The Halloween Mystery at
Harriet’s House Maths Game
Harriet, the witch, is holding a Halloween party. She is very excited. She has
prepared all her favourite foods, including Frozen Frog Ices, Ghostly Gumballs
and Eyeball Pizza. She has a sparkly new hat with jewels on the side and
silver shoes to wear. Her house is spotless and she is ready to welcome her
guests.
The guests arrived, parking their broomsticks in the porch. Some hitched
a ride with a friend, while others suddenly appeared in the hallway. The
Grimm Brothers Band began to play and everyone was having a screamingly
good time!
However, disaster struck! Someone sneaked into the kitchen and ate half of
the beautiful Black Cat and Bat Cake which Harriet had made especially,
with extra bat wing flavouring! Who would do such a thing?
Your mission is to use the list of suspect descriptions, solve the maths clues
and find out who the cake scoffer is!
Good luck.
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Witch or Wore a Transport to Colour of Carried an
Name
Wizard Hat? Party Shoes Object
Arthur wizard yes appeared blue wand
Beryl witch yes broomstick black pumpkin
Caspar wizard no car silver no
Dev wizard yes appeared blue wand
Ethel witch yes broomstick black wand
Hiro wizard no appeared blue no
Izzy witch yes broomstick black pumpkin
Jerry wizard yes car white wand
Klint wizard yes broomstick white no
Leon wizard no broomstick blue pumpkin
Myrtle witch yes appeared black pumpkin
Niall wizard no car blue wand
Oscar wizard yes broomstick silver pumpkin
Prunella witch yes broomstick silver wand
Quincy wizard yes car silver pumpkin
Rasputin wizard no broomstick blue wand
Sally witch no car black no
Tia witch yes broomstick silver wand
Umberto wizard yes broomstick black no
Violet witch yes car white wand
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Clue 1
The Clever Cat
Cuthbert, the cat, thinks he is quite good at maths. He has written these
number sentences. Tick the ones he has answered correctly.
If Cuthbert has answered most of them correctly, the cake culprit wore
a hat.
If he has answered most of them incorrectly, the cake culprit did not
wear a hat.
Correct Incorrect
10 + 4 = 14
6–3=2
4+5=9
8 + 6 = 14
9–7=1
5 + 6 = 11
3+4=6
Put a circle around the correct answer:
The culprit did wear a hat/did not wear a hat.
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Clue 2
Halloween Number Mix-Up
Use the numbers and symbols to make a number sentence which is correct.
Then, look for the answer in the table below. Use the words to make a sentence.
7 2 5 = − 6 10 5 5
+ = 12 6 − =
12 20 8 8 16 8
+ = = +
2 20 5
walked by travelled
6 8 1
culprit appeared did
4 7 16
not the broomstick
Answer to clue 2:
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Clue 3
Pumpkin Riddles
What numbers are the riddles describing?
Find the numbers in the pumpkins and use the words to make a sentence.
Riddle 1: I am made of two digits. Riddle 2: I am made of two digits.
My tens digit is an odd number. My ones digit is no amount at all.
My ones digit is between 6 and 8. My tens digit is even.
What number am I? What number am I?
Riddle 3: I am made of two digits. Riddle 4: I am an even number.
I am an even number. I am less than 10.
My tens digit is odd. I am a single digit.
My ones digit is half of 4. I am the answer to 4 + 4
What number am I? What number am I?
Riddle 5: I am an odd number.
I am one less than 20.
What number am I?
12 8 10 18
is a naughty wizard
17 6 19 20
cake not witch eater
Answer to clue 3: The
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Clue 4
Spooky Sequence
Here is a sequence of pictures.
What will come next in the picture sequence? Tick your choice.
A B
C D
If you ticked A, the cake culprit wore silver shoes.
If you ticked B, the cake culprit wore blue shoes.
If you ticked C, the cake culprit wore black shoes.
If you ticked D, the cake culprit wore white shoes.
Answer to clue 4:
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Clue 5
Halloween Fractions
Work out the fractions and circle your answer.
What is 1/2 of the pumpkins? What is 1/2 of the sweets?
2 4 1 4 5 3
What is 1/4 of the hats? What is 1/2 of the spiders?
4 5 3 2 5 9
What is 1/4 of the frogs? What is 1/2 of the snails?
2 1 4
5 2 6
Find the answers in the table below and make a sentence from the words.
7 3 4
pumpkin cake culprit
1 0 6
their not wand
5 2 8
dropped the bring
Answer to clue 5:
Have you solved the mystery of who ate most of Harriet’s Black Cat and
Bat Cake?
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Clue 1: The Clever Cat
There are more correct answers. The culprit wore a hat.
Correct ✓ Incorrect X
10 + 4 = 14 ✓
6–3=2 X
4+5=9 ✓
8 + 6 = 14 ✓
9–7=1 X
5 + 6 = 11 ✓
3+4=6 X
Clue 2: Halloween Number Mix-Up
2 20 5
walked by travelled
6 8 1
culprit appeared did
4 7 16
not the broomstick
The culprit travelled by broomstick.
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Clue 3: Pumpkin Riddles
Riddle 1 = 17
Riddle 2 = 20
Riddle 3 = 12
Riddle 4 = 8
Riddle 5 = 19
The cake eater is a witch.
Clue 4: Spooky Sequence
C: the cake culprit wore black shoes.
Clue 5: Halloween Fractions
7 3 4
pumpkin cake culprit
1 0 6
their not wand
5 2 8
dropped the bring
The cake culprit dropped their wand.
Ethel is the eater of the black cat and bat cake.
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