Week 353 (12th July 2024)
The weather has been very unpredictable so far this summer, so Elsie’s teacher has asked the children to investigate. Elsie’s part of the project is to record the temperature each day. Elsie recorded the temperature on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Between Wednesday and Thursday the temperature increased by 20%. Between Thursday and Friday the temperature […]
Week 352 (5th July 2024)
Scarlett works for a family run business making picture frames. Today she needs to make 35 picture frames for an order. Scarlett uses 4 nails to make each frame. She has 3 boxes of nails and there are 48 nails in each box. Has Scarlett got enough nails to make all 35 frames and will […]
Week 351 (28th June 2024)
Two different football teams, football team A and football team B, attended a tournament. 12% of the attendees were coaches, the rest were players. 47% of the attendees were from football team A. 48% of the attendees were players from football team B. One of the attendees is selected at random. Find the probability that […]
Week 350 (21st June 2024)
A total of 45 boys and girls have signed up to tennis lessons over the summer. The mean age of the 18 boys is 16.2 years. The mean age of the 27 girls is 16.7 years. Calculate the mean age of all 45 boys and girls. Answer: Total age of 18 boys = 16.2 x […]
Week 349 (14th June 2024)
Helen bought a new car a few years ago. In the first year after she bought the car, its value depreciated at a rate of 23% per annum. In the second year after she bought the car, its value depreciated at a rate of 19% per annum. At the end of the second year the […]
Week 348 (7th June 2024)
Richard, Sam and Tom are playing a game with counters. Richard has some counters. Sam has twice as many counters as Richard. Tom has 6 counters less than Sam. In total they have 54 counters. If the ratio of Richard’s counters to Tom’s is 1 : p, find the value of p. Answer: If […]
Week 347 (31st May 2024)
Heather has been gifted £10,000 by a relative. She decides to spend £3,000 on a holiday and then invest the remaining money. Heather invests £7,000 for 2 years in an account paying compound interest. In the first year, the rate of interest is 3%. In the second year, the rate of interest is 1.5%. Work […]
Week 346 (24th May 2024)
Molly is arranging flowers at the Chelsea flower show. There are 400 flowers in her display. The flowers are pink, yellow or purple. 3/8 of the flowers are pink. 82 of the flowers are yellow. What percentage of the flowers are purple. Answer: To find out how many pink flowers there are we can do […]
Week 345 (17th May 2024)
Simon runs an SME and is looking for a bigger office space. On a scale drawing, a building he is considering has a length of 12.4cm and a width 9.4cm. The real length of the building is 62 metres. Work out in metres the real width of the building. Answer: Since it’s a scale drawing […]
Week 344 (10th May 2024)
Sophie has had her current mobile phone for 3 years and is thinking about upgrading it to a newer model. The phone originally cost £679.00. The value of the phone has decreased at a rate of 4% each year. Work out the value of the mobile phone at the end of 3 years. Answer: We […]