{"id":4767,"date":"2019-05-21T10:04:01","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T09:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4767"},"modified":"2019-05-21T10:04:04","modified_gmt":"2019-05-21T09:04:04","slug":"fun-with-maths-puzzles-games-and-more-a-resource-book-for-steiner-waldorf-teachers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/05\/21\/fun-with-maths-puzzles-games-and-more-a-resource-book-for-steiner-waldorf-teachers\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun with Maths Puzzles, Games and More: A Resource Book for Steiner-Waldorf Teachers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Fun with Maths Puzzles, Games and More<\/a> is an inspirational and easy-to-use resource book for teachers who want to add interest and engagement to maths lessons. Part of the acclaimed Making Maths Meaningful series<\/a>, this book is a useful resource for Steiner-Waldorf teachers of classes 4 – 12. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here, we share some of the puzzles from the book for you to test your maths skills and share with your class!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Class Four Puzzle<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1.Stacey rides the bus every day back and forth from her house to her work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How much did she have to pay for riding the bus last month, if she worked 18 days, and the cost to ride the bus is \u00a31.40 per one-way trip?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Class Five Puzzle<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Jen owns an apple orchard. Yesterday, her farm harvested 42,000 apples. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If each apple weighs 140g on average, what is the total weight of the apples, and how many boxes are needed if each box holds 30kg?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Class Six Puzzle<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Each of my daughters has as many sisters as brothers, but each of my sons has twice as many sisters as brothers. How many sons and daughters do I have?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Class Seven Puzzle<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Tickets at a concert cost \u00a38 for section A and \u00a34.25 for section B.
In total, 4500 tickets were sold, worth \u00a330,000. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How many of each type of tickets were sold?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Class Eight Puzzle<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. At a convention, every person shakes hands once with every other person. If there were a total of 120 handshakes, how many people must there have been?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upper School Puzzle<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. The following is an ancient riddle about the Greek mathematician Diophantus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diophantus passed one sixth of his life in childhood, one twelfth in youth, and one seventh more as a bachelor. Five years after his marriage, his son was born. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How old was Diophantus when he died if his son died four years earlier and lived to be half as old as his father did?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How do you think you got on? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let us know by tagging Floris Books books on Facebook <\/a>and Twitter<\/a>, and why not share some of your favourite maths puzzles with us on social media using the hashtag #meaningfulmathspuzzles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Also available in the same series<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n