Asterix’s Maths Race1 What is the perimeter of the Gallic village knowing that it’s a circle? The diameter is 1.5 Km! Give the

result in meters.

2 The weight of a wild boar is approximately 70 kg. Vitalstatistix orders Obelix to eat 1500 kg maximum per week. How many wild boars can Obelix eat per week? Give your answer to the nearest unit.

3 When Asterix drinks the magic potion, he can throw a Roman 2 km away in 3min. What is the speed of the Roman in km/h then m/s?

4 On a battlefield, there are 240,000 Roman warriors and approximately 25% fewer Gallic soldiers. What is the ratio of Romans to Gauls in its simplest form?

5When Asterix runs, he runs at 17km/h. When he drinks magic potion, he runs 48% faster.How fast does Asterix run when he drinks the magic potion ? Then convert the result in mph.

6At the Olympic games, there is a horserace. Taking part are 4 horses which run at different speeds. The first one runs 6 laps per minute, the second one 4, the third one 3, and the last one 1.What time will all the horses be aligned?

7Obelix fell into the big pot of Panoramix. So he drank a large quantity of Magic potion. The volume of the potion drunk by Obelix is equal to the volume of a pot with a spherical shape with a 50cm radius. How many liters of potion did Obelix drink? Round your answer to the nearest unit.

8Numerobis has 17 pigs. To thank his friends for their help, he wants to give one half of his pigs to Obelix, one third of his pigs to Asterix and one ninth to Dogmatix. He asks Getafix to help him to find a solution without killing any pig. Explain Getafix’s solution.

9A menhir is a cone of 2 meters in height and a base with a radius of 0.5 meters. We know that a cubic meter of stone weighs 2.5 tonnes. Calculate the weight of the menhir. Round your answer to the hundredth.

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Calculate the area of Cleopatra’s palace in m².Round to the nearest unit.

11 You need 1kg of mistletoe for 5 L of magic potion and 5 L of magic potion are enough for 25 persons for 5 days. How much mistletoe do you need for 500 persons for 30 days?

12 You know that Asterix can hit 13 romans in a minute without magic potion. With magic potion his performance is increased by 250%. How many romans can he hit with magic potion?

13 Romans make defensive formations. With 50 soldiers, General Mathus wants to make two rectangle formations with two different sizes. How many soldiers are there in each formation?

14 A square pyramid is made with different levels. The first square’s area is 64m² (base level). The level above is 86% of the level below. What is the area of the 9th level?

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Obelix is a menhir deliverer. Asterix helps him. Today they have to deliver 50 menhirs of 2kg each. They have to cross a bridge which can hold 653 pounds. Asterix weighs 65kg and Obelix 337 pounds.What is the minimum number of times they have to cross the bridge to put all the menhirs on the other side of the river?

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You arrive at the bank of a river. You want to go to the other side with your 3 crocodiles and 3 camels and you have a boat.Take care of the following rules:

The boat can’t hold more than two animals. You can’t move the boat if it’s empty If there are more crocodiles than camels on a bank of the river, the crocodiles will eat the poor

camelsThere are many ways to do that but you have to find the one with the smallest number of moves. How any moves do you need?

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Asterix and Obelix want to go to Alexandria from Marseilles by boat.When will they arrive to Alexandria precisely?We know that:

They have a stopover at Monaco for 2 days Another one at Malta for 3 hours and 42 minutes The distance between Marseilles and Alexandria is 1804 nautical miles. 1 nautical mile is 1852 meters They go as fast as 5.4 knots 1 km/h = 0.54 knots They leave Marseilles on the 26th of February at 13:39. It is a leap year.

18In the construction site, there are 534 slaves. A slave needs one and a half ladle of magic potion. A ladle is 25 mL, a cauldron is 15 L.How many cauldrons do you need to give magic potion to every slave?

19 There are 10 slaves that have to build a pyramid. This pyramid has 72 stones on its base. Every floor is 4 stones less than the floor under. How many stones do they need?

20 There are 10 slaves that have to build a pyramid. One slave can carry 5 stones in 10 minutes. How many stones can all the slaves together carry in one hour?

Asterix’s Maths Race - Answers1 4712 m2 21 wild boars3 40 Km/h---- 11.1m/s4 4:35 25.16 km/h 15.64 mph6 1 minute7 524 l8 Getafix lends Numerobis a pig. Obelix gets 9 pigs, Asterix 6, Dogmatix 2 and Getafix gets his pig back.9 1.3110 20,339 m²11 120kg12 32.5 km/h13 15 and 3514 ?15 2 times16 10 moves17 4th of March 00 :0118 319 684 stones20 300 stones