Taken from Bond Brain Training for Kids: Number Puzzles © Oxford University Press 2019

Hot air balloonsSally and Mikkel are at a hot-air balloon show. Of the 36 hot-air balloons they can see floating by:• 1

12 have vertical stripes• 25% have wavy lines• 1

6 have a dotted pattern• 1

3 are plain white • the rest have horizontal

stripes. Decorate the hot-air balloons to show what they can see.

Taken from Bond Brain Training for Kids: Number Puzzles © Oxford University Press 2019

Answers3 ( 1

12 of 36) balloons have vertical stripes.9 (36 ÷ 4) balloons have wavy lines.6 ( 1

6 of 36) balloons have a dotted pattern.12 (36 ÷ 3) balloons are plain white.6 (36 – 3 – 9 – 6 – 12) balloons have horizontal stripes.