Week 373 (29th November 2024)
Cameron has four differently numbered cards. The range of the numbers is 14. The median of the numbers is 9. All the numbers are prime numbers. The lowest number is 5. Work out the numbers on the cards. Answer: Since the lowest number and the range is 14 it means the largest number minus 5 […]
Week 372 (22nd November 2024)
As the weather has been so cold this week Kim has spent the past few evenings curled up on the sofa watching a new TV series. The TV series has ten episodes. Nine episodes are each 50 minutes long. The final episode is 1 hour 42 minutes long. Work out the total length of the […]
Week 371 (15th November 2024)
Ed has been shopping at a well known wholesalers and has taken advantage of buying some items in bulk. Ed has bought a box of 24 cans of lemonade for £7.00. There are 330ml of lemonade in each can. Work out the cost of 100ml of lemonade. Answer: 24 x 330 = 7920 = total […]
Week 370 (8th November 2024)
Andy and Betsy share some money in the ratio 5: 6. Betsy gets £96.00 Andy gives 1/4 of his share of the money to Carly. Betsy gives 2/3 of her share of the money to Carly. How much money does Carly receive? Answer: You must find Andy’s share by doing 96/5 then multiplied by 5 […]
Week 369 (1st November 2024)
Blair is arranging some sweet treats for a Halloween party. 8 small bags of popcorn have a total mass of 496g. 5 small bags and 2 large bags have a total mass of 638g. Work out the mass of a large bag of popcorn. Answer: If 8 small bags have a mass of 496g then […]
Week 368 (25th October 2024)
Beth is trying to book a last-minute holiday for half term. The price of the holiday she wants to book increases by 20% during half term. This 20% increase adds £240 to the price of the holiday. Work out the price of the holiday before the increase. Answer: 20% = £240 so times both sides […]
Week 367 (18th October 2024)
Sunny is x years old. Bea is one year younger than Sunny. Joey is double Sunny’s age. The mean of their ages is 5 How old is Joey? Answer: If Sunny’s age is x then Bea’s age is one less so can be written as (x-1) And Joey’s age can be written as 2x To […]
Week 366 (11th October 2024)
Jamie is organising the food and drink for an annual conference. Jamie needs to work out much coffee is needed for 800 people. He assumes 68% of the people will drink coffee. 10.6g of coffee is needed for each cup of coffee. Jamie assumes that each person who drinks coffee will drink 2 cups of […]
Week 365 (4th October 2024)
Adam runs a restaurant and is at the wholesalers buying supplies. 7 kg of carrots and 5kg of onions cost a total of 480p The cost of 1 kg of carrots: cost of 1 kg of onions = 5: 9 Work out how much it will cost Adam to buy 1kg of carrots and 1kg […]
Week 364 (27th September 2024)
Nina was planning on taking her children to a funfair this weekend but as the weather has been so bad she has changed her plans and is now going to the cinema instead. There are 3 local cinemas X, Y and Z. The mean number of seats per cinema is 380 There are 350 seats […]