The document narrates the story of Sam, a zookeeper whose animals are stolen by poachers, prompting him to solve various puzzles to retrieve them. Throughout the story, Sam encounters mathematical problems, word puzzles, and logical challenges related to the animals he must save. The puzzles culminate in a journey that ultimately leads to Sam successfully reuniting with his animals and returning them to the zoo.

1. Zoo
keeper

2. Meet Sam...
He works every day at the zoo.
He is hard working and most
importantly he loves taking
care of the animals.

3. One morning Sam wakes to find all the animals are gone from
their cages . He suspects poachers living in the near by village
have stolen them.
? Help Sam make his way
around the map, solving
puzzles and get his animals
safely back to the zoo!

4. 1

5. 1
Sam the zoo keeper needs to buy food for his missing monkeys.
• On Monday he bought a bag of monkey nuts, a bunch of
bananas and a box of apples which cost €11.
• On Wednesday he bought five bags of monkey nuts, two
bunches of bananas and a box of apples which cost €23.
• On Friday he bought three bags of monkey nuts, a bunch
of bananas and two boxes of apples which cost €20.
If all the fruit cost the same every day, how much did each
item cost?

6. 2
Monkeys

7. 2
There is a line of elephants .
There are 3 elephants in front of an elephant and two
behind a elephant. There is a elephant in the middle.
How many Elephants are there?

8. Elephants
3
Monkeys

9. 3
Sam the zoopkeeper needs to deceipher the steps of the trail taken
by the poachers from the lion pen to the bear encloser in 6 steps.
1 Lion
2 _____
3 _____
4 _____
5 _____
6 Bear
You must only change one letter at a time.
Each change must be a valid word.

10. Elephants
Lions Bears
4
Monkeys

11. M NO
4 GOIR
RIGA PELE
GAJ LOD
KYE LAL
FEF THAN
RUA HPNI
6 Animals names have been split into sets.
Take letters from the sets on the left and right and merge them
together to find out the names of the animals.
Remember, matching sets are not in the same row.

12. Elephants
Lions Giraffes
Bears
Monkeys
5

13. 5
10 Animals names are hidden with in this word search. Find them!

14. Elephants
Lions Giraffes
Bears
Monkeys
Zebras
6

15. 6
Sam comes across footprints on the
ground. In order to determine if all
his animals continued in the same
direction he needs to assume which
footprint comes in place of the
question marks?
Is it?

16. Elephants
Lions Giraffes
Bears
Monkeys
Zebras
7

17. 7
Sam needs to cross the river to get to the local
village on the other side.
There are 3 ropes looped around tree branches.
The zookeeper must cross the river by using a
rope hanging from the trees, but which one?
A. B. C.

18. Elephants
Lions Giraffes
Bears
Monkeys
Zebras
8

19. 8
Sam needs to find his way to the poachers barn where they are
holding the animals. He’s not sure how many animals they have?
First start with solving the jigsaw puzzle. When you reveal
the animal in the jigsaw move on to part 2 .

20. 8
When you have revealed the animal.
• Take the 3rd letter of the animals name.
• Then count to where that letter falls in the
alphabet.
This is the number of animals missing.

21. Elephants
Lions Giraffes
Bears
Monkeys
Zebras
9

22. 9
Sam finds the barn and can hear the animals inside. There are tribal
markings on the door. To enter he must chose the shape that he can’t
create with just one line and without drawing a line twice. Which
shape will allow Sam to enter??

23. Elephants
Lions Giraffes
Bears
Monkeys
Zebras
10

24. 10
Sam is finally reunited with his animals. Now, he needs to get them home
safely. Help Sam solve the puzzle to transport his animals home to the zoo.
The animals are loaded on to trucks. As they are on their way back to the zoo,
one of the trucks gets stuck passing under a bridge!!
Sam has a rope, a wrech and a jack.
How will he free the truck and pass through without damaging
the bridge or frightening the animals??

25. Elephants
Lions Giraffes
Bears
Monkeys
Zebras

26. Congratulations!!
You have successfully completed all 10 puzzles
and helped Sam return his animals to the zoo.

27. Zoo
keeper
By Colleen O’Keeffe
Daragh McGrath
Ruth-Ann Grogan