Week 403 (18th July 2025)
Jack enjoys completing brain teaser questions. During his coffee break he is working on the following question: A decimal number is written on a card. You have three clues to help you work out the number on the card. Clue 1: The number is between 5 and 12 inclusive. Clue 2: The number is a […]
Week 402 (11th July 2025)
Catherine is doing the school pick up and has taken some cold treats for her children and their friends to enjoy. Catherine has a cool bag containing fabs, lemonade ice lollies and rockets. She has 20 ice lollies altogether in her cool bag. Catherine’s daughter chooses one ice lolly at random from the bag. The […]
Week 401 (4th July 2025)
Kai is on his summer break from university and is working some extra hours to pay for a holiday with his friends. Kai worked for a total of 36 hours last week. On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, he worked the same number of hours each day. On both Thursday and Friday, he worked for half […]
Week 400 (27th June 2025)
Alice is excited to be going to Glastonbury at the weekend with some of her family. Alice is 9 years younger than Imogen. Nancy is one third of Imogen’s age. Daisy is twice Nancy’s age. Alice is 27 years old. What are the ages of Imogen, Nancy and Daisy? Answer: If Alice is 9 years […]
Week 399 (20th June 2025)
Alice is excited to be going to Glastonbury at the weekend with some of her family. Alice is 9 years younger than Imogen. Nancy is one third of Imogen’s age. Daisy is twice Nancy’s age. Alice is 27 years old. What are the ages of Imogen, Nancy and Daisy? Answer: If Alice is 9 years […]
Week 398 (13th June 2025)
Liv has been saving for a new pair of sunglasses ready for her summer holiday. The sunglasses that she likes were on offer last month but have now gone back to full price. The price of the sunglasses has increased from £240.00 to £262.80. Calculate the percentage increase in the price of the sunglasses. Answer: […]
Week 397 (6th June 2025)
Andy is taking part in a climbing competition. After two events Andy has scored the following: Event 1: 24 out of 30 points Event 2: 32 out of 38 points Event 3 is out of 52 points. Andy’s overall score is found by adding the three scores together. Find the score that Andy needs in […]
Week 396 (30th May 2025)
Pippa is visiting a new client today. She travels by taxi for 1/8 of the journey. Pippa travels by train for 4/5 of the journey. She walks for the remaining 900m of the journey. Find the length of Pippa’s journey in kilometres. Answer: First find out what fraction of the journey Pippa travels by taxi […]
Week 395 (23rd May 2025)
In 1980 Oscar inherited some money from a relative. Oscar used his inheritance to buy a flat which was worth £23,000. Today, Oscar’s flat is worth 1200% of its value in 1980. Calculate the value of Oscar’s flat today. Answer: Since 23,000 is 100% of the value 1200% of that value is equivalent to multiplying […]
Week 394 (16th May 2025)
Sasha works as a driver for a delivery company. At the end of each day Sasha works out the mean distance she has driven so far that week. At the end of 5 days, the mean distance she has driven is 185.5 miles per day. At the end of 6 days, the mean distance she […]
