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MATHS WEEK KICKS off today and as is our annual tradition here, we’re setting you a puzzle a day with all the answers published on site next Saturday morning.
To kick things off, we have ten short questions below to test your maths skills. You should be able to answer them without a calculator or any fancy formulae.
Get puzzling!
TODAY’S QUESTIONS:
Three children need to take a tablet each day starting on Saturday and finishing on the following Saturday. How many tablets are needed?
What is three times one fifth of one third of €60?
A coffee and a cookie cost the same as five cookies. If a cookie is 50c, how much is a coffee?
You are able to drive at constant speed of 120km/h on a motorway. How long will it take you to drive 30km?
In a supermarket you can get “3 for the price of 2” or 30% off each item. Assuming you do need 3 items which is better value?
My age is four times what it was four years ago minus twice what it will be in four years’ time. What’s my age?
What is four divided by one quarter equal to?
Which contains more alcohol: a measure of whiskey (35ml at 40% alcohol content), a can of beer (500ml at 4.5%) or a glass of wine (200ml at 12%)?
Many cans of sugared drinks contain 35 g of sugar. How much sugar would you consume in a year by drinking one such can a day?
If it takes you 20 minutes to do 10 maths questions how long would it take you to 15 questions?
All answers will be published on TheJournal.ie next Saturday morning
You have to wait a week to get results!
@Gillian Weir Scully: You’ve had all year to study Gillian. You should get this test done in a week.
They’re good value cookies.
24 tablets, €12, €2, 15min, 3 for 2, 24 years old, 16, wine, 12.775kg, 30mins.
@Jim: you’ll have to wait a week for your results !
@Jim: 16 ??.
@marg fitzgerald: 4/0.25=16, 4 quarters in 1, 16 quarters in 4
@Jim: looks perfect although, we have to assume that the year is not a leap year which would make 12.775kg incorrect. That’s not a criticism of you we should’ve been given accurate information.
They’re not as challenging as last year. Where are the tough questions?
The 1st one is 24 and the 2nd is 12euro
@Kieran Stafford: the 3rd is 2euro and the 4th is 15minutes
@Kieran Stafford: 5th is either badly phrased or missing information. Are the items all the same price? If they’re the same price it’s 3 for 2
@Dave O Keeffe: The 9th is a really big number.
If I answer as gaeilge will I get more points?
the 10th is 30 mins.
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