Week 244 (22 April 2022)
James and Layla have been completing practice papers for their upcoming exams. They sat six papers, each with 50 marks. Their mean percentages after completing five papers were: James 60% Layla 52% After completing all six papers their mean percentages were equal. On the sixth paper, James scored 24 out of 50. Can you work […]
Week 243 (8 April 2022)
The Easter bunny has 4 types of Easter eggs. Each egg is decorated with one of the following decorations: Dark chocolate spots White chocolate spots Dark chocolate stripes White chocolate stripes Number of eggs with a dark chocolate decoration: number of eggs with a white chocolate decoration= 3:5 Number of eggs with spots: number of […]
Week 242 (1 April 2022)
Lia’s parents immigrated from Hong Kong 20 years ago. They have five children. They named the first four La Le Li Lo What did they name the fifth child? Answer: Lia!
Week 241 (25 March 2022)
Theo is going home for the weekend to visit his Mum for Mothering Sunday. He is travelling from London to Cardiff by coach. The distance by road from London to Cardiff is 140 miles and the coach is leaving London at 1:30pm. He assumes the coach will travel at an average speed of 50mph. Can […]
Week 240 (18 March 2022)
Niall and his Dad are decorating a float for the St Patrick’s Day Parade. They have bought ribbon and green fabric to use. The length of a roll of ribbon is 30 metres, correct to the nearest half-metre. A piece of length 5.8 metres, correct to the nearest 10 centimetres, is cut from the roll. […]
Week 239 (11 March 2022)
To celebrate International Women’s Day, Helen arranged for a photo shoot in the office of all her amazing female colleagues. Helen is taller than Claire. Pippa is smaller than Helen but taller than Hannah. No-one is taller than Rachel. Claire is the fourth tallest. Can you put the ladies in height order. Answer: Rachel – […]
Week 238 (4 March 2022)
David has made pancake batter for Shrove Tuesday. When David poured the batter into his cuboid container, the container was ⅔ full. The container has the following dimensions: Length 15cm Width 12cm Height 14cm If 1 pancake uses 175ml of batter, how many full pancakes can David cook? Answer: Total volume of container = 15 […]
Week 237 (25 February 2022)
Poppy is visiting her Grandparents for half-term and has been treated to a small box of sweets. The box of sweets is a cuboid and has sides of length 4cm, x cm and y cm. The volume of the cuboid is 119 cm^3 The total surface area of the cuboid is 155.5 cm^2 Given that […]
Week 236 (18 February 2022)
Hallgeir, Peder and Sverre have been training hard for the Beijing 2022 Olympics for the past 4 years. Their training has paid off and Hallgeir, Peder and Sverre have increased their average speed in the speed skating men’s team pursuit by 10%. By what percentage did their time decrease? Answer Let the distance be d […]
Week 235 (11 February 2022)
Anna is a skier at the Winter Olympics. She completed a ski race in 1 minute 54 seconds. The race was 475m in length. Anna assumes that her average speed is the same for each race. Using this assumption, can you work out how long Anna should take to complete a 700m race. Give your […]