Count Dracu

Counter - Time

Waking up at night and sleeping all day, made Count Dracu dizzy - and he could never tell the time properly ! Count Dracu encountered so many maths problems that he needed some help to sort them out .... Write a mathematical equation to show your working out to the following mathematics problems.

The Counter Clockwise Clock Mathematics Quiz

1/ Count Dracu got up at 8.00 - it took him three times as long to make breakfast as it did to get dressed and twice as long to get dressed at it did to brush his hair and twice as long to brush his hair as it did to brush his teeth, which he did 3.5 minutes. How long did it take to make breakfast ?

2/ Count Dracu spent 20 minutes walking to school, 15 minutes finding the classroom, 5 minutes finding a pen ... and another 10 minutes looking for his textbook ! No wonder he didn't get started on his maths homework on time ! How long did it take to actually get his homework started ?

3/ Count Dracu solved algebra for 15 minutes, subtractions for 15 minutes, divisions for 10 minutes and multiplication for 5 minutes (he was good at these !). a) Express Count Dracu's time spent on algebra as a ratio. b) What fraction of his homework time did he spend on subtraction ? c) What percentage of his homework was division ? d) Express Count Dracu's proportionate homework time spent on multiplication as a decimal.

4/ Count Dracu was late for school once three days every week by 10 minutes. He also was late for class by 10 minutes twice and late back from lunch by 15 minutes four times a week. Every week, for how long was Count Dracu late ?

5/ Count Dracu was usually late for the bus, too ! He missed 3 of the 5 buses that he tried to catch every week. In 3 months, how many buses did he miss as a ratio of all the buses ?

6/ Count Dracu spent 15 minutes in the shower. Every minute ran 2.5 mls of cold water and 3 mls of hot water. How much cold and hot water ran ? Express the proportion of cold and hot water as a ratio of the total amount of water. What fraction of the total amount of water was cold ? What percentage of the total amount of water was hot ?

7/ When Count Dracu made dinner, he cooked potatoes for 3 times as long as he boiled rice. He boiled rice 5 times longer than he fried onions and he fried onions for six times as long as he boiled milk for tea. If Count Dracu boiled milk for 3.5 minutes, in hours and minutes how long did he cook potatoes ?

8/ Count Dracu ate four - fifths of the potatoes he cooked. He peeled 15 potatoes which he cut into four pieces. How many were left in the dish ?

9/ Count Dracu bought a new clock for £9.99 and two batteries to go in it (£1.25 each). How much change did he get from £20.00 ?

10/ Count Dracu bought a new wristwatch - which he accidentally set 10 minutes fast. What was the time really when his watch said : a) 8.00 ? b) 9.15 ? c) 10.30 ? d) 11.45 ?

In No Time Spelling Quiz

Add "time" to these words and phrases to complete the spellings. Can you give an example of where these "time" words may be used ?

____ ____ ____ ____ lag

____ ____ ____ ____ behind

____ ____ ____ ____liness

____ ____ ____ ____gap

____ ____ ____ ____ about

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____ ____ ____ ____ of day

____ ____ ____ ____ and again

in ____ ____ ____ ____

____ ____ ____ ____ lapse

____ ____ ____ ____ switch

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© Jacqueline Richards 2007

Answers : 1/ 3.5 x 2 x 2 x 3 = 42 minutes 2/ 20 + 15 + 5 + 10 = 50 minutes 3/ a) 15 : (15 + 15 + 10 + 5 = 55) 3 : 11 b) 15 / 55 = 3 / 11 ths c) 10 / 55 = 18.2 % (to solve this problem, calculate how many 55's are in 100 (per cent) by process of elimination - then multiply the top figure) d) 0.182 4/ (3 x 10) + (2 x 10) + (4 x 15) = 30 + 20 + 60 = 100 minutes / 60 = 1.6 hours 5/ (3 x 4 x 3) : (5 x 4 x 3) = 36 : 60 = 3 / 5ths 6/ a) 2.5 + 3 x 15 = 330 b) cold : hot : total amount of water = (2.5 x 15) : (3 x 15) : (2.5 + 3 x 15) = 37.5 : 45 : 330 mls c) 2.5 x 15 / 3.15 x 15 = 37.5 / 47.25 d) To find this answer, find out what 330 mls would be as 100 %. ie make 330 denominator into 100 by / 7.3. Then the numerator on top of the fraction also gets divided by the same amount. (3 x 15) / (2.5 + 3 x 15) = 45 / 330 = 6.16 % 7/ 3.5x 6 x 5 x 3 = 315 minutes / 60 = 0.51 hours 8/ 15 x 4 = 60 / 5 x 4 = 48 9/ 20 - (9.99 + (2 x 1.25 = 2.50) = 20 - (9.99 + 2.50) = 20 - 12.49 = £7.51 10/ a) 8.10 b) 9.35 c) 10.40 d) 11.55

Answers : In No Time Spelling Quiz time lag ; behind time ; timeliness ; about time ; timed ; on time ; time and again ; time of day ; at the same time ; at times ; in time ; mark time ; in no time ; time out ; time zone ; timer ; once upon a time ; take one's time ; solar time ; time consuming ; time lapse ; time - keeper ; time switch ; at one time ; time and memorial ; timelessness ; make tim