The Wind God, Fire God and Mountain God take part in an eating competition. The Wind God eats more than the Fire God. The Mountain God eats less than the Fire God. Who eats the most?
The first two scales are balanced. How many dogs must be placed on the right pan of the third scale to balance the hippopotamus? The scales are labelled first, second and third.
Tom buys 10 cakes and 10 ice creams for his birthday party. Eight people come to his party. Each person at the party eats 1 cake and 1 ice cream. How many cakes and ice creams are left altogether?
Mi has 10 cubes: 4 red, 3 blue, 2 yellow and 1 brown. She arranges all 10 into the pictured tower so that cubes of the same colour are not adjacent. What colour is the marked cube?
An has the five puzzle pieces shown. He wants to make shapes A, B, C, D and E.
1. For shapes A–E:
– In which shapes can piece 5 be placed? Colour the places where it fits.
– Among those placements, locate and colour pieces 1 and 2.
– Among the placements containing 5, 1 and 2, locate and colour pieces 3 and 4.
2. Which shape cannot be assembled using all five pieces?
Puna the rabbit enters an underground maze containing many carrots. He may travel along each corridor at most once. What is the greatest number of carrots he can collect?
Mum is preparing roast chicken for lunch. She first heats the oven for 15 minutes and then cooks the chicken for 45 minutes. Cooking ends at 12:30. At what time did she begin heating the oven?
An ice-cream machine makes cones with four layers in a pattern. The three pictured cones have already been made. How are the four layers of the next cone arranged?