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Volume 13 (Solutions for: CIRCA 37, CIRCA 38 and CIRCA 39)
CIRCA 37: Solutions
Front cover/Fleet puzzle:
The minimum number of ships that Sir Walter could have had in his fleet is three, one of each type.
Pages 2 and 3/L.s.d. 1. A pair of shoes £36.
2. A posh pair of boots £5760.
3. A week’s wages for a carpenter £64.
4. A loaf of bread £1.50.
5. Cost of building the Mary Rose £264 000.
6. Sir Walter Raleigh’s income in a good year £816 000.
Guaging how the buying power of money changes over centuries is difficult. The Tudor period,
in particular, is very complicated due to the rampant inflation mainly caused by the influx into
Europe of gold and silver from the Americas.
Shilling search
Ther are a total of 21 lines of shillings (12d).
Horizontal (from top left):
line 1: 5, 2, 4, 1 and 1, 11
line 2: 2, 4, 6
line 3: 3, 9
line 4: 3, 1, 7, 1
line 5: 10, 2
Vertical (from top left):
line 1: 5, 6, 1 and 1, 3, 8
line 2: 2, 4, 6
line 3: 2, 3, 7 and 3, 7, 2
line 4: 1, 1, 9, 1
line 5: 1, 1, 10
Diagonal (left to right, starting from top right):
line 4: 2, 9, 1
line 5: 5, 4, 3
line 6: 6, 6 and 7, 5
Diagonal (right to left, starting from bottom right):
line 4: 9, 3
line 5: 8, 1, 3 and 1, 11
line 6: 3, 6, 2, 1
Pages 4 and 5/An approximate day
1. M 2. O 3. R 4. E 5. O
The character spelt out is ROMEO, from the tragedy Romeo and Juliet.
Pages 10 and 11/Who won the race ? The course (start to finish) is 28.5 metres in a straight line. They all finished at the same time.
Francis’ path was 42.5 metres. He ended up 9 metres from the finish line. He ran the fastest.
Dick’s path was 41.5 metres. He ended up 2 metres from the finish line. He was nearest to
the finish line. Tom’s path was 31.5 metres. He ended up 4 metres from the finish line. His was
the most direct route.
According to accepted rules, if no one crosses the finish line there is no winner. So the judge’s
decision seems correct.However, this is a ‘fun run’ of sorts, so pupils might like to discuss each
runner’s claim to be the winner and may come to a different conclusion.
For information
‘Tom, Dicke and Francis’ are the forerunner of ‘Tom. Dick and Harry’ the common expression
used to describe an average person or persons. The former appears in Shakespeare’s Henry IV
part II, the latter appears in song lyrics in the 1740’s.
Pages 12 and 13/A right royal mix-up
1. Find the queen
The queen is C.
2. Who's who?
A: Jack of Clubs, B: Queen of Hearts, C: King of Spades and D: Queen of Diamonds
3. Where are the jacks?
Armoury: Diamonds
Games Room: Clubs
Library: Hearts
Dungeon: Spades
4. Wh sits where?
From left to right: King of Spades, Jack of Clubs, Jack of Hearts, Queen of Hearts, King of Clubs,
Queen of Diamonds, Queen of Spades.
Pages 14 and 15 /Are you puzzled?
Tudor times The hands are showing 3 x 9 = 27.
Identical helmets
The identical helmets are 8 and 14.
Contrary number 43 is the odd one out. It is a prime number and has no factors.
All the other numbers are divisible by 3.
(It would be possible to find a reason why each number is contrary, e.g.
21 is the only multiple of 7,
48 is the only number whose digits are both even,
15 is the only multiple of 5,
12 is the only number less than 13.
Edward and the purses Two servants received 2 purses with a sovereign in, 1 purse with half sovereign in and 2 empty purses.
The third servant got the remaining 5 purses (1 + sovereign, 3 + 3 half sovereigns and 1 empty purse).
Compare the second gift and the doubled first gift:
4 large bags and two small bags = 160
3 large bags and two small bags = 130
The difference in sacks is x, the difference in totals is 30,
so x = 30. Therefore, weight of one large bag = 30 kilograms.
Page 16 (back cover)/Tudor Inn Alice booked the family into Chimney’s Hotel. It was the cheapest at £127.50 for the whole family.
Here’s how they all worked out:
The King Henry Hotel 3 adults @ £32.50 is £97.50,
2 children @ £20.00 is £40.00. Total £137.50.
Good Queen Bess Inn 2 double rooms @ £65.00 is £130.00. Camp bed @ £10.00. Total £140.00
Chimney’s Hotel 3 adults @ £35.00 is £105.00, 1 child under 12 years @ £22.50 and 1 child under 6 free. Total £127.50
Tudor Towers Apartments 1 apartment sleeping 6 is £147.50
Front cover/Crossing the bridges:
The journey can only be successfully traversed if started or finished at Willow Island or Rose Island.
Two ways are shown here.
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Pages 2 and 3/Square thoughts 1. Kuang’s quiz
1. 82 sq chi 2. 56 sq chi 3. 2 sq chi 4. 12 sq chi
5. 16 chi 6. 34 sq chi
The correct solutions spell out WISDOM, which is, along with strength and goodness, one of the
special qualities associated with Chinese dragons.
Pages 4 and 5/Great Wall of China
1. M 1. K, 2. O, 3. Y, 4. N, 5. E, 6. M
For information This kind of dissection problem is very old. It was very popular in Ancient China many thousands of years
ago. Dissection problems led to the invention of the popular Tangram Square and its associated puzzles.
Pages 12 and 13/Tearing tangrams
Area Squares with tans
The area of the
tans are:
A is 2 units,
B is 2 units,
C is 1 unit,
D is 0.5 unit,
E is 1 unit,
F is 0.5 unit,
G is 1 unit
Pages 14 and 15 /Are you puzzled?
7-piece tangram puzzles
Which house?
(3) is correct.
Tangram birds
Find the shape
Cutting shapes (1) = (G), (2) = (A), (3) = (B).
Chinese year names
(1) The Sydney Olympics took place in 2000. This was a year of the Dragon. (2) The London Olympics take place in 2012, this is also a year of the Dragon.
