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The Numeracy World Cup Challenge. Top Ticket. E-ticketing. Buy 2 get 1 half price. Buy 3 get 25% off the total price. If each ticket costs £200, which vendor would be cheapest if I needed 3 tickets?. Question 1.
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Top Ticket E-ticketing Buy 2 get 1 half price Buy 3 get 25% off the total price If each ticket costs £200, which vendor would be cheapest if I needed 3 tickets? Question 1
The inaugural Football World Cup was held in Uruguay in July 1930 with 13 countries participating in the tournament. The final, between Argentina and Uruguay, was played in front of 93,000 spectators and finished 4-2 to Uruguay. For how long has the World Cup been running? “Fuleco the Armadillo” is the official mascot of the 2014 World Cup. He was chosen in a national vote and is seen as a symbol of Brazil’s ambition for the event to be environmentally friendly. Question 2
Liverpool have 6 players in the current England squad, including the England Captain Steven Gerrard. What is the median number of caps for the Liverpool players? Steven Gerrard (111) is England’s third most capped player ever, behind Peter Shilton(125) and David Beckham (115). Question 3
Bosnia and Herzegovina have qualified for the tournament for the first time in their history. The small country in south-eastern Europe has a population of just 3,800,000. When they played their final qualification match against Lithuania, 20% of the country were watching the game. How many people watched the game? Until 1992, Bosnian-Herzegovinian players were part of the Yugoslavia national football team. The breakup of Yugoslavia resulted in the formation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which is considered a distinct entity from the Yugoslavia team. Question 4
What is the minimum area a football pitch can be? Question 5
Question 6 3.7 million fans are expected to travel to Brazil to support their teams, with the majority of them landing at Rio de Janeiro International Airport. England’s first game is at the Manaus stadium, 1750 miles from the capital city Rio de Janeiro. Assuming a plane’s average speed is 500mph, how long would you expect the flight to take? The Manaus stadium currently has a capacity of 46,000 and was constructed in 2010 following Brazil’s successful bid to host the World Cup.
The opening ceremony, which is to be held prior to the first match between Brazil and Croatia, will start at 17:00 local time. If Brazil is 4 hours behind the UK, what time will it start here? Jennifer Lopez and Pitbull have collaborated for the official World Cup song called “We are One” Question 7
12 cities across Brazil are to host matches, with the final being held at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janero. The majority of stadia have had major refurbishment work carried out prior to the tournament. What is the range of the capacities for the stadiums listed on the right? 751 million people around the world watched the final of the 2006 World Cup between Italy and France, a record for any sporting event. Question 8
During the group stages of the Word Cup, each team in a group plays the other teams once. If there are 8 groups in total, how many games are played altogether in the group stages? In 2006, 751 million people around the world watched the 2006 World Cup Final between Italy and France. Question 9
Question 10 The final will be held be played in Rio on July 2013 in front of over 70,000 fans. Approximately what are the average maximum and minimum temperatures for July? The 2022 World Cup will be held in the Arab country of Qatar where temperatures regularly exceed 50⁰C. To combat the extreme climate, Qatar officials are proposing to build air conditioned stadiums which will bring the indoor temperature down to around 20 ⁰C.
