The Mystery of the Magical Ice

Sculptures
Maths Mystery Game

There is a wintery chill in the air and a thick layer of snow covers the
ground on the school field and playground. The children are all wrapped
up in their warmest coats with their woolly hats and gloves on. They
are excited to be heading outside for some frosty fun in the snow.
As they reach the playground, the children gasp in surprise. Scattered
around the school grounds are the most magical, amazing ice sculptures
of different animals, carefully carved out of enormous blocks of ice!
Cats, tigers, horses, even a snake coiled around a tree!
Snow forgotten, the children look around in wonder at the beautiful
sculptures. Bright coloured fairy lights are sparkling in the trees, making
the sculptures glow. How did the they all get here? Who could have
made them? Can you help the children find out?
Solve the clues to identify the talented artist who created the magical
ice sculptures.

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 The Mystery of the
Favourite Favourite Favourite
Magical Ice Sculptures
Name Job
Food Colour Animal
David cleaner cheese green tiger
Benjamin teacher pizza yellow horse
Rayan bus driver chocolate pink dog
Danika dentist cheese green tiger
Erin butcher strawberries purple snake
Freddie hairdresser strawberries green tiger
George writer pizza pink tiger
Bethany florist cheese green tiger
Isaac plumber chocolate purple snake
Jessica baker pizza green tiger
Sol painter cheese green tiger
Oscar lorry driver chocolate blue snake
Maggie vet strawberries purple cat
Nikolas sales person cheese green tiger
Patrice actor strawberries yellow dog
Ryan electrician pizza red snake
Saffie guard cheese green tiger
Tomaz dancer strawberries blue horse
Vera childminder cheese green tiger
Ivy nurse cheese blue dog
Yasmin train driver chocolate purple tiger
Mia doctor cheese green tiger

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Clue 1: Number Bonds of 10 Maze The Mystery of the
Magical Ice Sculptures

Colour the number bonds of 10 to find a path through the maze and
reveal what the talented artist's favourite animal is.

START 8+2 3+7 6+3 5+4

5+2 1+8 5+5 4+4 3+6

8+1 2+6 6+4 2+7 6+1

5+3 7+3 1+9 5+2 1+4

4+5 2+8 7+2 4+3 7+1

1+6 4+6 8+1 5+3 6+2

cat tiger horse dog snake

Clue 1: Their favourite animal is a .

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Clue 2: Identify and Match 2D Shapes The Mystery of the
Magical Ice Sculptures

Match each 2D shape to its name and cross it off in the grid at the
bottom of the page. The colour of the shape that is left over will reveal
what the talented artist's favourite colour is.

pentagon triangle circle square hexagon

red blue pink

yellow green purple

Clue 2: Their favourite colour is .

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Clue 3: Addition Code Breaker The Mystery of the
Magical Ice Sculptures

Solve the calculations. Match the answers to the grid to find the
corresponding words.
Write the words down in order to find what the talented artist's
favourite food is.

5+3=

7+2=

1+9=

4+2=

3+4=

7 1 15 3 9
cheese their chocolate food like

13 12 2 4 8
strawberries pizza favourite is they

6 14 10 11 5
eat love to best are

Clue 3:

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Clue 4: Find the Missing Numbers The Mystery of the
Magical Ice Sculptures

Find the missing numbers by counting in steps of 2, 5 or 10, crossing the

snowflakes off in the grid at the bottom of the page as you use them.
The snowflake that is left over will reveal which letter the talented
artist's name begins with.

4 6 8 12 14

15 20 30 35 40

10 20 30 50 60

8 10 12 14 18

20 25 30 40 45

25 10 35

N B V

20 40 16

D S M

Clue 4: Their name starts with the letter .

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Clue 5: Addition and Subtraction Code Breaker The Mystery of the
Magical Ice Sculptures

Solve the calculations. Match the answers to the grid to find the
corresponding letters that spell out the final clue. What is the talented
artist’s job?

a b c d e f g h i j k l m
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

n o p q r s t u v w x y z
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

9−5

6−1

11 + 3

16 + 4

6+3

10 + 9

19 + 1

Clue 5: Their job is a .

The talented artist who created the ice sculptures was .

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