Series F & G

Problem
Solving
 Problem Solving Record Sheet Name

Draw a diagram Look for patterns Make a list

Worksheet 1 Worksheet 1 Worksheet 1
Worksheet 2 Worksheet 2 Worksheet 2
Worksheet 3 Worksheet 3 Worksheet 3
Worksheet 4 Worksheet 4 Worksheet 4
Worksheet 5 Worksheet 5 Worksheet 5
Worksheet 6 Worksheet 6 Worksheet 6
Worksheet 7 Worksheet 7 Worksheet 7
Worksheet 8 Worksheet 8 Worksheet 8

Work backwards Trial and error Logical reasoning

Worksheet 1 Worksheet 1 Worksheet 1
Worksheet 2 Worksheet 2 Worksheet 2
Worksheet 3 Worksheet 3 Worksheet 3
Worksheet 4 Worksheet 4 Worksheet 4
Worksheet 5 Worksheet 5 Worksheet 5
Worksheet 6 Worksheet 6 Worksheet 6
Worksheet 7 Worksheet 7 Worksheet 7
Worksheet 8 Worksheet 8 Worksheet 8

Open-ended
problem solving
Worksheet 1
Worksheet 2
Worksheet 3
Worksheet 4
Worksheet 5
Worksheet 6
Worksheet 7
Worksheet 8

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Draw a diagram Worksheet 6
Worksheet 1 1 62
1 cheese + red pepper, cheese + mushrooms, cheese + celery; 16 16 16
6 8
cheese/ham + red pepper, cheese/ham + mushrooms,
cheese/ham + celery
Weight Loss Water Fit Flexibility
2 teacher check; all weed, 2 do each of the 2nd jobs,
1 does each of the 3rd jobs 2 29

6 6
Worksheet 2 4 3
1 13; Fran, John, Bessie, Dan Jr, Amelia 2 Cooking
Horse riding
2 teacher check 8
Canoeing
Worksheet 3
3a
1 a teacher check timeline b false
2 a teacher check timeline b true 18 54
30
24
Worksheet 4 28
5
1 2 3
1 2 7 6 15 40 32
1 6 75
5
3
7 5 1 4 3
2 5 4
b 30 c 24
2
3 4
Worksheet 7
4 6 7 teacher check all diagrams
5
3 1 false 2 true 3 false (same) 4 true
8
2 4
Worksheet 8
1 1 4 oranges
2 0·9 m (90 cm)
Worksheet 5
3 £120
$120
1 1
triangle cube 4 33 day = 8 hrs
square cylinder circle
rectangle
hexagon cone ellipse
octagon
pyramid Look for patterns
Polygons 3D shapes Curved shapes Worksheet 1
2a 1b
11 10 2c
3 14
28 3b
19 15 35 4a
5 teacher check
b 3, 28

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Worksheet 2 2 44, 35, 27, 20, 14, 9, 5, 2, 0 (week 10)

