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Year 5 Maths Challenge – Autumn 2 2024

Mrs Latham

Here is your Autumn 2 Maths challenge. Try your best and remember prizes are given out for great effort and work. Show your working out for each question you try. Challenge: use a diagram to explain.

Bronze

In a school in New York, there are 8 classrooms. Each classroom has 6 rows of desks, and there are 5 desks in each row. How many desks are there in total in the school?

Bonus question: If each desk has 4 books, how many books are there in total on all the desks?

Silver

A farmer in California has 12 apple orchards. Each orchard has 15 trees, and each tree produces 48 apples every year.

How many apples does the farmer’s orchards produce in total each year?

Bonus question: If the farmer packs the apples into boxes, and each box holds 24 apples, how many boxes does the farmer need for all the apples?

Gold

There are 25 basketball teams in a junior league in Texas. Each team has 12 players. If each player gets 3 new basketballs for the season, how many basketballs are needed in total for all the players?

Bonus question: If each basketball costs $20, how much would it cost to buy all the basketballs for the league?

Platinum

A school in Florida is organizing a field trip to the Kennedy Space Center. There are 27 buses, and each bus can hold 48 students. If each student’s ticket costs $35, how much money is needed to buy tickets for all the students on the trip?

Bonus question: If each bus also needs 2 teachers to supervise, how many people (students and teachers) are going on the trip in total?

38 responses to “Year 5 Maths Challenge – Autumn 2 2024”

  1. Alisha S.

    Bronze🥉
    1. There would be 240 desks in the whole school because 6×5=30 and 8×3=24 so 8×30=240.
    Bonus!
    The answer would be 960 because 200×4 would be 2×4 but with no place-holders which is equal to = 8 so I know that 200×4=800 also 40×4 is like 4×4 and I know 4×4=16 so 40×4=160 and 800+160=960.

    Silver🥈
    1. The farmer would get 8640 Apples because 48×15=720 and 720×12=8,640.
    Bonus!
    The farmer would have 360 boxes of Apples because 8640÷24=360.

    Gold🥇
    1. They would need 900 basketballs because 25×12=300 and 300×3 which I know would equal 900 because I know 3×3=9 and 30×3=90 so I just need to times them. By 10 or 20.
    Bonus!
    Due to their being 900 basket balls we would have to times 900 by £20 and I know that 90×2=180 so I know that 900×£20=£1,800.

    Platinum⭐
    1. I know that 27×48=1296 so if you times by $35 it would equal $45360.
    Bonus!
    So theres 1296 kids and if they need 2 adults to supervise each bus there would be 54 adults in total and 54+1296=1350

  2. Hadiya M.

    Bronze:
    1) There would be 240 desks in the whole school I know this because 6×5=30 and I know that 8×3=24 so 8×30=240.
    Bonus Question:
    The answer would be 960 because 200×4 would be like 2×4 which I know = 8 so I know that 200×4=800 also 40×4 is like 4×4 and I know 4×4=16 so 40×4=160 and 800+160=960.

    Silver:
    1) The farmer would get 8,640 Apple’s because 48×15=720 and 720×12=8,640.
    Bonus Question:
    The farmer would have 360 boxes of Apple’s because 8640÷24=360.

    Gold:
    1) They would need 900 basketballs because 25×12=300 and 300×3 which I know would equal 900 because I know 3×3=9 and 30×3=90 so I just need to times them. By 10 or 20.
    Bonus Question:
    Due to their being 900 basket balls we would have to times 900 by £20 and I know that 90×2=180 so I know that 900×£20=£1,800.

    Platinum:
    1) I know that 27×48=1296 which if you times by $35 it would equal $45360.
    Bonus Question:
    So there’s 1296 kids and if they need 2 adults to supervise each bus there would be 54 adults in total and 54+1296=1350. 🌞

  3. Max P.

    bronze
    there are 240 desks
    bounes
    there are 960 books

    silver
    the farmer gets 8640 apples each year because 15*12=180 and 180*48+8640
    bounes
    he needs 360 boxes

    gold
    they will need 900 new basket balls
    bounes
    it will cost 18,000£ for basket balls

  4. Awais J.

    Bronze
    There are 240 desks and 960 books
    Silver
    There are 8640 apples a year and 360 boxes
    Gold
    They would have 900 basketballs a year and it would cost 18000£

  5. Ebnezere A.

    Gold 900 because 25 multiple by 12 equal 300 and then multiple by 3 equal 900
    Bonus question 18000 balls because 900 times 20 equal 18000
    Platinum
    It 1680 because if you do 48 x 35 equal 1680 but for the Bonus question it will be 1750 because if you add 70 to 1680 it will equal 1750

    1. Toleen S.

      Bronze :
      There are 240 desks in the whole school because
      5 × 6 = 30
      30 × 8 = 240

      Bonus question :
      There are 8160 books on all the desks in total because
      240 × 4 = 8160
      12 × 15 = 180
      180 ×

      SILVER :

      The farmer grew 8640 Apple’s because
      12 x 15 = 180
      180 × 48 = 8640

      Bonus question :

      The father needs 360 boxes because of
      8640 ÷ 24 = 360

      Gold :

      Firstly , you need to do 3 x 12 which = 36 .
      Then , you need to do 36 x 24 which equals 900 .
      So they need 900 basketball .

      Bonus question :

      All the basketballs together will cost £ 18000 because
      900 x 20 = 18000

      PLATINUM :

      Firstly , you do 27 x 48 which = 1296
      Then, you do 1296 x 35 which = 45360

      Bonus question :

      1296 + 2 = 1298
      1298 people are on the buses altogether.

  6. Tinuola T.

    Bronze:
    There would be 240 desks because 6×5=30, 3×8=24 and times it by 10 is 240.
    There would be 960 books because 240×4=960.

  7. Sandra A.

    Bronze
    There is 240 desk in 8 classroom
    Bonus:8160 books of 4 in one desk
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    Silver
    The farmer grows 8640 apples because 12×15=180 but 48 is left so i times 180×48=8640
    Bonus: The farmer needs 207,360 because 8640×24=207,360
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    Gold
    There are 300 players in total.If each player has 3 new balls,in total it 900 balls
    Bonus: It will cost £18,000 pounds for 3 new balls
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