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Ancient Egypt with Tatukhamun

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A year was divided into 3 seasons. People spent 1/2 of flooding season building pyramids. How much time did they build pyramids in a year?

a)

1/2 of a year

b)

1/3 of a year

c)

1/6 of a year

d)

1/8 of a year

2.

The other half of flooded season was spent on trading along the Nile River. How many months of a year did they spend time on trading?

a)

1 month

b)

2 months

c)

3 months

d)

4 months

3.

Some farmers were lazy, so their harvest was eaten by 1/3 by hungry caterpillars and 1/4 by grasshoppers. How much of a normal harvest did they get in the end?

a)

3/4

b)

1/12

c)

5/12

d)

None is correct.

4.

Another group of farmers worked harder, so they harvested 100 kg of wheat. However, they had to pay 1/10 amount of wheat as tax and 1/10 as sacrifice. How much wheat did they have left?

a)

60 kg

b)

70 kg

c)

80 kg

d)

90 kg

5.

The Pharaoh’s scepter and whip were made of gold and silver. The scepter was made of 3/5 of gold, and the whip was made of 4/5 of gold. Each part was 500 grams heavy, so how much gold was used both items?

a)

600 grams

b)

700 grams

c)

800 grams

d)

900 grams

6.

For tax a farmer paid 3,56 coins while a scribe paid 2,32 coins. How much more tax did a farmer have to pay?

a)

1,14 coins

b)

1,24 coins

c)

1,32 coins

d)

1,42 coins

7.

A priest paid 0,08 coins of tax, while a merchant paid 3,02 coins. How much tax did all of them pay in total?

a)

3,10 coins

b)

3,010 coins

c)

3,28 coins

d)

3,82 coins

8.

The High Priest - Taihotep needed a sheet of papyrus paper to compose the Scroll of the Death, which should be 1,23 m long. However, given piece was 0,05 m shorter. How long was the given papyrus paper?

a)

1,28 m

b)

1,82 m

c)

1,81 m

d)

1,18 m

9.

When mummifying a Pharaoh’s body, the High Priest intended to use 7,27 kg of salt. However, the royal doctor said that Pharaoh ate too much seafood pizza during his life, so the High Priest used in the end only 5,15 kg of salt. How much less salt was used?

a)

1,12 kg

b)

1,02 kg

c)

2,02 kg

d)

2,12 kg

10.

When Tatukhamun’s heart was on Anubis’s scale, the ostrich feather was 0,06 grams heavy, and his heart was 0,004 grams lighter. What was the weight of Tatukhamun’s heart?

a)

0,056 grams

b)

0,02 grams

c)

0,064 grams

d)

0,01 grams