Week 323 (17th November 2023)
Lola enjoys playing video games in her spare time. In one of her favourite video games players can make their own characters. You can choose one of each from: 8 faces 4 bodies 5 hairstyles How many different characters can Lola make? Answer: To get the total number of combinations we can do: 8 x […]
Week 322 (10th November 2023)
Simon is a keen art collector. He bought a painting at an auction in January 2020. In January 2022 Simon sold the painting for £17,640.00. Assume the value of the painting increased by 5% each year. Calculate Simons profit. Answer: If we let p equal the value of the painting then… p x 1.052 = […]
Week 321 (3rd November 2023)
Jenny has bought a small box of fireworks for her children to enjoy on bonfire night. There are eleven fireworks in the box. Six of the fireworks are pink. Four of the fireworks are green and the remaining firework in the box is yellow. In the dark Jenny selects two fireworks at random. Calculate the […]
Week 320 (27th October 2023)
A group of friends are planning a Halloween party. They want to create a haunted maze in a field near where they live. The maze will be a rectangular shape with a length of 40m and a width of 30m. They want to place fake spiderwebs every 2m along the perimeter of the maze. How […]
Week 319 (20th October 2023)
Alice is finishing her first term back at secondary school. She has a maths test at the end of the week and has been working through some practice questions. Her final question is about sequences. The first four terms of a sequence are: 3, 9, 19, 33, ……. Help Alice find the 100th term of […]
Week 318 (13th October 2023)
Zara is about to start a new job and must complete a first aid course as part of her training. At the end of the first aid course there is a test which is split into two parts, a theory test and a practical test. The probability of passing the theory test is 0.75. The […]
Week 317 (6th October 2023)
Two friends have become quite competitive with their running. Jolie runs for 15 minutes at an average speed of 6 miles per hour. She then runs for 40 minutes at an average speed of 9 miles per hour. It takes Alfie 45 minutes to run the same total distance that Jolie runs. Work out Alfie’s […]
Week 316 (29th September 2023)
Fearne and Leo have both recently started new jobs. The ratio of Fearne’s hourly pay to Leo’s hourly pay is 6 : 5. After the first month both Fearne and Leo get an increase of £1.50 in their hourly pay. The ratio of Fearne’s hourly pay to Leo’s hourly pay after this increase is 13 […]
Week 315 (22nd September 2023)
Harriet is typing up her first assignment since joining a new college. Harriet types a constant number of words per minute. She takes 8 minutes to type 416 words. How long does it take her to type an assignment of 1534 words? Give your answer in minutes and seconds. Answer: First, we can find her […]
Week 314 (15th September 2023)
Raj works as a Financial Controller in an office based in Birmingham. The building that she works in requires some essential maintenance work. 15 workers can complete the required maintenance work in 8 days. However, Raj’s boss would like the work completed quicker! How many more workers are needed to complete the job in 6 […]