2/2 Hawks are natural predators to pigeons, and their presence helps to keep the pigeon population under control.
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1/2 Fact Friday ๐พ๐ | 12th
๐ Did You Know? The Wimbledon Hawk!
Every morning before matches begin at Wimbledon, a specially trained hawk named Rufus flies over the courts to scare away pigeons! This ensures the games go on without any feathery interruptions.
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4/5 Challenge Yourself: Calculate the percentage of the constituency's votes that each candidate received. What percentage of votes contributed to the winning margin?
3/5 In a constituency, the total votes cast are 30,000. Candidate A wins by securing just 10 votes more than Candidate B, & Candidate C gets 30% of the total votes. If the combined votes of B & C represent 10% more than A's, how many votes did each candidate get?
2/5 The UK's general elections are decided using the FPTP system, where the candidate who secures the most votes in each constituency wins the seat. What does this mean for overall voter representation?
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1/5 Maths Monday ๐๐ณ๏ธ | 8th July
๐ฌ๐ง Diving Deeper into the UK Electoral System!
As discussions centre around the recent election, letโs apply our maths skills to better understand the complexities of voting in the UK.
๐ Exploring the 'First Past the Post' (FPTP) System:
3/3 ๐ This incredible dance is a vital part of how bees thrive and support their colonies.
๐ธ Seen bees buzzing around flowers lately? They might be heading back to perform their waggle dance!
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2/3 ๐บ The Waggle Dance:
When a bee finds a good source of nectar, it performs a dance back at the hive. It's a precise figure-eight dance called the "waggle dance."
The direction and duration of the waggle dance tell other bees where to find food relative to the sun.
1/3 Fact Friday ๐๐ | 5th July
๐ Bee Communication: The Waggle Dance!
Happy Fact Friday! This week, letโs buzz into the fascinating world of bees and discover how they communicate something incredibly importantโwhere to find food!
4/4 ๐ก Think it through and share your answers with us in the comments below.
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3/4 Here are your clues:
The number of swimmers is twice the number of archers.
There are 8 more hikers than painters.
The number of painters is half the number of archers.
๐ค Can you figure out how many participants each activity has?
2/4 ๐๏ธ Here's your challenge:
At the summer camp, there are four different activities happening throughout the day: swimming, archery, hiking, and painting. Each activity has a different number of participants, and the total number of participants across all activities is 100.
1/4 MATHS MONDAY ๐๐ | July 1st
๐ Summer Camp Riddle!
Welcome to July's first Maths Monday! Today, we're diving into a summery maths riddle. Perfect to solve on a lazy summer afternoon or while gearing up for a day of fun!
1/2 FACT FRIDAY!
Did you know that plants can communicate with each other? Through a process called allelopathy, plants release chemicals into the soil to inhibit the growth of neighboring plants. This is their way of competing for sunlight and nutrients.
MATHS MONDAY: Mental Arithmetic
Start your week with a useful maths trick!
To multiply any number by 5, simply divide the number by 2 and then multiply by 10.
Give it a try and follow for more maths tips and puzzles.
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2/2 The stones line up perfectly with the first rays of sun. Archaeologists think ancient people used it as an astronomical calendar. A great example of how ancient cultures combined science, religion and engineering!
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FACT FRIDAY: Summer Solstice!
Today is the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year! Did you know that Stonehenge, a prehistoric monument in England, is famous for its alignment with the sunrise on this day?