Week 343 (3rd May 2024)
The swimming pool at the leisure centre has been closed for the past few weeks for maintenance and repair. The pool is now repaired and is being re-filled. The water flows through each of the pipes that fill the pool at the same rate. It takes 4 of the pipes 12 hours to fill the […]
Week 342 (26th April 2024)
A delivery company has a total of 160 cars and vans across the UK. The ratio of cars to vans is 3 : 7. Each car and each van use electricity, diesel or petrol. 1/8 of the cars use electricity. 25% of the cars use diesel. The rest of the cars use petrol. Work out […]
Week 341 (19th April 2024)
Jenny is a Fractional Finance Director and is currently based in London. For the past few months Jenny has been doing some work for a SME based in Swindon. Jenny drives from London to Swindon at an average speed of 54 miles per hour. She drives for 1 1/2 hours. Work out the distance from […]
Week 340 (12th April 2024)
Eve is trying to catch up with her homework before she goes back to school next week. Eve has been set some maths homework and has one question left…. How many different 7-digit even whole numbers can be made using the following digits: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 Each digit can only […]
Week 339 (22nd March 2024)
A skiing trip has been organised for students during the Easter holidays. 214 people are going on the trip. The people going on the trip are either teachers or students. There are 14 teachers going on the trip. 35% of the students going on the trip have their own ski boots. Find the number of […]
Week 338 (15th March 2024)
Sam, Emma and Ashton have bought some sweets from the newsagent on their way home from school. The number of sweets that Emma has is 6 times the number of sweets that Sam has. The number of sweets that Ashton has is half the number of sweets that Emma has. What is the ratio of […]
Week 337 (8th March 2024)
Niall buys a 3kg box of sweets at the wholesalers for £17.60. He splits the sweets up and puts them into bags to sell. Each bag contains 150g of sweets. Niall fills as many bags as possible. He will sell each bag for the same price. Niall wants to make a profit (mark-up) of at […]
Week 336 (1st March 2024)
At the supermarket there are 240 cans of drink on a shelf. Each can contains cola or lemonade or orange. The number of cans of cola : the number of cans of lemonade : the number of cans of orange = 5 : 3 : 2 1/2 of the cans of lemonade and 1/12 of […]
Week 335 (23rd February 2024)
Chris went to the sports centre with his partner on Saturday morning. Chris spent 120 minutes at the centre. He played badminton for 50 minutes. He used the swimming pool for 1/6 of the 120 minutes. He used the gym for 20% of the 120 minutes. He then spent the rest of the 120 minutes […]
Week 334 (16th February 2024)
Sam is planning a trip to the aquarium with her children as a half term treat. She has a budget of £200 to spend over half term. Sam is classed as an adult and her children Rosie and Florence are classed as children. Sam plans out the trip and the costs are as follows: Total […]