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Maths Week: Your Tuesday puzzle

Sum Like it Hot.

IT’S MATHS WEEK, and as is our annual tradition here, we’re setting you a puzzle a day with all answers published on the site on Sunday. 

Get puzzling!

TODAY’S Q:

The budget introduces a sugar tax to reduce excess sugar consumption.

The Sugar-Sweetened Drinks Tax (SSDT) awaits formal approval from the EU but proposes 20c per litre on sugar content between 5 and 8 g per 100 millilitres and 30c per litre on sugar content 8 g or more.

A popular sugar-sweetened drink contains 35g of sugar in a 330ml can.

How much SSDT should be applied to a 2-litre bottle of this drink?

How much unnecessary sugar would you consume by drinking one 330ml can of this drink per day for one year?

All answers will be published on TheJournal.ie on Sunday. 

On a roll? Try some more of our Maths Week puzzles here.

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