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Cathryn Aldridge, Pells Primary
Friday, December 07, 2007
"I use Starter of the Day as a registration and warm-up activity for my Year 6 class. The range of questioning provided is excellent as are some of the images.
I rate this site as a 5!"
Sarah Bibi, Leytonstone
Thursday, December 18, 2008
"I use this starter for my Year 5 class. It is quite hard at first but, once they get the hang of it, it becomes really easy and it really warms them up ready to start the day."
Mrs Mcfee, Bargeddie
Tuesday, December 07, 2010
"This looks difficult but most of my class finished it."
The Best Class Ever (7c/M1), Kingalfred's College Oxon
Wednesday, December 08, 2010
"My class now look forward every lesson to the next "challenge". They are really motivated to be the first to find solutions. This one was really good as all abilities were able to find a solution. Many found 750 and 20.8."

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Answers

Here are the totals obtained by following different routes through the maze:

Solution

100 x 2 x 0.5 x 0.1 x 1.5 = 15
100 x 2 x 0.9 x 1.5 = 270
100 x 2 x 0.2 x 0.1 x 1.5 = 6
100 x 2 x 0.2 x 0.5 = 20
100 x 2 x 0.2 x 5 x 3 = 600
100 x 0.8 x 0.1 x 1.5 = 12
100 x 0.8 x 0.5 = 40
100 x 0.8 x 5 x 3 = 1200
100 x 1.3 x 1.5 x 0.1 x 1.5 = 29.25
100 x 1.3 x 1.5 x 0.5 = 97.5
100 x 1.3 x 1.5 x 5 x 3 = 2925
100 x 1.3 x 3 x 3 = 1170
100 x 1.3 x 0.3 x 1.6 x 3 = 187.2

The largest total is 2925

The smallest total is 6

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Maze

A Maths Starter of The Day

Answers

Here are the totals obtained by following different routes through the maze: