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Bunting This task requires students to calculate the amount of material needed to make enough bunting to circle a yard. This task includes: |
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Counting Trees In this task, students must develop and explain a method for counting the amount of trees in a diagram. This task includes: |
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German or English In this task, students must determine if a blank line of text is more likely to be German or English. This task includes: |
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Golden Rectangles In this task, students must determine the largest area of land that can be plotted in a field and answer accompanying questions. This task includes: |
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Hilbre Island In this task, students must calculate the most favorable time to visit the island. This task includes: |
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Magic Sum Puzzle In this task, students must solve a numeric puzzle. This task includes: |
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Public Transport In this task, students must write a letter to the newspaper showing that they are able to interpret the survey on transportation provided. This task includes: |
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Rods and Triangles In this task, students must calculate how many and what kinds of triangles are possible to make out of various sizes of rods. This task includes: |
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Security Camera In this task, students must decide on the most optimum location in a store to put a security camera. This task includes: |
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Speedy Santa In this task, students must calculate the amount of time Santa can spend at each house in order to get to each house in the UK. This task includes: |
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