? If the mass of helium was added to the atomic number of sulphur, what number would you get?

12. Grid number/numbers Numeracy Day 4 th December 2008 Numeracy Day 4 th December 2008 At the start of the school day all the registers must be taken to the school office. Today some of the registers are missing. The following registers have been returned: 11 from Caird House 7 from Grange House 6 from Moray House 9 from Seton house How many registers are missing? 21

13. 13 Grid number/numbers Numeracy Day 4 th December 2008 Numeracy Day 4 th December 2008 If you added up the value of each note below... how many beats would they add up to? Answer: _________ 8

16. 1 Grid number/numbers Numeracy Day 4 th December 2008 Numeracy Day 4 th December 2008 Tiny Tim has a terrible memory and has trouble remembering his house number He knows it is the number of maths classrooms in A corridor PLUS The total number of triangles contained in this shape

17. Grid number/numbers Numeracy Day 4 th December 2008 Numeracy Day 4 th December 2008 14 Geography Find the latitude of this ‘sweet’ Bolivian city. Hint: You may need your foreign language skills to help.

18. Grid number/numbers Numeracy Day 4 th December 2008 Numeracy Day 4 th December 2008 23 History To find this number, you need to add up the numbers of the year that the Battle of Stirling Bridge took place. Hint : By adding up the numbers in ‘2008’, you would get 10 (2+0+0+8=10)

20. 7 Grid number/numbers Numeracy Day 4 th December 2008 Numeracy Day 4 th December 2008 Physics Department Mr. Bowers drives to school every day in his car. It takes him 40 minutes. For part of his journey, he drives on a motorway but he has to stop at a lot of traffic lights too. His average speed is 30 miles per hour. How many miles does Mr. Bowers travel to school ?

21. 24 Numeracy Day 4 th December 2008 Numeracy Day 4 th December 2008 What is the maximum amount of time you could spend in jail for: 3 counts of possession of cannabis 1 count of possessing heroin 1 count of possessing ecstasy Go to Talk to Frank http://www.talktofrank.com/home_html.aspx for some help!

22. 17 Numeracy Day 4 th December 2008 Numeracy Day 4 th December 2008 How many units are there in: Fosters lager (4%) – 4 x 500ml cans White wine (12%) – 3 x large glasses Absolut vodka (40%) – 3 x 25ml shots Go to Drink aware – unit calculator http://www.drinkaware.co.uk/tips-and-tools/drink-diary/ for some help!