1. Welcome to Maths Your maths group is ___ www.justmaths.co.uk Starter Activity: Think of a mathematical word beginning with the same letter as your first name. Beware!!! If someone says your word before it gets to you, you will need to think of another one.

2. Today’s lesson Introductions and expectations www.justmaths.co.uk

3. Exercise books & Folders www.justmaths.co.uk Name: (write your name) Subject: Maths ____ Mrs Muldowney

4. What Mrs M expects from you... www.justmaths.co.uk 6 B's +...... - To AVOID talking when I'm talking. - To complete homework for the correct day. - To ask if you are unsure of anything. - To remain sitting in the seats you are sat in today unless you are told otherwise....it's your choice!! NOW.... What do you expect from me?

5. 1.Some months have 30 days, some months have 31. How many have 28 days? 2.If a doctor gives you 3 pills and tells you to take one pill every half an hour. How long before all the pills are taken? 3.Divide 30 by a half and add ten. What do you get? All of them.. Every month has at least 28 days. 70 30 ÷ ½ = 60 + 10 www.justmaths.co.uk NOW FOR THE ANSWERS One hour Lateral Thinking....

6. 4. A farmer had 17 sheep and all but 9 die. How many are left? 5. What do you put in a toaster 9 www.justmaths.co.uk NOW FOR THE ANSWERS Bread Lateral Thinking....

7. 6. Do this as a group... Out loud say “silk” five times Now spell “silk” Now answer the question : What do cows drink? Water www.justmaths.co.uk Lateral Thinking....

8. 7. I have 2 coins which add up to 15p and one of the coins is NOT a 10p piece. What are the two coins? 8. If a red house is made of red bricks and a blue house is made of blue bricks what is a green house made of? 9. A plan crashes on the Canadian – US border. Where would you bury the survivors? 10p and 5p – only ONE of the coins is not 10p You don’t bury survivors www.justmaths.co.uk NOW FOR THE ANSWERS Glass Lateral Thinking....

9. 10. Jonnie’s mother has 3 kids, one is named April, one is named May. What is the other named? 11.A cowboy rode into town on Friday, spent the night and left on Friday. How can this be? 12. A rooster laid an egg on the apex of a slanted barn roof. Which way would the egg roll: left or right? Jonnie Roosters don’t lay eggs www.justmaths.co.uk NOW FOR THE ANSWERS His horse was called Friday Lateral Thinking....

10. 13. In a one storey house, the floor is blue, and the walls are white. What colour are the stairs? 14.If you take 2 apples from 3 apple, what do you have? 15. How many animals of each species did Moses take with him on the ark? There are no stairs 0... it was Noah www.justmaths.co.uk NOW FOR THE ANSWERS 2 apples.... You took them! Lateral Thinking....

11. 16. Is it legal for a man in California to marry his widows sister? 17.An assistant in a butchers shop is 184 cm tall. What does he weigh? 18. If you only have one match and enter a cold dark room where there is an oil heater, an oil lamp and a candle... Which would you light first? No... He’s dead The match www.justmaths.co.uk NOW FOR THE ANSWERS Meat Lateral Thinking....

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