Week 383 (21st February 2025)
Emma has a part time job at the cinema. This week has been a lot busier due to half term. On Wednesday, 500 people watched the new comedy film. 70% of these people were children. On Thursday, 720 people watched the same film and 5/ 8 of these people were children. Emma thinks that more […]
Week 382 (14th February 2025)
Sophie has bought her partner a big box of chocolates for Valentine’s Day (which she is hoping to share!) There are 80 sweet treats in the box. 14 of the sweets have soft centres. 33 of the sweets are white chocolates and the rest are milk chocolates. A sweet is taken from the box. Work […]
Week 381 (7th February 2025)
Wilf sets out for a walk at 8:30am. He walks for 1 hour and 45 minutes. Wilf stops for a quick rest for 15 minutes. He then walks for 85 minutes to meet his friends at a pub for lunch. Wilf has arranged to meet his friends at 12 noon. What time will Wilf arrive […]
Week 380 (31st January 2025)
A restaurant has made 100 fortune cookies to celebrate Chinese New Year. They are put into packets, each holding 6 cookies. Each packet of 6 cookies is sold for £1.35. The restaurant sells all the packets. Work out how much money the restaurant made from selling all the packets of fortune cookies. Answer: First you […]
Week 379 (24th January 2025)
Maria is celebrating her birthday by going out for a meal with her family. The menu at the restaurant has starters, main courses and desserts. There are 5 starters. There are 12 main courses. There are x desserts. There are 420 different ways to choose one starter, one main course and one dessert. Work out […]
Week 378 (17th January 2025)
Amy is on holiday enjoying some winter sunshine and has been using trams to travel around. Trams to the airport leave every 50 minutes. Trams to the beach leave every 35 minutes. A tram to the airport and a tram to the beach leave together at 9:30am. When is the next time that a tram […]
Week 377 (10th January 2025)
Alfie has lots of chocolates left over from Christmas time. He counts up his sweet treats and has 72 chocolates left. Alfie decides to share with his friends and gives the following away: 25% of the chocolates to Ava 1/6 of the chocolates to India How many chocolates does Alfie have left after sharing with […]
Week 376 (20th December 2024)
Evie is baking some Christmas biscuits for friend and family to enjoy over the festive period. The following ingredients are needed to make 20 biscuits. 150g butter 100g sugar 250g flour Evie wants to make 60 biscuits. How much flour does Evie need? Answer: 250 x 3 = 750g
Week 375 (13th December 2024)
Rebecca is decorating the office for Christmas and is sorting out the decorations. There are 200 baubles in a box. 38 baubles are blue. 52 baubles are red. The rest of the baubles are silver or gold. There are the same number of silver baubles as gold baubles. What percentage of the baubles in the […]
Week 374 (6th December 2024)
Tim is an actor and is currently performing in a panto. Tim spends 1/8 of the panto singing. He spends 1/4 of the panto dancing and the remaining 55 minutes backstage. Work out how long the panto lasts. Give your answer in hours and minutes. Answer: First find out what total fraction of the show […]