1. Numeracy Puzzles Week 3

2. No 11 - TRIPLE TALLY Three students are each asked to pick 4 numbers under ten, and multiply them together. They all came up with the same answer, even though they don’t all pick the same numbers. How?

3. No 12 - INTO THE GROOVES A vinyl record measures 32cm across. There is a 1 cm margin around the edge and a centre label, which measures 10 cm across. There are 30 grooves per cm. How far does the needle travel if the record is played from start to finish?

4. No 13 - GOBBLEDEGOOK What famous expression is this? 100S549 A3100F 4E621T00 28Y2167

5. No 14 - FOOTBALL CRAZY You are refereeing a football game between a red team and a blue team. Four of the players on the pitch are called Kevin, one in the red team and three in the blue. Three are called David, two in the red team and one in the blue. Both goalkeepers are called John. What is the referee’s name?

6. No15 - BART’S DELETIONS Mr Bartulovich likes to play word games. He typed the word SNOWING, and then deleted the letter N to leave the word SOWING. He continued to delete one letter at a time, always creating a new word, until only one letter was left, and that too was a word. In what order did Bart remove the letters?

7. SOLUTIONS: 11. Each chose 0 as one of their numbers. 12. 10 cm 13. Safety in numbers 14. Your name – you are the ref. 15. SNOWING, SOWING, SWING, WING, WIN, IN, I