June 1, 2008
This Weeks Maths Question
Bertie Beetle Battles
In the last holidays, my nephew came over to stay with me in Warrnambool. The weather was pretty bad, so we spent a lot of time indoors playing games…..but there was a sweetner attached to this fun, and we each earned a few yummy Bertie Beetles.
Everyday, at 11am we would play a game of chess. Whoever lost the game owed a Bertie Beetle to the other. After the last game we played (that was the day he had to leave), we counted the number of games each of us had won and lost. Drats! He had won more than me.
So, I handed him 18 Bertie Beetles… though I myself was the winner in 6 games.
How many days did my nephew spend at my house in Warrnambool?
The answer will be revealed at the end of the week….post your thoughts here at Technomaths and also on your maths page on your own blog.
And my answer is 24.
Filed by cam0051 at 12:24 am under maths Tagged cam0051, globalstudent, hloidays, litercey, maths
Hi Rach…
Looking forward to going to Syd-e-ney? (That’s a joke!)
Hey, I want you to check the question on Technomaths again. There were 11 spiders and flies on the web, not 11 spiders and 11 flies on the web.
Can you see the difference?
There were a total of 78 legs…..so how many spiders on the web, and how many flies on the web?
Have another attempt and post your answer on Technomaths before the end of term before the solution is posted.
Bexta