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Treasure Island

Stage: 2 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:1

Here is a map of a Treasuremap.png .

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What are the co-ordinates of these objects?


Write down what you can see at the co-ordinates given below:

  1. ($7, 5$)
  2. ($9, 5$)
  3. ($5, 3$)
  4. ($2, 3$)
  5. ($7, 1$)
  6. ($3, 3$)
  7. ($4, 2$)
  8. ($1, 1$)

The words can be used in a special way to find the coordinates of the buried treasure. Can you work out where it is?


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