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A Christmas Menu Just For You!

Starter: STEPHENs family are having Christmas s dinner together. DAVE is two along from ANNE, who is sitting next to BOB. CLAIRE is also sitting two along from ANNE, and next to CLAIRE is EDDIE. DAVE has EDDIE on one side and STEPHEN on the other. Where is everyone sitting?

Party Logic: On Christmas Eve, in the middle of the night, a woman woke up to find that it was snowing. "I'm not surprised," she said to her husband. "Well it is Winter," said the husband. "But I can confidently say that in 24 hours time, there will still be no sign of sunshine." How can he be so sure?

Exchanging Presents: xchanging GEMMA, IAN and HARRY each won a prize at a Christmas party. GEMMA gave her chocolate to IAN in exchange for her water pistol. GEMMA then changed with HARRY for the book. Then IAN and HARRY swapped prizes. 1. Who now has the chocolate? 2. Who now has the water pistol? 3. Who now has the book?

How old is Santa? Once again at the North Pole it's Christmas time! Pole, Frosty the Elf is Santa's right right-hand man! He is in charge of all the elves in Santa's Workshop. Santa is eighty years younger than three times Frosty the Elf's age. ty If you add twice Santa's age to three times Frosty the Elf's age, the total is six f hundred and five. This Christmas, can you work out: , How old is Santa? How old is Frosty the Elf?

Hint: You need to use simultaneous equations se equations!

Santas Present Predicament: s Its Christmas Eve and Santa still has several presents left to deliver deliver. However, due to a particularly snowy spell a few miles back, Santas notes about ever, snowy which house gets what gift are lost. He can remember all of the childrens names ( (Janet, Karen, Laura Mark & Neil) Laura, and a quick look in his bag revealed what gifts are left (a set of boo a scooter, books, an XBox, a pair of roller blades and a box of cartoon DVDs), but he can only n ), recall snippets of his notes about delivering them. From the clues below can you figure out who lives in which house (A through E) and what present eac child each gets?
Janet asked for the books. Laura did not ask for a gift that has any wheels on it. Neither Lauras nor Marks house is on a corner. s The child in house E asked for the roller blades. The roller blades and the DVDs both go to boys. oller The boys do not live next door to each other. If you mixed the colour of Karens house with the colour of Neil youd have the Neils, colour of Marks. Laura lives closer to Mark house than Janet does. Marks

Blue

Purple

Green

Yellow

Red

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree! Find the total area of the Christmas tree shown to the right. You will need to measure the dimensions o each of shape, giving them to the nearest millimetre.

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