Tutor Challenge Using your Left Brain and Right

Tutor Challenge Using your Left Brain and Right Brain Week beginning 5 th October 7 puzzles, 12 points up for grabs!

1. Right brain exercise: counting squares Count up the number of squares below…

2. Left brain: changing words Begin with the word WALL and change a letter at a time until you get the word FIRM. Each change must be a proper word. WALL ____ FIRM

3. Right brain: numbering toothpicks Arrange three toothpicks into the number 9 (without breaking or bending them).

4. Left brain: letter scramble Come up with as many words as you can from the following letters. Use each letter only once in each word. IRNAB

5. Right brain: jigsaw Which piece fits in the puzzle?

6. Left brain: finding colours Rearrange all the letters to find the four colours mixed up below. Hint: Only one is a primary colour. RAIGET ENOLYL OVGOEN LEWRE

7. Finicky Frank has very eccentric tastes. He’s a fan of football but hates rugby; loves beer but hates ale; drives a Ferrari but wouldn’t be caught dead in a Lamborghini. Based on Frank’s finicky tastes, would he prefer skiing or cycling?

Now, the answers….

Puzzle 1. Right brain exercise: counting squares Count up the number of squares below… 21 squares (1 point)

2. Left brain: changing words Begin with the word WALL and change a letter at a time until you get the word FIRM. Each change must be a proper word. 1 point WALL WILL FILM FIRM

3. Right brain: numbering toothpicks Arrange three toothpicks into the number 9 (without breaking or bending them). IX (Roman numeral). 1 point

4. Left brain: letter scramble Come up with as many words as you can from the following letters. Use each letter only once in each word. IRNAB I, In, Ran, Rib, Rain, Nab, A, An, Air, Ban, Bar, Bin, Barn, Brain. 3 points for all 15 words 2 points for 8— 14 words

5. Right brain: jigsaw Which piece fits in the puzzle? 1 point

6. Left brain: finding colours Rearrange all the letters to find the four colours mixed up below. Hint: Only one is a primary colour. RAIGET ENOLYL OVGOEN LEWRE Green, Orange, Violet, Yellow. (1 point each)

7. Finicky Frank has very eccentric tastes. He’s a fan of football but hates rugby; loves beer but hates ale; drives a Ferrari but wouldn’t be caught dead in a Lamborghini. Based on Frank’s finicky tastes, would he prefer skiing or cycling? Skiing, since he only likes words that contain double letters! (1 point)