Week 254 (1st July 2022)
James is revising for his upcoming maths exam. During dinner, James decided to quiz his family on one of the questions that came up in his mock exam at school. He asked: How many 5 – digit even numbers less than 80 000 can be made with the digits 1 , 4 , 5 , […]
Week 253 (24th June 2022)
The cost of a holiday is £2400 Anneka pays a deposit followed by monthly payments in the ratio: deposit:total of the monthly payments = 3:5 She makes 6 equal monthly payments. What is her monthly payment? Answer: Let deposit = D Let total monthly payments = M 5D = 3M Also, we know: D + […]
Week 252 (17 June 2022)
Jodie’s dad likes to solve puzzles. In his Father’s Day card, Jodie wrote a riddle inside. Daddy + Dream + Druid + Drone + Drink = Drunk What does: Hotel + Haven + Hoped + Harps + Hilly = ? Answer: H is the first letter from Hotel A is the second letter from Haven […]
Week 251 (10 June 2022)
Sammy has bought some tickets for a cricket match. He buys 3 adult tickets and 2 child tickets. On booking a 12% booking fee is applied and then, as he pays by credit card a further 2% is applied. Including fees, the total amount he paid was £95.96. Assuming the adult tickets costs £20 each […]
Week 250 (3 June 2022)
Gemma is shopping for things for her Platinum Jubilee party. Gemma is buying paper plates and paper cups. Plates cost £1.50 for a pack of 8 Cups cost £1.20 for a pack of 6 Gemma wants 40 plates and 24 cups. Gemma says, “The total cost will be less than £12” Is she correct? Answer: […]
Week 249 (27 May 2022)
Prisha and Simon are travelling to Scotland for the half term break. They decide to share the driving and split the car journey into two stages. During the first stage of the journey their car travels 110 miles in 2 hours. For the second stage of the journey their car travels 44 miles at the […]
Week 248 (20 May 2022)
There are a total of 45 boys and girls in the school swimming club. 18 of the team are boys and 27 are girls. The mean age of the 18 boys is 16.2 years. The mean age of the 27 girls is 16.7 years. Can you calculate the mean age of all 45 boys and […]
Week 247 (13 May 2022)
There are a total of 45 boys and girls in the school swimming club. 18 of the team are boys and 27 are girls. The mean age of the 18 boys is 16.2 years. The mean age of the 27 girls is 16.7 years. Can you calculate the mean age of all 45 boys and […]
Week 246 (6 May 2022)
Jo has a stall at the May Day Fayre. She sells 192 cakes in the ratio: small : medium : large = 7 : 6 : 11 The profit for one medium cake is twice the profit for one small cake. The profit for one large cake is three times the profit for one small […]
Week 245 (29 April 2022)
On her way home from work Claire stopped at the petrol station to fill up her car with fuel. She noticed that the prices had gone up again! If the cost of petrol is proportional to the square root of the cost of diesel. Can you work out what would be the percentage increase in […]