On Thursday 3rd February 2005 - 100 Year 9, 10 and 11 pupils took
part and hopefully enjoyed a mixture of puzzling questions.
Well done to all the following who were successful in gaining a certificate at one of three levels – Mr Gage will present the certificates when they have arrived in school.
Have a go at some of the questions below – would you have been successful?
1. What is the difference between 10% of one million and 10% of one thousand?
A) 9 900 B) 9 990 C) 90 900 D) 99 900 E) 999 900
2. Granny has taken up deep-sea fishing! Last week she caught a fish so big that she had to cut it into three pieces (head, body and tail) in order to weigh it. The tail weighed 9kg and the head weighed the same as the tail plus one third of the body. The body weighed as much as the head and the tail together. How much did the whole fish weigh?
A) 18kg B) 27kg C) 54kg D) 77kg E) 84kg
Report by Mrs Barrett
Silver - Year 11 - Jack Cressey
Year 10 - Samson Sharratt, Georgina Beardmore,
Emily Brown, Charlotte Hillary, Jaime Hage, Niall Dilks
Year 9 - Robert Throup, Callum Boyle, Jennifer Springthorpe
Bronze - Year 11 - Amy Calladine, Tom Cooney,
Adam Evans, Katie Baker, Rachael Haywood, Olivia Wood
Year 10 - Stacey Ball, Karen Hobbs, Mark Rushby,
Martin Ebbage, Matthew Howard, Zoe Simpson
Year 9 - Ian Burton, Alex Gratton, Jay Sandhu, Daniel Arnold
