ANZAC Maths

1.During the first day of the Gallipoli campaign half of Australia’s 12

000 soldiers were killed. How many died?

2.700 out of 1500 New Zealanders were killed, write that as a

fraction and simplify it.

3.If the landing was on April 25, 1915, and the final retreat was on

December 21 of the same year how many days did the campaign

last?

4.2721 New Zealanders were killed, how many died per month on

average?

5.Only 9000 bodies of the 46 000 Allied troops that died were

identified, write that as a fraction, simplify it, write it as a

decimal and as a percentage.

6.In the whole of WW1 approximately 1 in 5 of New Zealand’s

soldiers were killed. Write that as a percentage. If 18 166 Kiwis

were killed approximately how many Kiwi soldiers took part in the

war?

7.In 1915 New Zealand’s population was approximately one million.

How many males would there have been?

8.What percentage of those males went to war (use your answers to

Q6 and Q7)?

9.What percentage of New Zealand’s population was killed in WW1?

10.Name a town in NZ now that has a population of about 20 000

people. Clue, Hastings has a population of about 60 000.