The Official England Maths Workbook, which covers sums for practising Key
Stage Two maths for 7-11 year  olds. This has been introduced as part of
the Government's maths campaign.

1. ACCELERATION. David is 78 yards away from the referee and Gary is 65 yards away. If David can run at 21 mph and Gary can run at 16 mph, who will be sticking their vein-bulging forehead into the hapless whistler's face first, assuming David does not stop to stamp on an opponent
on his way.

2. TELLING THE TIME. If one minute of time is taken up in a game for substitutions and one minute for injuries, how much  injury time the referee will add on if England are losing?

3.  PROBABILITY (1). Steven Gerrard is an Englishman. Express, as a percentage,
the number of internationals he has missed on a Wednesday evening compared  to
the miraculous recoveries he made for the following Saturday.

4.  SUBTRACTION (1). England are one of the giants of world football. How many more World Cup Finals have they appeared in than Belarus? (For one extra mark; How many more than Australia?)

5. SUBTRACTION (2). How many more times have England won the World Cup
than Brazil?

6. DISTANCE. You are the referee at Old Trafford. How near to a visiting
defender does a tumbling Michael Owen have to be to earn a penalty
if he goes down in the box? (Note:  Round your answers down to the nearest
20 yards.)

7. PROBABILITY (2).  Express the statistical probability of visitors to
England being awarded  a penalty. Compare this with the probability
of opponents of England being  awarded a penalty home or away, and then
discuss if a penalty awarded to England would be awarded to their
opponents in identical circumstances.

8. BASIC ACCOUNTING (2). Sven had a hotel room booked in London  for the
meeting of the Queen. How much money did he lose when cancelling his  reservation?

9. WEIGHT AND PRESSURE. Wayne is almost 6ft tall and very strong and fast. How
much pressure need be applied to make him tumble over in the  opponent's
penalty area? (Note; Answers must be in lbs per square inch. However,
answers such as However much pressure is applied by Sven to referees
are accepted.)

10. POULTRY FARMING. What is the total number of chickens counted  before
they were hatched by England fans who thought Paraquay were a pushover?

11. ABSOLUTELY NO APOLOGIES TO ENGLAND FANS, WHICHEVER PART OF  DORSET, KENT,
LONDON, NORFOLK ETC YOU COME FROM!