1 a 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24 3 –$5,
–£5, –$4,
–£4, –$5,
–£5,–$4
–£4etc.
etc.
b 14 000, 1 400, 140, 14, 1.4, 0.14, 0.014, 0.0014 4 a 1, 0, repeated b 1, 3, 3, 3, 3 repeated c 1, 3, 2, 0, 1,
c 3, 8, 18, 38, 78, 158, 318, 638 3, 2, 0, repeated d 1, 3, 1, 3, repeated e 1, 3, 0, 1,
d 4, 7, 13, 25, 49, 97, 193, 385 3, 0, 1, 3, 0, repeated f 1, 3, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, repeated
e 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55
2 Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday Worksheet 7
3 January, February, March, April, September, October, 1 a 8, 13, 17 b 9, 16, 31 c 14, 87, 235 d 18, 32
November, December e N x 3 + 2; 7, 10, 16, 46 f N ÷2 +1;1, 4, 8
4 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37 g N – 0.5; 5.5, 10, 15.5 h N x 9; 1, 47, 99
5 26, 27, 28, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39 i N x 2 – 2; 9, 14, 30 j N + consecutive odd numbers;
6 12, 16, 20, 24, 28 10, 12, 21
7 3, 5, 7 2 a N2 – 1 b N ÷2 c N3 dN÷4 eNx3+1
8 22, 27, 32, 37, 42, 47, 52, 57
93 Worksheet 8
10 7 1 $150,
£150, $200,
£200, $250,
£250,$300,
£300,$350,
£350,$450,
£450,$600
£600
2 a $4
£4 700,
700,$4
£4600,
600,$4
£4400,
400,$4£4000,
000,$3£3200,
200,$1£1600,
600,nilnil
Worksheet 3 b Nov
Nov
1 a 13, 34, 82 b 49, 69, 97 c 46, 38·5, 26·5, 11·5 33 a $1405,
£1405, $1310,
£1310,$1215,
£1215,$1120,
£1120,$1025,
£1025, £930,
$930, £740,
$740, $455£455
8 1 6 2 7 b $75
£75
2a b 6
3 5 7 5 44 £692
$692
9 1
4 9 2 4 3 8

3 a 3 x input + 2; 11, 4, 5, 23 b 4 x input –3; 6, 29, 10 Make a list

c input2 + 1; 50, 8, 226, 20 Worksheet 1
1 202, 212, 222, 232, 242, 252, 262, 272, 282, 292
Worksheet 4 2 9 009, 9 119, 9 229, 9 339, 9 449, 9 559, 9 669, 9 779,
1 14 9 889, 9 999
2 45·2, 42·0, 40·4, 39·6, 39·2, 39, 38·9, 38·85 3 level, madam
3 84, 90, 95, 99, 102, 104, 103, 103 4 161, 262, 363, 464, 656, 666, 767, 868, 969
4 403·5 m (400·5, 401, 401·5, 402, 402·5, 403, 403·5) 5 20 – 1 – 02, 20 – 2 – 02, 20 – 3 – 02, 20 – 4 – 02,
20 – 5 – 02, 20 – 6 – 02, 20 – 7 – 02, 20 – 8 – 02,
Worksheet 5 20 – 9 – 02, 20 – 11 – 02
1 a ABC 995, ABC 996, ABC 997, ABC 998, ABC 999, 6 404, 414, 424, 434, 454, 464, 474, 484, 494,
ABD 000 7 121 + 464, 131 + 454, 141 + 444, 151 + 434, 161 + 424,
b DJ 96 AA, DJ 97 AA, DJ 98 AA, DJ 99 AA 171 + 414, 181 + 404, 212 + 373, 222 + 363, 232 + 353,
c AY 9990, AY 9991, AY 9992, AY 9993, AY 9994, AY 9995, 242 + 343, 252 + 333, 262 + 323, 272 + 313, 282 + 303
AY 9996, AY 9997, AY 9998, AY 9999, AZ 0000, AZ 0001
8 999 – 272, 989 – 262, 979 – 252, 969 – 242, 959 – 232,
d TZ 998, TZ 999, UA 000, UA 001, UA 002
949 – 222, 939 – 212, 929 – 202, 898 – 171, 888 – 161,
e 36 JK 49, 36 JL 49, 36 JM 49, 36 JN 49, 36 JO 49
878 – 151, 868 – 141, 858 – 131, 848 – 121, 838 – 111,
2 a D6, D8, E0 b Q8, R0, R2 c R9, S1, S3
828 – 101
d J2, J4, J6 e Xo, X2, X4 f Y7, Y9, Z1
3 a add consecutive numbers
b add consecutive odd numbers Worksheet 2
c consecutive numbers cubed 1 5 years
2 8 years
Worksheet 6 3 4 years
1 15, 31, 63, 127, 255, 511, 1023

