Week 264 (9th September 2022)
Week 264 (9th September 2022) John and Peter have started secondary school this week and have been allocated a locker each. The lockers need a 3-digit code. John and Peter are making 3-digit codes to choose from for their new locker code. The digit 0 is not used. John only uses odd digits. Peter only […]
Week 263 (2nd September 2022)
Jenny and Ella decide to make the most of their last weekend off before going their separate ways back to university. As the weather is nice and they are both keen cyclists, they decide to complete a 50km challenge. Both Jenny and Ella cycled along the same 50km route, but they complete it at different […]
Week 262 (26th August 2022)
Max rents out his second property during the summer holidays. After his guests left last week, it took 5 cleaners 4 1/2 hours to clean all the rooms in the property. This week, there are only 3 cleaners available to clean the property. Each cleaner is paid £8.20 for each hour or part of an […]
Week 261 (19th August 2022)
Julie and Brian went to the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta at the weekend. As they watched a hot air balloon descend, they wanted to figure out how high it was. The height of the balloon n minutes after it starts to descend is hn metres. The height of the balloon (n+1) minutes after it starts to […]
Week 260 (12th August 2022)
Jack is getting ready for his family holiday down in Cornwall. Before setting off, Jack wanted to check the tyre pressure of his car. Jack’s tyre pressure gauge shows a reading which is 12% higher than the actual pressure. What is the actual pressure when the gauge shows 38.64? Answer: Let P = Actual pressure […]
Week 259 (5th August 2022)
Out of the 87192 people who attended the Ladies Football final on Sunday 50000 came from England 1500 were from England, but also had an EU passport 17250 had an EU passport and came by car 40250 from England came by car 2750 who did NOT come from England and did NOT have an EU […]
Week 258 (29th July 2022)
Kate noticed that many of her colleagues were taking their annual leave over the summer months, whereas she preferred to take holiday during winter. Kate asked her department to let her know their favourite season. 16 did not choose summer 14 did not choose autumn 15 did not choose winter 12 did not choose spring […]
Week 257 (22nd July 2022)
With temperatures rising Emma has been stocking up on her favourite ice lollies! Ice lollies are on offer at three different shops. The normal price of an ice lolly is the same at each shop. Shop A – Buy 1 ice lolly and get 2 more ice lollies at half price. Shop B – Buy […]
Week 256 (15th July 2022)
It’s Louie’s last day in school before the summer holidays. His teacher has asked the children to help tidy up the classroom. Louie finds a bag of counters in a toy box. There are 9 counters in the bag. 7 of the counters are yellow. 2 of the counters are green. Louie takes at random […]
Week 255 (8th July 2022)
Emily and Kieran are going to Wimbledon this week to watch the tennis. They have packed strawberries to snack on during the matches. If Emily can eat 100 strawberries in 20 minutes and Kieran can eat 68 in 17 minutes, how many strawberries would they be able to eat in 50 minutes? Answer: 100 strawberries […]