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Code RED
Can you work out the clues and crack the code?
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Code RED
Each poster or postcard has a secret puzzle. You
have to solve all 9 puzzles and then crack the
code using the numbers you find. You will need
to research some answers online.
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• Heather Reid
• Heather is a meteorologist. She forecasts and
  presents the weather, appearing on TV and radio
  hundreds of times every year.
• Here are some facts about the worlds weather
• Hurricanes can form over tropical oceans with a
  surface temperature greater than 26C
• Hurricane Wilma had wind speeds of 280 km per
  hour
• Sea temperatures around Scotland rise to about
  14C
• Geostationary weather satellites are in orbit 35
  780 km above the surface of the Earth
• The record high temperature recorded in Scotland
  is 33C

Code RED puzzle If, as a result of global
warming, Scotlands record high temperature was
to increase by 8C, what would the new record
high temperature be?
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• Martin Graham
• Martin works in a Glasgow hotel and is part of
  the tourism industry. Tourism is very important
  for Scotland.
• Here are some number facts about tourism in
  Scotland
• There are 412 million tourist visits in Scotland
  each year
• Tourists spend 4.5 billion in Scotland each
  year
• 248 000 people are employed in the tourism
  industry in Scotland
• Edinburgh Castle has 1 200 000 visitors each
  year
• The average tourist spends 107 when visiting
  Glasgow

Code RED puzzle How many millions of people
visited Edinburgh Castle over a 2-year period?
Give your answer to the nearest million.
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• Theresa Breslin
• Theresa is a Carnegie Medal winning writer who
  has written 33 books, including 'The Dream
  Master', 'Remembrance', 'Divided City', 'The
  Medici Seal', and 'Whispers in the Graveyard'.
• Theresa uses numbers as well as words every day
• My books have been translated into 18 languages
• My longest book, The Medici Seal, has 387
  pages and 137 703 words
• I write 4 drafts of my story before it goes to
  the publisher
• Each day, I begin writing at precisely 9 a.m.

Code RED puzzle My book Remembrance is set
during the First World War. In how many different
calendar years did this war take place?
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• Savee Bilon
• Savee works in the financial sector. She deals
  with mortgages.
• Here are a few facts you should know about
  mortgages
• You normally need a minimum of 5 of the cost of
  the house as a deposit
• A mortgage can run for up to 25 years
• The maximum loan you will get is 3 times your
  salary
• Stamp duty is paid at the following rates
• House value up to 125 000 you pay nil
• House value 125 001 250 000 you pay 1
• House value 250 001 500 000 you pay 3
• House value over 500 000 you pay 4

Code RED puzzle How many hundreds of pounds
would you need as a deposit if you were going to
buy a small flat costing 74 000? Assume you are
using the minimum deposit.
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• Morag Ogilvie
• Morag works in a hospital advising people with
  health problems how to get better through diet.
• Here are some facts and figures about your food
• Eating too much salt can be bad for you
• The recommended maximum amount of salt per day
  is
• 46 year olds 3 g
• 710 year olds 5 g
• 11 years and older 6 g
• When you read food labels they sometimes tell
  you sodium content instead of salt content
• To work out the salt content multiply the sodium
  content by 2.5
• 1000 mg 1 g

Code RED puzzle If the sodium content for a
packaged food is 800 milligrams, how many grams
of salt would be in the food?
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• Val Stafford
• Val works in the construction industry, building
  things including houses, walls and driveways. He
  works with plumbers, electricians, bricklayers
  and joiners.
• In construction, every measurement must be
  accurate
• I need to measure in millimetres
• I use a 3 - 4 - 5 triangle to get 90 corners
• The dimensions of a standard building brick are
  specially chosen. Find out why.
• I use a lot of 100 mm by 50 mm wood on building
  jobs
• I need to know that 1 metre 1000 mm

• Code RED puzzle To do a job, I need the
  following lengths of wood
• 20 pieces, each 1800 mm long
• 18 pieces, each 1500 mm long
• 4 pieces, each 2500 mm long
• If I was to calculate the total length in metres,
  how many metres would I need?

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• Colin Montgomerie
• Colin is a professional golfer. He travels the
  world playing golf and competing in international
  championships.
• To Colin, numbers mean the difference between
  winning and losing
• I need to know the distance to the green to the
  nearest metre
• I can drive a golf ball 300 metres
• My average length of drive is 260 metres
• My irons have different degrees of loft
• If I average 27 putts a round - thats good

Code RED puzzle During practice, I hit five golf
balls with my gap wedge. If the distances,
measured in metres, are 59, 63, 60, 60 and 63,
what is the average (or mean) length of a shot?
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• Bontlogile Mositwane
• Civil engineers design and build large structures
  such as bridges, motorways, drainage systems and
  dams.
• Accurate measurements are vital in civil
  engineering
• I need to know that 1 m³ of concrete weighs 2400
  kg
• I use the fact that 1 litre of water weighs 1 kg
• The Falkirk Wheel can lift four 20-metre-long
  boats at one time
• It can lift 600 tonnes of water with the canal
  boats
• The total weight lifted is the same as 30
  double-decker buses

Code RED puzzle A container in the shape of a
cuboid is 5 metres long, 2.3 metres wide and 2
metres high. How many tonnes of water can the
container hold if it is completely full?
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• Craig Mathieson
• Craig travelled across the Antarctic on an
  expedition to the South Pole.
• In the Antarctic, Craigs life depended on
  numbers
• I needed to know my precise longitude and
  latitude
• Every day I had to consume 5500 calories
• The air temperature went down to -30C
• With wind chill the temperature could fall to
  -70C
• The distance I skied every day was 15 nautical
  miles or 17 miles

Code RED puzzle If I was to move 12 degrees 55
minutes south of the latitude of Edinburgh, what
latitude would I now be at? (You only need the
number.)
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• Gordon Brown
• Politicians work to make life better for other
  people both here and abroad.
• Here are some numbers for you to think about
• Half the worlds children live in poverty
• About 1 in 5 children do not get an education
• 30 000 children die each day due to poverty
• We in the UK spend 4 billion a year to help
  stop world poverty
• You can help to stop world poverty

Code RED clue If you have answered the other 9
questions correctly and think you have broken the
code, the number 260 should be significant.
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When you have solved all 9 puzzles, put your
answers in order so that you can crack the code
and find the secret message.
Heather Martin Theresa Savee Morag
Val Colin Bontlogile Craig
Secret message ___ ___ ___ ___
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If you crack the code and discover the secret
message you can submit your entry
here www.ltscotland.org.uk/numeracy/findresource
s/numberscount/codered.asp