Ashlawn Year 6 into Year 7 Summer Homework
Answer as the questions below showing all your working out.
Guess the Shape Riddles (Hint:- you may want to draw out the shapes)
I have four equal sides. What am I? ___________ or ___________
I have two lines of symmetry. What am I? __________ or _________
I have on line of symmetry and no parallel sides. What am I? ___________
Fractions
(Hint:- a diagram can help you with fractions)
1/4 of the audience in the Globe in 1599 are “groundlings”.
2/5 of these “groundlings” are women.
There are 1240 at the Globe Theatre for the performance
of a Midsummer Nights Dream altogether.
How many of the “groundlings” were men?
Money
(Hint:- can you work out the cost of 1 bag?)
4 bags cost £32 and 5 bags and two books cost £48.
Work out the cost of 7 bags and 3 books?
Algebra Square
Fill in the gaps
Total
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a = ________
24
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b = ________
Ratio Problem
In pre-decimal currency, 4 farthings
made one old penny. 12 old pennies
made one shilling. 20 shillings made one
pound. A guinea was 21 shillings. A halfcrown coin was worth two shillings and
six pence. Ten florins were worth £1 and
a groat was worth 12 farthings. Arrange
them in increasing order of value and say
how many pennies each was worth.