OLYMPIC MATHS WEEK

T H I S W E E K I S A N A P P L I C A T I O N O F K N O W L E D G E W E E K . A N Y T I P S , S U P P O R T O R G U I D A N C E Y O U M I G H T N E E D C A N

B E F O U N D O N P R E V I O U S W E E K ’ S L E A R N I N G P O W E R P O I N T S

22.06.20TRAVEL PLANS

• As we can’t travel anywhere just yet we can plan a pretend trip instead! Imagine the Olympic games were going ahead this year and you were planning to travel to Tokyo, Japan with your family.

• For today’s task you need to plan your travel including:

Flights

Travel costs to the airport (if you can find- train prices, car parking fees)

Accommodation for 2 weeks

Plan your trip from 1st-15th August

• What is the cheapest price you can get this for? Do different flight times have an impact on price? Does it make a difference if you change airports, how much would it cost you to travel to the airport, does this make a difference?

• What changes could you make to your plans if you actually had a budget of £8000? Perhaps you can upgrade your flights or your accommodation, or maybe you could take a whole other person!

HELPFUL WEBSITES

• https://booking.qatarairways.com/nsp/views/fafiIndex.xhtml

• https://www.britishairways.com/travel/home/public/en_gb/

• https://www.booking.com

• https://www.thetrainline.com

• https://www.gatwick-airport-parking.com

Travel costs (flight) Travel costs (to airport) Accommodation costs

Cheapest option Cheapest option Cheapest option

£8000 budget £8000 budget £8000 budget

Challenge: Dream plan! Dream plan! Dream plan!

Work out the difference in price between all scenarios.

23.06.20 OLYMPIC PROBLEM SOLVING: DISTANCE

• Answer these Olympic themed questions:

23.06.20 OLYMPIC PROBLEM SOLVING: DISTANCE

Now create 5 of your own

Olympic themed problem solving

questions.

When we are back together bring

your questions and we can use

them as starters!

24.06.20 PARTY PLANNING

• Back to the budget planning today!

• No Olympics would be complete without an opening games ceremony! Imagine you are hosting your very own party for the class. You need to plan for:

A party of 30 guests

Food

Drink

Decorations for one large room

Invitations

Plan for three scenarios:

1. A £500 budget

2. A £800 budget

3. A £1000 budget

For each scenario give a break down cost of everything you need to buy.

Food budget Drinks budget Decorations budget Other

£500 budget £500 budget £500 budget

£800 budget £800 budget £800 budget

£1000 budget £1000 budget £1000 budget

Challenge

Choose one budget and write a pitch to the finance department explaining why they should give you the

money for the goods you have chosen. Think about:

• What benefits will this party provide?

• How have you tried to save money?

• How will it support learning and a positive learning environment?

25.06.20OLYMPIC PROBLEM SOLVING: TIME

• It takes athletes 45 minutes to travel to the Arena from the Olympic Village. If their event starts

at 09h30, what time do they need to leave?

• A runner takes 4 minutes 35 seconds to run once around the track. How long will it take him

to go around three times?

• Six athletes compete in the 800 metres event. Four runners complete the event, but two suffer

injuries, with one dropping out half way and the other getting three quarters of the way before

stopping. What was the total distance run by all of them together?

25.06.20OLYMPIC PROBLEM SOLVING: TIME

• The following timetable was drawn up for the indoor tennis: Please rewrite the times using the

24-hour clock:

Men’s quarter final 9:15 pm

Men’s semi-final 8:20 pm

Ladies’ quarter final 6:45 pm

Ladies’ semi-final 7:30 pm

Men’s final 8:50 pm

Ladies’ final 5:05 pm

25.06.20OLYMPIC PROBLEM SOLVING: TIME

• There was a delay caused by a power failure at the indoor tennis venue. All the events had to

be rescheduled, starting 25 minutes later than timetabled. Please calculate the new starting

times for all events:

Old times New times (12 hour) New times (24 hour)

9:15 pm

8:20 pm

6:45 pm

7:30 pm

8:50 pm

5:05 pm

25.06.20OLYMPIC PROBLEM SOLVING: TIME

• Sally and Peter have tickets to attend the sprint event at the Olympic Games. They need to be

in their seats at the Arena by 09h00. There are two buses which they could take from their

street. This is the bus timetable:

307 419

Smithfield 08h00 Smithfield 08h07

Green

Street

08h09 Old Town 08h13

Old Bull

Inn

08h14 River Walk 08h26

Town

centre

08h25 Tavern

Road

08h34

Arena 08h38 Arena 08h51

• Sally takes the 419 bus, but it breaks down at Tavern Road. She will have to walk the rest of the

way – how long has she got?

• Peter takes the 307 bus and arrives at the Arena on time. The first event has been delayed by

20 minutes. How long a wait does he have?

• If Sally started her journey at River Walk, how long would she spend on the bus?

• How much earlier will the 307 reach the Arena than the 419?

• Peter catches the 307 at Green Street, but leaves the bus at the Town Centre, as he fancies a

walk. How long a bus journey has he had? How long has he got for his walk before he’s late

for the event?

307 419

Smithfield 08h00 Smithfield 08h07

Green

Street

08h09 Old Town 08h13

Old Bull

Inn

08h14 River Walk 08h26

Town

centre

08h25 Tavern

Road

08h34

Arena 08h38 Arena 08h51

Sally and Peter have tickets to attend the sprint

event at the Olympic Games. They need to be in

their seats at the Arena by 09h00. There are two

buses which they could take from their street. This

is the bus timetable:

26.06.20OLYMPIC PROBLEM SOLVING

0.43 is my answer. I have created three possible word problems which 43 could all be the answer for…

0. 43Possible question 1

• Usain Bolt finishes

the 100m sprint in

9.81 seconds. Andre

De Grasse comes in

at third place at

10.24.

• What is their time

difference?

Possible question 2

• Robbie Grabarz had a PB of

2.37m.

• His next jump was 2.8m

• How much did he beat his PB

by?

Possible question 3

Greg Rutherford held

the long jump record

at 8.51 m

His new goal is 8.94m

How much further

does he have to jump?

26.06.20OLYMPIC PROBLEM SOLVING

• 0.57 is my answer. Create three possible questions which 0.57 could be the correct answer for.

• 0.81 is my answer. Create three possible questions which 0.81 could be the correct answer for.

• 19 minutes is my answer. Create three possible questions which 19 minutes could be the

correct answer for.

• 4 is my answer. Create three possible questions which 4 could be the correct answer for.