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26 09 2007

periodic table prize puzzle

Posted by: woodchurchscience in chemistry, fun stuff, ks3, ks4, warren

our first prize puzzle of the year: a two parter:
1) if you put all the elements in the periodic table in alphabetical order which would be first and which would be last? and
2) which letters are not represented in the alphabetical list?

answers by comment button please. a prize to the first complete correct answer from each year group.

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13 Responses to “periodic table prize puzzle”

1.   MichaelDavies10xz Says:
   September 26th, 2007 at 5:33 pm

   As far as i can see the first element would be Ac - Actinium and the last would be Zr - Zirconium and the two letters that are not represented by any element symbols (The first, not second letter in the symbol) are J and Q.

2.   mr warren Says:
   September 26th, 2007 at 7:02 pm

   we have a year 10 winner. michael davies 10xz. prizes still left for years 7,8,9 and 11.

3.   charlotte Says:
   October 8th, 2007 at 5:34 pm

   Hi sir,

   The first element in the periodic table (alphabetically) is Actinium (Ac) and the last is Zirconium (Zr).

4.   charlotte Says:
   October 8th, 2007 at 5:35 pm

   can you rephrase the part 2 please

5.   woodchurchscience Says:
   October 8th, 2007 at 6:44 pm

   there are 26 letters in the alphabet. which are not seen at all in the periodic table?

6.   Walker Bruce Says:
   October 11th, 2007 at 6:49 pm

   What do you mean by year, as in 10 year winner?

7.   woodchurchscience Says:
   October 11th, 2007 at 7:48 pm

   thanks for taking part walker bruce. are you a pupil at our school? if not i’m afraid you are not eligible for a prize (unless you can get here to collect it!) we have 5 year groups here at woodchurch high school, year 7 to year 11, the year 10 person has collected their prize, other year groups are yet to enter.

8.   woodchurchscience Says:
   November 16th, 2007 at 6:38 pm

   anthony and kaya, you are partly correct. (first part OK, second part a bit missing…). there is more than 1 letter not represented in the periodic table. look again closely.

9.   antony vaughan Says:
   November 23rd, 2007 at 2:11 pm

   why havent you looked at my other answers

10.   woodchurchscience Says:
    November 23rd, 2007 at 7:58 pm

    anthony, i do read your answers and as i said earlier you have got the first part correct (well done), but the second part wrong! there are only 2 letters not shown in the periodic table, and not the 10 or so that you keep putting in. look again carefully and be patient, when you get it right you’ll be the first to know! be calm!

11.   antony vaughan Says:
    November 26th, 2007 at 10:57 am

    1. the first element in alphabetical order of the periodic table is actinium (ac) and the last element is zirconium (zr)
    2. the two missing letters are j and q.

12.   antony vaughan Says:
    November 27th, 2007 at 10:02 am

    look at my other answer

13.   woodchurchscience Says:
    November 27th, 2007 at 5:43 pm

    i’ve seen it, well done anthony you got it right on both counts…see me for a prize.

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