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MATH MYSTERY:

CASE of the EGG THIEF

Date:______________

It is a sad and disappointing Easter day here in Mathhattan. Many children are waking

up to empty Easter baskets and finding many Easter egg wrappings scattered all over

their garden. Hear what some of the victims had to say earlier this morning:

Tom stated, “I was really looking forward to eating my chocolate Easter eggs, I’ve gone

without chocolate for so long!”

Jess cried, “I was extremely sad and angry to find so many Easter egg wrappings all

over our garden. It wasn’t a very fun Easter hunt to just find leftover rubbish and now we

have a big mess to clean up.”

Liam said, “I hope the Easter bunny can help with this problem. Maybe he knows what

happened?”

The Easter bunny was brought in to Mathhattan’s Police Headquarters for an interview

on the matter. Read how the interview went below:

Officer Harold asked the Easter Bunny, “Are you aware that lots of children woke up this

morning to empty baskets and Easter egg rubbish around their homes?”

The Easter bunny replied, “I only just found out about the problem moments ago. I

certainly did deliver Easter eggs to all of those children during the night, so their baskets

should have been full. Someone must be stealing the eggs, but I have no idea who it

could be!”

Officer Harold grunted, “So it seems we have an Egg Thief roaming about our streets.

Whoever it is, must be stopped and arrested immediately!”

The Easter bunny suggested, “I’ll put together a list of who the Egg Thief could be, but I’ll

need a super math detective to help solve this mystery.”

With thousands of Easter eggs stolen from children all over town, the Easter bunny and

the police desperately need a great math detective help them solve this case of the Egg Thief!

MATH DETECTIVE WANTED TO HELP FIND THE EGG THIEF

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SUSPECT LISTName Type Gender Has . . . Lives in a

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Size

Molly the Mouse Animal F Fur House Small

Pete the Pirate Human M Hair Boat Medium

Sally the Scientist Human F Hair House Medium

Ron the Rat Animal M Fur Cave Medium

Polly the Parrot Animal F Feathers House Small

Jack the Pirate Human M Hair Cave Large

Don the Dentist Human M Hair House Large

John the Cook Human M Hair House Medium

Cosmo the Cook Human F Hair Boat Large

Cookie the Cat Animal M Fur House Small

Minty the Monkey Animal F Fur Boat Medium

Alice the Actress Human F Hair House Small

Edwina the Pirate Human F Hair Boat Medium

Tina the Dentist Human F Hair House Medium

Dylan the Duck Animal M Feathers Boat Small

Bert the Scientist Human M Hair House Medium

Arthur the Actor Human M Hair House Large

Carl the Chicken Animal F Feathers Boat Small

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Solve the clues and then cross suspects off the list until one remains! The suspect remaining is the Egg Thief!

Name: _______________________

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Crack the code by writing the time in digital form for each clock below. Use your answers to match and place the letters in the boxes to reveal a clue. Put the letter in every box that it matches your answer in (there may be more than one!) The first one has been done for you.

READING & WRITING TIME – CLUE 1

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T

T

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7:20

Y N I H

A V E S B

L P W R

6:15 1:25 1:25 4:40 2:45 3:40 6:15 7:20 2:00 12:30

5:05 6:15 11:25 2:00 8:10 2:00 2:00 10:15

6:15 6:45 6:15 3:35 6:15 7:20 12:30 2:00 6:15

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MATCH FRACTIONS TO MODELS – CLUE 2

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Reveal a fact about the Egg Thief by matching the fractions at the bottom of the page to the correct shaded visual representation. Write the letters to your answers into the matching box under

the visual fraction. Put the letter in every box that it matches your answer in (there may be more than one!) The first one has been done for you.

T

𝟑

𝟔= T

𝟏

𝟐= H

E

𝟑

𝟏𝟏= E

𝟐

𝟖= T

𝟑

𝟒= H

𝟏

𝟔= I

𝟔

𝟏𝟎= E

𝟕

𝟏𝟐= F

𝟒

𝟓= I

𝟓

𝟐𝟎= S

𝟓

𝟔= F

𝟏

𝟒= E

𝟓

𝟖= M

𝟐

𝟑= A

𝟔

𝟔= L

𝟏𝟑

𝟏𝟓= E

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MISSING ADDENDS – CLUE 3

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T

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T

Crack the code by filling in the missing number to make the number 100 in each number sentence. Use your answers to match and place the letters in the boxes to reveal a clue. Put the letter in every box that it matches your answer in (there may be more than one!) The first

one has been done for you.

145 - _____ = 10045 167 - _____ = 100 123 - _____ = 100 50 + _____ = 100

W K Y

N

30 + _____ = 100 40 + _____ = 100 90 + _____ = 100 115 - _____ = 100

U L S

E

198 - _____ = 100 136 - _____ = 100 200 - _____ = 100 218 - _____ = 100

A C R

D

65 + _____ = 100 75 + _____ = 100 95 + _____ = 100 45 + _____ = 100

B G O

70 55 15 45 55 10 98 70

F

300 - _____ = 100

98 5 5 15 67 98 118 98

200 55 60 70 35 55 70 36 70 50

35 55 100 23 98 35 25 55 36 45 15

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MULTIPLY BY A MULTIPLE OF TEN – CLUE 4

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C C

Crack the code by completing the multiplication questions. Use your answers to match and place the letters in the boxes to reveal a clue. Put the letter in every box that it matches your

answer in (there may be more than one!) The first one has been done for you.

8 X 10 = ________80 C 3 X 90 = _________ N 3 X 80 = _________A

3 X 40 = _________P 5 X 70 = _________ R 9 X 40 = _________ T

2 X 20 = _________E 6 X 50 = _________ U 7 X 70 = _________ B

5 X 90 = _________I 8 X 20 = _________ S

8 X 70 = _________O 2 X 50 = _________M

6 X 30 = _________F

7 X 90 = _________D

9 X 60 = _________L

160 100 240 540 540

180 560 560 360 120 350 450 270 360 160

240 350 40 180 560 300 270 630 240 360

240 270 300 100 490 40 350 560 180

80 350 450 100 40 160 80 40 270 40 160

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PLACE VALUE – CLUE 5

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Crack the code by writing the value of the underlined digit in each question. Use your answers to match and place the letters in the boxes to reveal a clue. Put the letter in every box that it matches your answer in (there may be more than one!) The first one has been done for you.

405 - _____400

D

T

568 - _____

O

129 - _____

V

932 - _____

W B I S

L R K A

E U F N

5,318 - _____ 1,237 - _____ 582 - _____ 3,406 - _____

4,811 - _____ 984 - _____ 3,810 - _____ 2,055 - _____

8,641 - _____ 3,295 - _____ 5,633 - _____ 9,240 - _____

600 200 80 10 2,000 6 600 20 200 40 400

500 40 6 1 900 1 80 2,000 4,000

80 20 1,000 1,000 1 400 1 2,000 6 8 1 80

1,000 2,000 6 800 1 8 6

SOLVE THE MYSTERY:

CASE OF THE EGG THIEF

Detective

_____________________________________

(your name)

Has discovered that the Egg Thief is:

_____________________________________________

Clues Checklist:

Clue 1

Clue 2

Clue 3

Clue 4

Clue 5

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Teacher to check and

tick

Well done! You have discovered who the Egg Thief is ! The police have arrested the Egg Thief. The Easter Bunny thanks you for your hard work in solving this mystery! Happy Easter!

Oops! No that is not the Egg Thief. Go over, check your clues and try again.