Year7&8 - HARROW MATHS ESCAPE GAME

Harrow Maths ESCAPE GAME

Year 7 & 8

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Use your special Maths power to save the school

THE MISSIOn

Finally, the Shanghai lockdown is over, you are overjoyed to be returning to Harrow. However, you feel there is something amiss about the school...

All the fruits and vegetables left in the canteen are zombified during the two months lockdown!

Good news! Dr Matondo was prepared, he made antidote to cure the veggies and fruits before the chaos. Bad news, the antidote is locked away in the chemistry lab and you need a five-digit pin code to get it....

To get the code and save the school, you will need to go to five secret locations around the campus and complete a series of challenges. Of course, this includes plenty of Maths. Because Maths is life!

Save the school

Find the clue you need to keep moving forward

QUESTION 1/3

4:1

5:3

There are six more girls than boys in Mrs Edwards’ class of 24 pupils. What is the ratio of girls to boys in this class?

3:1

1:4

3:5

42

QUESTION 2/3

41

The pupils in Year 8 are holding a mock election. A candidate receiving more votes than any other wins. The four candidates receive 83 votes between them. What is the smallest number of votes the winner could receive?

23

22

21

QUESTION 3/3

football pitch

tennis court

Pinocchio’s nose is 5cm long. Each time he tells a lie his nose doubles in length. After he has told nine lies, his nose will be roughly the same length as a...

snooker table

tennis racquet

domino

Save the school

Congratulations! You have unlocked the first digit of the passcode. Please remember the result of this operation: 12-5×2

Find the clue you need to keep moving forward

95

QUESTION 1/3

105

Granny swears that she is getting younger. She has calculated that she is four times as old as I am now, but remembers that 5 years ago she was five times as old as I was at that time. What is the sum of our ages now?

100

110

115

QUESTION 2/3

What is the value of the heart symbol if each row and each column has the total given?

more information needed

QUESTION 3/3

999

663

In a sequence of positive integers, every term after the first two terms is the sum of the two previous terms in the sequence. If the fifth term is 2004, what is the maximum possible value of the first term?

400

399

1001

Save the school

Well done! You have passed the second challenge. The next digit of the passcode is the result of this operation: 4 + 10 ÷ 2

Find the clue you need to keep moving forward

1/2

QUESTION 1/3

1/3

The diagram shows a rhombus formed by joining each vertex of a square to the midpoint of a side of the square. What fraction of the area of the square has been shaded?

1/6

1/4

1/8

21

QUESTION 2/3

27

A particular prism has ten faces. How many edges does it have?

20

30

24

QUESTION 3/3

40

39

How many squares of any size can be seen in the diagram?

28

27

25

Save the school

You are almost there! The third digit of the passcode is the result of this operation: 30 x 4 ÷ 15

Find the clue you need to keep moving forward

180°

QUESTION 1/3

360°

Five line segments coincide at a point as shown. What is the sum of the marked angles?

540°

720°

900°

QUESTION 2/3

15°

20°

The diagram shows the square 𝑅𝑆𝑇𝑈 and two equilateral triangles, 𝑃𝑈𝑇 and 𝑄𝑅𝑈. What is the size of angle 𝑄𝑃𝑈?

10°

25°

30°

QUESTION 3/3

106°

In the diagram, angle OLM is twice as large as angle PON. What is the size of angle OLM?

124°

108°

102°

112°

Save the school

Last challenge to go! The fourth digit of the passcode is the result of this operation: 15 ÷ (3 + 2)

Find the clue you need to keep moving forward

QUESTION 1/3

How many of the statements in the box are true?

QUESTION 2/3

more information needed

How many of the four Knaves were telling the truth?

QUESTION 3/3

Pam: "I always tell the truth." Quentin: "Pam is lying." Roger: "Both Pam and Quentin are lying." Susan: "Everyone is lying." Terry: "Everyone is telling the truth." How many people are telling the truth?

You saved school!

The last digit of passcode is the answer to this operation: 9 - 3² Now send your five digit passcode along with your house name and names of team members to Mrs Edwards kedwards@harrowshanghai.cn

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MISSION FAILED

School is destroyed by fruit and veggie zombies......

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