FUN ON THE FARM Name: __________________ Class: ___
The farmer is always active and uses maths every day to help run the farm.
Give the farmer some assistance by completing the following questions.
2 A bag of fertiliser weighing 25 kg costs £7.50
Calculate the cost of a bag of fertiliser which weighs 15 kg.
1 The farmer wants to spread fertiliser onto a field. He
has attached a hopper to the back of the tractor which
can hold up to 500 kg of fertiliser granules.
One bag of fertiliser weighs 25 kg. Calculate the
maximum number of bags which the farmer can put into
the hopper. ________________________
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3 Shown below is an aerial view of the farm. 4 Shown below is a bar chart showing the average monthly rainfall. 5 The farmer has decided to plant carrots. The growth rate of a
typical carrot is shown below.
140
120
70 m 100
0 cm
Rainfall MM
Field 1 35 m 80
40 m 2 cm
45 m 60
Field 2 4 cm
40
6 cm
20
8 cm
0
10 cm
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Months of the Year 12 cm
Day 3 Day 7 Day 30 Day 60 Day 75
The farmer will spread fertiliser onto Field 1 and Field 2 (a) State the average rainfall for the driest and wettest month.
(a) State the length of the carrot after one month
Calculate the difference in area between the two fields.
Driest month: _________mm Wettest month: _________mm
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(b) The farmer wishes to spread fertiliser during the springtime but also avoid
heavy rainfall which could wash the granules out of the soil.
(b) After 60 days, the carrot is sweet and ready to eat.
State the difference in the length of the carrot if the
Which month may be best suited for spreading the fertiliser?
farmer waits until day 75.
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Farm Animals
The farmer owns one cow which can be milked 8 The farmer owns sheep and sheers them every The farmer has grown a crop of potatoes and
6 Look carefully at the farm pictured above and 7 every day to provide 30 litres of milk. spring in order to sell wool. Each sheep usually
9 carrots. He decides to sell them at the markets.
circle the correct answers for a, b and c.
provides 5 kg of wool.
(a) Ratio of baby chicks to pigs. (a) Calculate the amount of money the farmer
could earn in one day if the milk was sold (a) How much can the farmer earn by sheering A bag of 10 potatoes costs £2.00
2:1 3:1 4:1 5:1 6:1 at the price of 30 pence per litre. one sheep if the wool is sold at £1.30 per
kilogram.
A bag of 6 carrots costs £0.66
(b) Width of the shed door if it has a height is of
2.5 metres. ________________
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2 metres 2.5 metres 4 metres How much more does one potato cost than one
(b) How many cows would the farmer need to own carrot?
if he wanted to produce 600 litres of milk per (b) How much money can the farmer earn by
(c) Fraction of the gate covered by the safety day? selling the wool from sheering 25 sheep.
sign.
1 1 1 1 1
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2 2 6 8 12
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Answers
1. 20 bags
2. £4.50
3. 1225 m2
4a. Driest month: 30 mm Wettest month: 135 mm
4b. April
5a. 8 cm
5b. 1.5 cm
6a. 3:1
6b. 4 metres
6c. 1
6
7a. £9
7b. 20 cows
8a. £6.50
8b. £162.50
9. 9 pence