Code GREEN

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Code GREEN
Can you work out the clues and crack the code?
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Code GREEN
Each poster or postcard has a secret puzzle. You
have to solve all 10 puzzles and then crack the
code using the numbers you find.
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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 GREEN puzzle The temperature in the morning
is 8C and it doubles by the afternoon. What is
the afternoon temperature?
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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 GREEN puzzle A party of holidaymakers
visits Scotland from 2 June to 24 June. How many
days does their visit last, including both dates?
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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 GREEN puzzle How many letters in total are
in the book title Bullies at School?
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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 GREEN puzzle A client of mine bought a
house costing 650 000. What percentage rate did
she pay for stamp duty?
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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 GREEN puzzle If I changed 7000 milligrams
to grams, how many grams would that be?
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• Val Stafford
• Val works in the construction industry, building
  things including houses, walls and driveways. He
  works with plumbers, electricians, brick layers
  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 GREEN puzzle A normal building brick is 75
mm high. How many bricks piled one on top of
another are needed to reach a height of 1.5
metres?
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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 GREEN puzzle What is the maximum number of
golf clubs you are allowed in your golf bag when
playing a competitive round of golf? (You may
need to search for the answer to this puzzle
online.)
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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 1m³ 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 GREEN puzzle A container can hold 11 000
millilitres of water. How many kilograms does
this weigh, if we disregard the weight of the
container?
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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 GREEN puzzle If the temperature was
estimated to drop 2C every hour, how many hours
would it take for the temperature to fall from
7C to -25C?
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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 GREEN puzzle If we were to take 35 000 000
children from across the world, chosen at random,
how many millions would not be getting an
education?
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When you have solved all 10 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 Gordon
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
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