World of Tan 4 - Monday Morning

Stage: 2 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:2 Challenge Level:2

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  1. Discuss and list the sorts of removal jobs you think the men have to do this week.
  2. Work out the ages of the men, knowing that: all three are under 30 years of age; there are four years between the two cousins; there is a decade between the youngest and oldest man; that the sum of their ages is a prime number.
  3. Make a list of all the people who are in your family... aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces etc. You might like to begin making a family tree of all the relatives.
  4. Find out the favourite drinks of your classmates. What is the most popular beverage? Is it tea as favoured by the workmen? Display in different ways all the data that you gather.

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