Week 423 (5th December 2025)
There are many baubles stored in a large storage box in the loft. The baubles are red, green, gold or silver. A bauble is chosen at random from the storage box. The probability of getting each of the colours is: Red = 0.3 Green = 0.1 Gold = 0.35 Silver = 0.25 In the box […]
Week 422 (28th November 2025)
Edith likes to make advent calendars for her grandchildren. She has bought some small toys and bars of chocolate to use as gifts. Edith bought 24 bars of chocolate when they were on offer. 2/3 of the 24 bars are white chocolate. The rest of the 24 bars are milk chocolate. Each milk chocolate bar […]
Week 421 (21st November 2025)
Back in September Josh and his friends spent some time exploring the beautiful Welsh countryside. During their break they completed the Welsh Three Peaks challenge and climbed the mountains Snowdon, Cader Idris and Pen y Fan. Josh and his friends walked a total distance of 31·05km when climbing the three mountains. They walked 14·6km when […]
Week 420 (14th November 2025)
Harvey runs a food stall at a local farmers’ market each month. Last weekend the stallholders were asked to record the number of customers who visited their stalls. The number of customers who visited six of the stalls on Saturday were as follows: 120 126 125 131 130 124 Calculate the mean number of customers. Answer: To […]
Week 419 (7th November 2025)
Ryan is at a fireworks display with his friends. He buys 4 cones of chips at £1.30 each and 2 toffee apples (all the toffee apples on the stall are priced the same). It’s cash only so Ryan pays with a £10 note. He gets £1.80 change. How much does Ryan pay for each toffee […]
Week 418 (31st October 2025)
Sam has been to a Halloween party and has come home with a loot bucket full of treats! The bucket contains 10 sweet treats. Some of the treats are chocolate bars and some are bags of jelly sweets. If a treat is selected at random, the probability of selecting a chocolate bar is 2/5. Sam’s brother gives him 10 more bags […]
Week 417 (24th October 2025)
Zoe is tidying up her garden ahead of the winter months and has ordered some bulbs to plant. Zoe took advantage of a 30% discount code when paying for her order. Zoe pays a total of £16.10 for the bulbs. Calculate the cost of the bulbs without the discount. Answer: The price paid is 70% […]
Week 416 (17th October 2025)
Suzy and her friends have arranged a long weekend away to celebrate their birthdays. Suzy is saving to pay for the trip and has 13 weeks to save £510. Suzy already has savings of £95. In the first week, she knows she can save £70. She plans to save equal amounts of money in each […]
Week 415 (10th October 2025)
David has 50 cards numbered from 1 to 50. David puts a red sticker on every card that has a multiple of 6 on it and a blue sticker on every card that has a multiple of 8 on it. Some cards will have both a blue sticker and a red sticker on them. What […]
Week 414 (3rd October 2025)
After a busy summer a garden centre has bought some last-minute stock. They buy 10 trees from a grower for £30 each. The garden centre sells the trees for £42 each. One of the trees gets damaged and cannot be sold. The other 9 trees are sold. Calculate the overall percentage profit or loss the […]