Thursday 30 June 2016

July Challenge - Years 1 & 2

When Jack was one year old his mother bought a packet of 24 candles for his birthday cake.  That year she put 1 candle on Jack's cake. When he was two he had 2 candles and when he was three he had 3 candles, and so on.




On which birthday did Jack’s mother need to buy more candles?  

Hint:  Draw cakes with candles or make cakes from playdoh and use straws or cocktail sticks for candles.


Solutions are to be completed by Thursday 14th July.  Please post them into the Maths Challenge Box in the picture book library.