Mystery of the Missing Gingerbread House Every Year, the Community of Kirihimetetown, New Zealand, Holds a Gingerbread House Competition
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Mystery of the Missing Gingerbread House Every year, the community of Kirihimetetown, New Zealand, holds a gingerbread house competition. Families submit amazing gingerbread houses and the competition is very fierce. Last year’s winner was a gingerbread model of the Skytower. This year, the houses are just as incredible. The competitors used real gingerbread, icing, lollies, candy canes and sprinkles. The houses are edible works of art. Unfortunately, several of the entries are missing. Someone at the competition has stolen some of the best entries! Who could have done this? Solve the clues to discover the identity of the gingerbread hijacker. Page 1 of 6 visit twinkl.co.nz Mystery of the Missing Gingerbread House Name Gender Age Role Christmas Sweater Jesse Smith F 28 Contestant Yes Wiremu Holden M 21 Judge No Valerie Willis F 24 Visitor No William Li M 15 Visitor Yes Hana Kahu F 17 Visitor Yes Irena Vicks F 7 Contestant Yes Brandon Samuels M 62 Visitor Yes TeAna Rangi F 49 Contestant No Karina Kelsall F 35 Judge Yes Leslie Tobias F 13 Visitor No Annie Barnes F 33 Contestant No Jackson Jones M 54 Judge Yes Mitchell Mason M 52 Visitor No Matua Olson M 12 Visitor Yes Jimena Diaz F 18 Contestant No Liv Marion F 29 Judge No Mollie McMillan F 76 Judge Yes Emerson West F 46 Visitor No Jaime Callie M 31 Visitor Yes Nikau Kauri M 19 Contestant Yes Page 2 of 6 visit twinkl.co.nz Mystery of the Missing Gingerbread House Clue 1: Jumper Round! Solve the problems and colour in the answers in the table. Use the words from the table to find your first clue. Round to the nearest 10. 58 = 49 = 176 = Round to the nearest 100. 738 = 288 = 1,067 = 85 = Round to the nearest 1000. 4,501 = 8,102 = 180 8,000 100 1100 is sweater themed holiday 7000 60 80 5000 jacket the are Christmas 700 300 50 90 wearing a thief sports Answer to clue 1: Page 3 of 6 visit twinkl.co.nz Mystery of the Missing Gingerbread House Clue 2: Even the Odds! Solve the problems below. If more problems are even, the thief is female. If they are odd, the thief is male. 1. Almanzo bought a box of candy canes. There are 8 candy canes in each box. Almanzo bought 7 boxes. How many candy canes did he buy? 2. Buster baked a roll of cookies for a holiday party. He put 6 cookies on each tray. He baked 5 trays. How many cookies did he bake in all? 3. Doug bought some lights for the Christmas tree. He got seven strands. Each strand had 7 bulbs on it. How many bulbs did he have in all? 4. Whitman has 3 Christmas trees in his house. He put 7 gifts under each tree. How many gifts did he have in all? 5. Margaret unpacked boxes of ornaments for the Christmas tree. She has 8 boxes of ornaments with 6 ornaments in each. How many ornaments does she have in all? Answer to clue 2: Page 4 of 6 visit twinkl.co.nz Mystery of the Missing Gingerbread House Clue 3: Christmas Questions Solve the problems below. Find the answer in the table. 1. Ramon made 56 Christmas cookies. He put the same number of cookies into 8 different gift bags. How many cookies were in each bag? 2. Dolly bought mittens for children in need. She bought 12 mittens. How many pairs did she buy? 3. Christopher bought 36 poinsettias. There were 4 flowers in each pot. How many pots did he buy? 4. Kenny saw a group of reindeer pulling Santa’s sleigh. He counted 40 legs. If each reindeer has 4 legs each, how many reindeer were pulling the sleigh? 5. Judy has 24 bows for gifts. If she puts 3 bows on each gift, how many gifts she can decorate? 6. The Johnson family had 36 ornaments to put on their tree. They stored them in 9 different boxes. If the same number of ornaments come out of each box, how many ornaments does each box hold? 7 9 3 10 The Is guest Not 5 2 8 11 Judge Are a Will 6 4 1 12 thief visitor male sweater Answer to clue 3: Page 5 of 6 visit twinkl.co.nz Mystery of the Missing Gingerbread House Clue 4: Festive Shapes Match the problem to the answer. Create a sentence using the attached words. This is your final clue! 1. I am a shape with 4 equal sides and 1. Line - adult 4 right angles. 2. Right Angle - are 3. Square - The 2. I am a shape with 5 angles. 4. Triangle - female 5. Hexagon - child 3. I am a shape with two sets of parallel 6. Rectangle - a sides. 7. Point - old 8. Pentagon - thief 4. I have 4 right angles and my 9. Kite - Christmas opposite sides are the same 10. Parallelogram - is length. 11. Trapezoid - not 5. I have more sides than a pentagon. Answer to clue 4: Who is the thief? Page 6 of 6 visit twinkl.co.nz Mystery of the Missing Gingerbread House - Answers Clue 1: The thief is wearing a holiday themed Christmas sweater. Clue 2: The thief is female. Clue 3: The thief is not a visitor Clue 4: The thief is a child. Who is the thief? Irena Vicks visit twinkl.com.