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Egyptian Maths Quiz

Age 7-11 (KS2)

A colourful cross curricular history/maths quiz for years 5/6. Facts and figures are used in an imaginative way to delve into Egyptian life. Reigns of the Pharaohs, Buying and Selling, Pulling your Weight, Hieroglyphs. Solve problems involving estimating, calculations with money and time, and hieroglyph code breaking. A link to the British Museum adds an interesting task.(16 slides PP)



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Published 04 Feb 2009

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Egyptian Maths Quiz

1Ancient Egyptian Maths Quiz2TeamsRound 1Round 4Round 3Round 2Round 5The end3The Pharaohs
Persian Period 1
Cambyses reign
lasted 3 years. How
long did the other
Pharaohs reigns
last?4Swap Answers5The Pharaohs AnswersDarius I 36 years
Xerxes I 21 years
Artaxerxes I 41 years
Darius II 19 years
Artaxerxes II 46 years6Pulling your weight2000000 blocks are
needed to build a
pyramid.
You would work in
a gang of 20 men.
35 gangs have to
deliver a block
every 2 minutes.How many men are in 35 gangs?
How many gangs would deliver 100 blocks?
How many minutes would it take to deliver 2000000 blocks?7Swap Answers8Pulling your weight Answers35 x 20 = 700 men
35 x 100 = 3500 gangs
2000000 x 2 = 4000000 mins
9Buying and sellingA copper deben was divided into 10 kite .
Goods were valued in terms of deben 1 loaf of bread 0.1 deben
1 cake 0.2 deben
50 fish 2 deben
1 jug of olive oil 1 deben
1 basket 4 debenWork out the cost of this shopping list in deben.
200 fish
10

Egyptian Maths Answer Grid

Egyptian Maths Answer Grid Team Name Round 1 The Pharaohs Darius I   Xerxes I   Artaxerxes    Darius II   Artaxerxes II    Round 2 Pulling your weight 1  men  2  gangs  3  mins   Round 3 Buying and selling 200 fish   10 cakes   5 baskets   5 loaves of bread   3 jugs of olive oil   Total    Round 4 British Museum Height   Weight   Area   Round 5 Hieroglyphs 1   2   3   4   

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