Week 274 (18th November 2022)
Muhammad commutes to work using the train. At his local railway station trains are either eastbound or westbound. An eastbound train leaves the station every 25 minutes. A westbound train leaves the station every 45 minutes. An eastbound train and a westbound train both leave the station at 8am. When is the next time that […]
Week 273 (11th November 2022)
Jen loves to complete the crossword puzzles in the newspaper. Each day, Jen records how long it takes to complete the crossword. On Friday, she took 50% less time than on Thursday. On Saturday, she took 20% less time than on Friday. On Saturday, she took 36 minutes to complete the crossword. How many minutes […]
Week 272 (4th November 2022)
Greg is buying tickets for a fireworks display. There are three different ticket prices, adult, child and student. Greg’s friends have already bought tickets and paid the following: Claire bought 5 adult tickets and 3 child tickets for a total of £85.00. Helen bought 2 adult tickets, 1 child and 3 student tickets for a […]
Week 271 (28th October 2022)
To celebrate Halloween the village play group is holding a Halloween party. At the Halloween party 60% of the children are girls. 20% of the girls have their faces painted. 21.6% of all the children at the party have their faces painted. Can you work out the percentage of boys that have their faces painted […]
Week 270 (21st October 2022)
Oscar and Alice have been given some money by their Grandad to spend during half term. Together with their saved pocket money Oscar and Alice have some money in the ratio Oscar : Alice = 1 : 4 Oscar has £7.35. They pay £16.99 for a toy. Oscar uses 1/3 of his money and Alice […]
Week 269 (14th October 2022)
Ben and Tom both work at a garden centre. Last week Ben worked for 30 hours and was paid £318.00. Tom worked for 28 hours last week and was paid £287.00. Ben is paid more per hour than Tom. Can you work out how much more Ben is paid per hour than Tom? Answer: Ben’s […]
Week 268 (7th October 2022)
Helen follows a gluten-free diet and is at an Indian restaurant with her friends. On the menu there are 22 main dishes, of which 4/11 are gluten-free. 7 rice dishes, which are all gluten-free. 5 naan breads, of which 40% are gluten-free. There is a meal deal on the menu – choose one main dish, […]
Week 267 (30th September 2022)
Now that the summer break is over Josh, Ted and Adam have started hockey training for the new season. At the start of the training session the three boys help the coach get the equipment out. Josh, Ted and Adam have thirty balls altogether. If Ted gives five balls to Adam, Adam gives four to […]
Week 266 (23rd September 2022)
Suzy has just started her second year at university. In her economics class there are 40 students. As it’s the start of term all 40 students have attended the first class! Each student has either walked, cycled or caught a bus. There are 22 girls in the class. 9 of the girls walked. 7 of […]
Week 265 (16th September 2022)
Amy has a pet dog called Stanley who has a good appetite! Amy buys dog food in 1.5kg bags. Stanley eats 0.8kg of food each week. Amy wants to have enough dog food to last for the next 14 weeks. She already has two 1.5kg bags. Can you work out the smallest number of bags […]