Author: frankie

The Marvellous Maths Measuring Challenge.

Your challenge is to take a card and choose one of the challenges on the card.
Each challenge is worth 1, 3, or 5 stars depending upon its difficulty.
Every time a challenge is beaten you earn the stars.
The winner is the first person or group to reach 30 stars.
Do you go for the easy challenges and earn 1 star for each completed challenge? or do you take the 5 star challenges ?
Do you do neither and go for a mixture depending upon the challenge?
The choice is yours, good luck, your challenge will not be easy.

Challenge 1.
Yoda measures 90cm.
Can you find something that measures:
Over 50cm smaller than Yoda.
Between 10 and 20 cm bigger than Yoda
Exactly the same size as Yoda.

Challenge 2.
The Batarang is 5 inches wide.
Can you find something that measures:
Between 5 and 10 inches bigger.
Between 1 and 2 inches
Smaller.
Exactly 5 inches long.

Challenge 3.
A Minion weighs 4kg,
Can you find something that weighs:
Less than a Minion
Between 2 and 3 kgs more than a Minion.
The same weight as a Minion

Challenge 4.
Captain America has a shield which measures 2.5 feet in diameter.
Can you find:
Something that measure
15cm more than the shield
Something between 15cm and 30cm smaller
Something that measures exactly2.5 feet.

Challenge 5.
The Arrows, arrows measure 1 metre in length.
Can you find.
Something that measures
Between 10 and 50 cm smaller.
Something that measure between 1 and 10 cm bigger.
Exactly 1 metre

Challenge 6.
Steve is 2.5 inches tall. Can you find:
Something between 1 and
10 inches bigger.
Something smaller than Steve.
Something that measures exactly 2.5 inches

Challenge 7.
Olafs nose measure 200mm.
Can you find something that measures:
Between 150 and 200 mm
That is up to 50mm bigger than Olaf’s nose
Exactly the same size as Olaf’s nose

Challenge 8.
Superman can be weakened by 30 grams of Kryptonite
Can you find something that weighs:
More than 30 grams
Less than 30 grams
Exactly 30 grams

Challenge 9.
Emmet is 5 lego bricks tall
Can you find something:
That measure less than 5 lego bricks.
That measure between 1 and 5 bricks taller than Emmett
That measure exactly 5
Lego bricks

Challenge 10.
R2D2 moves at about 5mph.
Can you find:
Something that moves
Faster than 5mph
Slower than 5mph
Exactly 5mph

Challenge 11
The Angry Birds can be catapulted by 10 metres.
Ca you find:
A room smaller than 10 metres long.
A room larger than 10 metres long.
A room exactly 10 metres long

Challenge 12.
The TMNT love pizza but must have it sliced very carefully
Can you draw a line 100mm long
Can you draw a line 17mm long
Can you draw a line 33 mm long

Challenge 13.
The Transformers hold about 1 litre of fuel
Can you find something that holds:
1 litre of water
Between 300ml and
600 ml
Holds exactly 5ml

Challenge 14.
TinTin has mastered the art of keeping quiet so that his enemies do not find him.
Can you keep quiet for:
30 seconds
3 minutes
5 minutes

Challenge 15.
Pikachu measures 60cm tall.
How tall would:
2 Pikachus be?
5 Pikachus be?
25 Pikachus be?

Challenge 16.
Wall-E weights approximately 5000kg
Can you write in letters 5000
How many kg in a ton?
How many grams does Wall-E weigh?

Challenge 17
The hulk can jump up to 1km.
How far is that in:
Metres?
Centimetres?
Millimetres?

Challenge 18.
Snow White was poisoned by 20 drops of poison which is about 1ml
How many ml would:
40 drops be?
260 drops?
20,000 drops ?

Measuring Challenge Record Sheet

Challenge Number:	Answer:	No. Of Stars.