Greetings , AQUILAnauts ! Little Alex Horne here . This month ’ s edition is all about Money Maths , and fortunately I ’ m really quite proficient at maths because not only am I the Taskmaster ’ s bookkeeper extraordinaire , but he also gives me pocket money and I have to return the change . It ’ s super for my mental arithmetic . But enough of that , the Taskmaster has actually set me a monetary challenge that I might need a bit of help with . Let ’ s give it a go …
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Greetings , AQUILAnauts ! Little Alex Horne here . This month ’ s edition is all about Money Maths , and fortunately I ’ m really quite proficient at maths because not only am I the Taskmaster ’ s bookkeeper extraordinaire , but he also gives me pocket money and I have to return the change . It ’ s super for my mental arithmetic . But enough of that , the Taskmaster has actually set me a monetary challenge that I might need a bit of help with . Let ’ s give it a go …
Activity : We all know money doesn ’ t grow on trees . The Taskmaster has assured Alex of this many ( many ) times . But one of these saplings just happens to be a Chinese magnolia tree ( Magnolia x soulangeana ), which is actually worth a lot of money when fully grown . Unfortunately , Alex doesn ’ t know much about trees , but he wants to buy the Taskmaster the one with the most monetary value . Can you use the clues to pick it out of this line-up – or should we say pine-up ? No . You ’ re right . We shouldn ’ t .
Clue 1 The magnolia tree is not in a red pot . Clue 2 The magnolia tree has an odd number of leaves . Clue 3 The magnolia tree is not next to the sapling in the orange pot . Clue 4 Pot number five contains an apple tree .
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The magnolia tree is in pot number :..............
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