Brainteasers

Here are some Brainteasers for you. You have to let your brain think in different ways. Please bring your answers to Room 5.

1.     A girl who was just learning to drive went down a one-way street in the wrong direction, but didn't break the law. How come?

2.     How can you throw a ball as hard as you can and have it come back to you, even if it doesn't hit anything, there is nothing attached to it, and no one else catches or throws it?

3.     Two students are sitting on opposite sides of the same desk. There is nothing in between them but the desk. Why can't they see each other?
 

Source: Brain Teasers, Sterling Publishing Company

Graphs

Fruit Survey

We asked all the adults in the school to tell us their favourite fruit. We used a tally to gather the information.

We then made a graph to show the results.

Strawberries were the most popular fruit. Oranges were the least popular. 6 more adults preferred strawberries to oranges.

Later Mrs Quinn showed us how to do graphs on the computer. We tried it.

This is how to do it.

Open Excel

Type in all the information.

Highlight the information.

Click insert.

Click column.

The graph will appear. Easy!

Alex, Ayo, Bianca, Maro

Cars

We counted all the cars in the car park last Thursday.

Blue was the most popular colour. Green was the least popular colour. Grey and silver had the same number.

Michael, Jade, Natalia

We counted all the cars in the car park last week.

Blue was the most popular colour. Green was the least popular colour.

Michael, Nathan, Leah, Ebony, Conor, Tracy

Cooking

I was cooking with Alida today. I made pasta sauce. I chopped onions. I put in a tin of tomatoes. We got some parsley and basil. There was a lovely smell. Mrs Quinn said it was like an Italian restaurant. All the teachers had a taste at lunchtime.

Angela