Week 313 (8th September 2023)
Adam is enjoying the nice weather and is having a few drinks in the garden with his partner. Adam has stopped on his way home from work and bought a small crate of beers. The mass of the empty crate is 720g, correct to the nearest 10g. The crate holds 4 bottles. Each full bottle […]
Week 312 (1st September 2023)
Jamie has organised a last minute camping trip with his friends before they go back to school next week. Jamie buys packs of sausages and packs of burgers for the trip in the ratio 3 : 4. The cost of a pack of sausages is 75% of the cost of a pack of burgers. Jamie […]
Week 311 (25th August 2023)
Claire works at the local college and is making up bags of free items to give away at an open evening next term. She has: 140 discount vouchers, 56 pencils, 280 sweets to share between all the bags. She uses all the vouchers, all the pencils and all the sweets. Claire makes as many bags […]
Week 310 (18 August 2023)
Lucy enjoys cooking and likes to make time to make home cooked meals from scratch. Lucy has bought a full bottle containing 1 litre of olive oil which has a mass of 1270g. 400ml of the olive oil is used. The bottle with the remaining olive oil has a mass of 900g. Calculate the mass […]
Week 309 (11th August 2023)
Grace is travelling to Italy with her family. She has bought a puzzle book to keep herself entertained on the aeroplane. One of the questions in the book is: How many different ways are there to arrange the letters A, B, C, D, E, F when each letter must be used exactly once? Help Grace […]
Week 308 (4th August 2023)
Helena likes to get cosy under a blanket while watching TV. Helena has a rectangular blanket made from 100% wool. The wool in the blanket has a mass of 136g per m2. The mass of his blanket is 952g. The width of his blanket is 2.5m. Calculate the length of Helena’s blanket. Answer: 952/136 = […]
Week 307 (28th July 2023)
Kate and Nicola are selling raffle tickets at the summer fete. In total 50 raffle tickets are sold. The tickets sold are numbered from 1 to 50. The raffle tickets are placed in a box for the draw. One raffle ticket is selected at random and not replaced in the box. A second ticket is […]
Week 306 (21st July 2023)
Ella is finishing her maths homework. For one of the questions, Ella divides 752 by a whole number. Her answer is 25 remainder 27 (and is correct). What whole number did Ella divide by? Answer: To find the whole number, first deduct the remainder 752 – 27 = 725 Secondly, divide 725 by Ella’s answer […]
Week 305 14th July 2023
Naomi bought a new car three years ago and is thinking about changing it for an electric car. At the end of the first year the value of the car had decreased by 12.5%. The value of the car then decreased by 10% each year for the next two years. Naomi has calculated that the […]
Week 304 (7th July 2023)
Helen and her friend have planned to watch the Wimbledon tennis tournament on Saturday afternoon. Helen is making some scones for the occasion and her friend Sarah is bringing lots of strawberries! Helen’s ratio of ingredients for the scones is: Flour : butter : sugar 70 : 17 : 10 Helen has 102g of butter. […]