Daniel Defoe-The Author
Daniel Defoe was born in London in 1660 and lived through the plague and the Great Fire of London of 1666.He travelled for many years in Europe but he was bankrupt a few years later.Daniel Defoe had many jobs. He wrote The Review' newspaper, he was a spy and a person who wrote books and magazines about history .He did not write stories until he was sixty years old.Robinson Crusoe was his first book. It was published in 1719.He died 1731 at the age of seventy one and is buried in London.
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Can you help Robinson solve these problems ?
The ship that was carrying me lies 300m offshore. I can swim 100m in 28 seconds. In one day I can only swim 2.4 km. Each journey I can bring back 27 kg of goods. I know that there are 810 kg of goods left on the ship. Due to the tides I am able only to swim between 11:15am and 3:55pm each day. I do not swim on the day after Tuesday.
1. How far away from the island is the ship ?
2. How long does it take Robinson to bring back one load of goods ?
3. How many journeys can he make in one day ?
4. On which day does he not make journeys to the ship ?
5. How many hours and minutes does he have to swim in a day ?
6. How many journeys does he need to make to bring all the goods back to shore ?
Answers by Leifr Yr 6
1. 300m
2. 168 seconds / 2 minutes and 48 seconds
3. Wednesday
4. 4 hours 40 minutes
5. 30 journeys