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Worksheet 3 Worksheet 2
1 £$5,
1  50c; $5,
5, 50p; 20c, 20c,
£5, 20p, 20p, 10c;
10p; $2,
£2, $2,
£2, $1,
£1, 50c;
50p; $2,
£2, $2,
£2, $1,
£1, 1 $600
£600
20p,
20c, 20p, 10p, $2,
20c, 10c, £2, $1,
£1, $1,
£1, 50c,
50p,50c,
50p,20c,
20p,20c,
20p,10c.
10p. 2 $650
£650
2 
2 £$2,
2, £2,
$2, 50p;
50c; £2, £1, $1,
$2, $1, £1, 50c;
50p; $1,
£1, $1,
£1, $1,
£1, $1,
£1, 50c;
50p; $1,
£1,$1,
£1, 3 $1
£1 300
300
£1,
$1, 33 ×x 50p; £1, $1,
50c; $1, £1, 5 x× 50c;
50p; $1,
£1, 77 x× 50c;
50p;99x×50c.
50p. 4 $10
£10
33 55 weeks
weeks (£19
($19 and £15)
$15)
Worksheet 3
Worksheet 4 1 12:40 pm; teacher check
1 60 2 1:35 pm; teacher check
2 4 combinations; 3 red, 2 blue with – 1 y, 4 p; 2 y, 3 p; 3 a 1:50 pm b 15 min
3 y, 2 p; 4 y, 1 p
3 12 Worksheet 4
1 top
top $29;
£29; skirt
skirt $35;
£35; belt
belt $15;
£15; sandals
sandals $49;
£49; total
total $128
£128
Worksheet 5 2 boots
boots $65;
£65; top
top $45;
£45; shorts
shorts $35;
£35; socks
socks $16;
£16; total
total $161
£161
1 6; 2 6 3
3 books
books $90;
£90; CDs
CDs $75;
£75; cards
cards $12;
£12; toys
toys $60;
£60;
calendars $36; $300
calendars £36; £300
3 Player 1 Player 2 Umpire
Guy Fabia Mario Worksheet 5
Guy Hong Fabia 1 a Angels 20; Bizzies 10 b teacher check
3
Guy Mario Hong 2 ( 12 = 15 hours) a Val 20; Joe 15; Fred 10
Fabia Hong Guy b teacher check
Fabia Mario Hong 3 (15%
(15% = $450)
£450) 3J
3J $600;
£600; 3S
3S $900
£900
Hong Mario Guy
(other combinations are possible) Worksheet 6
1 ▲ + 3 + 5 + 5 + 2 = 99; 99 – 2 – 5 – 5 – 3 = 84; 15
Worksheet 6 2 ▲ + 2 + 2 + 4 + 1 – 1 = 90; 90 + 1 – 1 – 4 – 2 – 2 = 82; 82
1 teacher check 3 a Voombahs 81 + 84 + 82 + 83 = 328;
2 teacher check Jetskis 80 + 82 + 85 + 87 = 334
b Vs 83; Js 87
Worksheet 7
1 a no b 18 Worksheet 7
2 10 1 a Shanghai £1
$1 750; Wellington $875
£875
b teacher check
Worksheet 8 2 a 38 hr b 171 km c teacher check
1 18
2 I will be 17, mother 41, father 43 Worksheet 8
3 teacher check 1 a 185 km b $212.35
£212.35
23
3 a 18 min b 14 min c 29 min
Work backwards
Worksheet 1
12
Trial and error
2 72 Worksheet 1
3 20 1 1 78 cups pies; 2 18 cups cake
4 48 2 4 adults 12 pie each; 4 children 14 pie each
5 25 3 3 peaches, 6 kiwi fruit, 2 apricots, 12 strawberries,
2 bananas

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Worksheet 2 Logical reasoning

