Maths in the Palace
The Palace is full of different
shapes.
See which shapes you can find as
you walk around both inside and
outside the Palace.
Can you find any:Rectangles
Spheres
Squares
Cubes
Circles
Cylinders
Ovals
Cones
Semi circles
Pyramids
Triangles
Cuboids
1
1] The Great Hall
Look at the windows at the top of the Great
Hall.
a) How many windows are there along one
long side of the Great Hall?
b) Do you think there will be the same
number of windows on the opposite side of
the Hall? (Clue: The Great Hall is
symmetrical)
c) How many windows are there along one
short side of the Great Hall?
d) How can you work out how many windows
there are without counting them all?
2] Corridor leading from the Great Hall
a) How many stone heads are there on
each side of the corridor?
b) How many stone heads in total in the
corridor?
c) Each stone head is standing on a piece
of marble (a plinth). What 3D (3
dimensional) shape is this plinth - a cube,
a cylinder or a sphere?
3] Churchill bedroom
a) Find two 2D shapes in this bedroom. (The
2D shapes shown on the front cover of this quiz
will give you a clue.)
b) Find a 3D shape in this room.
4] The China Ante Room
a) Count the number of paintings on the
wall.
b) How many paintings are there of the
Palace in this room?
c) Work out the answer:Total paintings – Palace paintings =
5] Green Drawing Room
a) How many paintings in this room
contain dogs?
b) How many other real animals and
birds can you see in the paintings, on
the ceiling and on the ornaments?
c) Do the sum:Dogs + other animals =
2
6] Red Drawing Room
a) How many chairs are there in this room on
display behind the rope?
b) How many sofas are there in this room?
Do these sums
c) Chairs + sofas =
d) Chairs – sofas =
e) Chairs x (multiplied by) sofas =
7] Green Writing Room
a) How many clocks are there in this room?
Look at the face of one of the clocks. Instead of
numbers there are Roman Numerals.
I=1 II=2 III=3 IV=4 V=5 VI=6 ?=7
VIII=8 IX=9 X=10
b) What does the number 7 look like in Roman
numerals?
8] The Saloon
a) Look at the ceiling. What shape is the
painting on the ceiling?
b) What other 2D shapes can you find on the
walls and the floor?
9] The First State Room
a) What time does it say on the two clocks in
this room?
b) Stand looking at the painting of the lady
above the fireplace. If you turned ¼ way round
clockwise what would you be looking at?
c) If you then turned ½ way round anticlockwise what would you be looking at?
10] The Second State Room
a) Do you think that both Tapestries are the same
size?
b) Look around the edge of one of the Tapestries.
Which measurement seems to be the longest, the
height or the width?
c) What 2D shape are the Tapestries?
d) Look at one of the large mirrors in this room.
How many right angles can you see in the
mirrors?
11] The Third State Room
Stand so you are looking out of the windows. You
are facing south, looking at the South Lawn.
a) What would you be looking at if you were facing
north?
b) What would you be looking at if you were facing
east?
c) What would you be looking at if you were facing
west?
3
12] The Long Library
Look up at the ceiling above the statue of
Queen Anne.
a) What 2D shapes can you see?
b) How many sides does a triangle have?
c) How many sides does a square have?
d) What is a shape called that has 5 sides?
e) How many sides does the main shape have
in the ceiling above Queen Anne? (Clue: this
shape is called an Octagon)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Answers
1] Great Hall
a)5 b) Yes 5 again c) 3 d) Add together a long side (5) and a short side (3) then multiply by 2 = 16
2] Corridor leading from the Great Hall
a) 4 on each side b) 8 in total in the corridor c) A Cylinder
3] Churchill bedroom
a) Mirror above fireplace is a rectangle, mirror on the dresser is an oval, square & rectangle shapes on the door
b) Small brass spheres on the bed
4] China Ante Room
a) 12 b) 3 c) 9
5] Green Drawing Room
a) 2 b) 1 deer in a painting, 4 eagles on the ceiling, 2
birds on the mirror. (For extra points you may find a
sheep and a goat on the mirror but they are very difficult to see.) c) 9 (or 11 including the sheep and goat)
6] Red Drawing Room
a) 10 b) 2 c) 12 d) 8 e) 20
7] Green Writing Room
a) 3 b) VII (You may notice that on the clock face the
number 4 is show as IIII. There was a tradition that IIII
was less confusing for telling the time than IV.)
The Education Department
Direct line: 01993 810535
Direct e mail [email protected]
8] The Saloon
a) Oval b) Square, diamond, rectangle and circle
9] The First State Room
a) The time at that moment
b) Back the way you have come
c) The way to go next
10] The Second State Room
a) Yes, they are the same size b) The width c) Rectangle d) 8
11] The Third State Room
a) One large and two thin Tapestries b) Back the way you have come c) The way to go next
12] Long Library
a) Triangle, square
b) Triangle has 3 sides. c) A square has 4 sides. d) A Pentagon has 5 sides. e) An Octagon has 8 sides .
4