Y10 Core Maths Interhouse

• Yes

• No

• Maybe

There are 85 people in a village, some have been turned into zombies and some are still alive. The ratio of zombies to humans is 2:3. How many zombies are there?

• 17

• 51

• 34

• Too many. There is no hope for the villagers

How many times would you need to fold a piece of paper to reach the moon

• 156

• 42

• 1568

• 374

A type of bacteria doubles every minute and fills a petri dish in 1 hour. How long did it take for the bacteria to cover half of the dish?

• 59 mins

• 30 mins

• 2 mins

• 45 mins

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 0

• 2

• 5

• 8

Joseph, Kevin, and Nicholas are 3 brothers, and the following statements about them are all true:

Joseph is not the youngest.

Kevin is the oldest.

Nicholas is not the oldest.

List the brothers in order from oldest to youngest

• Joseph, Kevin, Nicholas

• Kevin, Nicholas, Joseph

• Nicholas, Kevin, Joseph

• Kevin, Jospeh, Nicolas

One of the women above is named Kaylee and the other is named Inara. They each make a statement as shown.

If we know that at least one of them is lying, what color is Inara's dress?

• White

• Black

• There isn't enough information to be sure

• STUN

• JAYS

• OOPS

• CLUE

A magic word is needed to open a certain box. A secret code assigns each letter of the alphabet to a unique number. The code for the magic word is

9 23 14 14 18 5.

What could be the magic word?

• SLEEPS

• PASSES

• WINNER

• SECRET