There are many angles on the Better Tuition Christmas tree below. How many are acute, how many obtuse and how many are right angled? Print it off to make the task easier: answers revealed at the very bottom of this post. Santa’s watching: don’t cheat!
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Answers:
There are 7acute, 6 obtuse and 6 right angles.
0 – 6 could do better!
7 – 12 good!
13 – 16 well done!
It’s day fifteen of Better Tuition’s advent calendar and we have some festive non-verbal reasoning activity for you. Scroll to the end of the page to find the answers (no cheating!).
Teachers, please feel free to print this out and use it with your class.
Parents, please feel free to print this out and use it with your child(ren). Our Director of Teaching and Learning, Christine McLaughlin, has created this NVR activity especially for young people who feel intimidated by the challenges of NVR. The use of familiar, festive images will, we hope, engage young learners and give them the opportunity to build confidence.
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Answers: 1.b, 2.b, 3.d, 4.b, 5. a, 6. b, 7. b, 8. d
Beth is making gingerbread men for Christmas. She uses 2 raisins for eyes and 3 raisins for buttons for each gingerbread man. She buys 4 boxes of raisins, each with 120 raisins in it. How many dozens of gingerbread men can she make? The solution can be found at the bottom of this post.
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Welcome to Day Thirteen of Better Tuition’s Winter Advent Activity Calendar. Today we have some Christmas maths problems for you, this time in the form of an interactive quiz. These problems focus on measures of time – so it might be a good idea to take a quick scan over this section on the Better Tuition measures card (below).
Call into Better Tuition if you’d like a hard copy of this measures card.
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Teachers, please feel free to use this with your class. Parents, please feel free to use this with your child(ren).
Does your child need help with numeracy? Better Tuition is Urmston’s independent tuition centre for maths, English, science and entrance exam preparation. We tutor young people aged 5-16. Call Paul Syrett or Christine McLaughlin today on 0161 748 3912 to book your FREE assessment at our Urmston tuition centre.
Learning shouldn’t stop over the festive season but hunger most definitely should. Millions of people in developing countries will go to bed hungry tonight. Day 12 of our advent challenge is dedicated to freerice.com.
Play the learning games at freerice.com and for each correct answer, 10 grains of rice will be donated through the UN World Food Program to help end hunger. There are several subject areas but we think thevocabulary quiz is most apposite for Key Stage 2 children in the UK. It really is an excellent way to learn new words while helping fight hunger.
The program adjusts according to the ability of the player and is challenging without being too taxing.
It takes a lot of grains of rice to feed someone (around 19,000 grains will provide the calorific requirements of one adult for one day – that’s 1900 correctly answered questions on freerice.com) – but doing a little with a lot of other people can really make a big difference. Free Ricers have already fed more than 5 million people, just by clicking on correct answers. Try it now and start making a difference.
Welcome to Day Eleven of Better Tuition’s 2013 Winter Advent Activity Calendar. Today we have a festive comprehension for you. This comprehension is best suited to Years 4/5/6 and will take no longer than fifteen minutes. The quiz is multiple choice and you will find the answers here. It’s not self-marking, so please write your answers down.
Read the mince pie recipe carefully then answer every question.
Mince Pies
Ingredients
300g cold margarine, diced
480g plain flour
135g caster sugar
pinch of salt
375g mincemeat
icing sugar, to dust
Method
Preheat the oven to 200C/gas 6/fan 180C if baking immediately.
To make the pastry, put the margarine and the flour in a bowl and rub together until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
Next mix in the caster sugar together with a pinch of salt. Roll the pastry into a ball and knead it briefly. The dough should be fairly firm. You can use the dough immediately, or chill for later.
Grease two 12-hole mince pie tins with a little margarine. Divide the pastry into small balls and press individual portions into each hole. Make sure you keep some pastry back for the pie lids. Spoon the mincemeat into the pies. Do not overfill them.
Roll the remaining pastry into smaller balls than before and pat them between your hands to make lids. These should be big enough to cover the pies. Line 18 holes of two 12-hole patty tins by pressing small walnut-sized balls of pastry firmly into them. Top the pies with their pastry lids; press the edges gently together to seal. If you like you can now freeze the pies for up to one month.
If baking now, brush the tops of the pies with milk. Place in the oven for 20 minutes until golden. Leave to cool in the tin for 5 minutes, then remove to a wire rack. A light dusting of icing sugar will give the finishing touch.
Mince Pies
Read the mince pie recipe carefully then answer every question.
Welcome to Day Ten of Better Tuition’s 2013 Winter Advent Activity Calendar. Today we have a spelling challenge for you. This quiz is best suited to Years 5/6 and will take no longer than ten minutes.
Does your child need extra help or a boost? Better Tuition is Urmston’s independent tuition centre for maths, English, science and entrance exam preparation. We tutor young people aged 5-16. Call us today on 0161 748 3912 to book your FREE assessment.
We hope you are enjoying our advent activities – there are plenty more to come! Does your child need extra help or a boost? Better Tuition is Urmston’s independent tuition centre for maths, English, science and entrance exam preparation. We tutor young people aged 5-16. Call us today on 0161 748 3912 to book your FREE assessment.
It’s day nine of Better Tuition’s advent calendar and we have a fun, festive activity for you. Can you match the Christmas greetings with the correct language? You will find the answers here tomorrow.
Merry Christmas from the Better Tuition Centre, Urmston
Teachers, please feel free to print this out and use it with your class.
Parents, please feel free to print this out and use it with your child(ren).
Does your child need extra help or a boost? Better Tuition is Urmston’s independent tuition centre for maths, English, science and entrance exam preparation. We tutor young people aged 5-16. Call us today on 0161 748 3912 to book your FREE assessment.
Non-verbal reasoning