1 BB 3 x 9, 4 x 8, 2 x 7; JJ 3 x 9, 4 x 8, 3 x 6; Worksheet 1
FF 4 x 9, 5 x 7, 1 x 6 1 a regular quadrilaterals b irregular quadrilaterals c square
2 FF 65, JJ 75, BB 85 2 a divisible by 3 b divisible by 4 c 72
3 BB 31 + 37, FF 13 x 5, JJ 83 – 15 3 a square numbers b divisible by 8 c 256
4 Jim Jets 4 a square numbers b triangular numbers c 36

Worksheet 3 Worksheet 2
1 8 1 6 1 37 – others all even
3 5 7 2 circle – others have straight sides
4 9 2 3 35 – others are triangular numbers
4 35 – others are multiples of 3
5 8 – others are square numbers.
2 16 2 3 13 3 3
6 67 – others are composite numbers
12 6 7 9
2 6 7 25 – others can be expressed as twelfths
5 11 10 8
8 10% – others are fifths
1 15 14 4 5 4 1 9 125 – others are divisible by 4
10 d – others have 2 axes of symmetry
4 teacher check
(390 g on each side)
Worksheet 3
1a T bF cT d T eF fF gT hT
Worksheet 4
2a T bT cF d T eT fF gT hT
teacher check
3a T bT cT dF eT fF gF hT

Worksheet 5
Worksheet 4
1 Sam 80, Jack 45, Daniel 20, Henry 145
1 25
2 this week 124, last week 78, week before that 148
30 10 25
3 108, 160, 192
Hot dogs Sausages
Worksheet 6
2a3 b 23 T H
1 7 weeks
2 4 days 9 2 4
3 teacher check 0 1 4
4 K 89, J 88, T 81, S 87, F 85
3
C
Worksheet 7 3 a 11 b 46
1 12 0–3 3–6 6–9
27
3 17 10 5 11 6 14
4 teacher check

Worksheet 5
Worksheet 8
1 Blue
1 A 9, B 4, C 11, D 5
2 A 5, B 8, C 12, D 2, E 10, F 13 Blue Red Green Yellow
Ned ✘ ✘ ✘ ✔
Peter ✘ ✘ ✔ ✘
Barry ✔ ✘ ✘ ✘
Bernie ✘ ✔ ✘ ✘

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2 Spud Open-ended problem solving

S M T 9 10 11 Worksheet 1
Jake ✔ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✔ teacher check
Spud ✘ ✔ ✘ ✘ ✔ ✘
Tito ✘ ✘ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✘ Worksheet 2
teacher check
3 Goalie
Person Position Award Worksheet 3
Fonzie centre M.I. teacher check
Jantzer forward B.G.
Danzer Worksheet 4
goalie B.
Possible answers
4 a Joe b Serge 1 72: factors of 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 6 dozen,
7 tens and 2 etc.
Person Food Sport
2 84: 7 dozen, factors of 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 21, 42,
Davy pies soccer
8 tens and 4, 3 plus 9 squared, etc.
Joe chips cricket
3 96: 8 dozen, Factors of 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 48,
Serge fruit rugby
4 less than 100, 10? – 2? etc.
4 42: double 21, 3 times 14, 7 times 6, etc.
Worksheet 6
1 a AAAAAA Worksheet 5
b AAAAAAAAAA teacher check
c AAAAAAAAAA
d AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Worksheet 6
e AAAAAAAAA teacher check
2 a GGGGGGG
b GGGGGG Worksheet 7
c GGGGGGGGGGGGG teacher check

Worksheet 7 Worksheet 8
1 8 (RRB – B; R – BRB; – RBRB; BR – RB; BRBR – ; BRB – R; teacher check
B – BRR; BB – RR)
2 teacher check

Worksheet 8
1 2 bananas
2 teacher check
3 Maggie

hat dress shoes bag

Mag ✘ ✘ ✔ ✘
Man ✘ ✘ ✘ ✔
Mim ✘ ✔ ✘ ✘
Mol ✔ ✘ ✘ ✘

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