SmartMaths
1. In ‘Plaza de la Constitución’
Find in the square this piece of road
surface and calculate the total
amount of squares you can see.
2. In ‘Plaza de la Constitución’
The door of the church has a drawing similar to the scales of a fish.
Could you calculate the area of one of these scales? Explain how you
did it.
3. In ‘Plaza de la Constitución’
The town hall has decided to replace the stone with artificial grass in
this space. If we respect the field zones, calculate the square metres
needed.
4. In the Castle
This plaque was placed in November, 1984
in order to commemorate some facts which happened in November 1708. If we suppose the facts happened on the 1st November and the plaque was placed the 30th November, how long has it taken from the facts to the
placement of the plaque?
5. In the Castle
You will find this stone block in the Castle’s pine forest. The material
with the one it is made is called tuff stone (a type of a calcareous
sandstone created through dunes one hundred thousand years ago).
It has a density of 1,82 g/cm 3 . Calculate the estimated weight of this
stone block.
The average density is the ratio between the mass of a body and the
volume it occupies:
7. In the Castle
In the ancient “Palace of the Governor” is found nowadays the
building of the Archaeological Museum. Calculate the height of this
building without measuring it directly. Explain the method you haveused to calculate this height.
6. In the Castle
Locate this stone and calculate the area taking into account that it doesn´t have soil fragments in the centre.
