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A lot of you had a really good attempt at this question. In addition to Ruth, Tom and Ollie (whose solutions are given below), well done to those of you who got the answer correct:
Talia and Maelona from Jebel Ali school, Dubai; Tom from C.P.S.; Katie, Oliver and Daniella from Portsmouth Grammar School; Amy from Stoke by Nayland Middle School; Daniel from Camberwell South Primary School, Melbourne, Australia; Zak from Clavering Primary School; Andrew Mott from Aldermaston C.E. primary school; Alice and Miriam from Aldermaston Primary; Alara from IK Primary School; Jason (school unknown) and Ben from Short Wood Primary School.Ruth from Oxford High sent in this clearly explained solution:
In the first problem Rachel has double the number of peanuts to cashew nuts. She has 8 cashew nuts in her bag so you double the number of cashew nuts and you get 16 peanuts.Bag Owner | Cashews | Peanuts |
Rachel | 8 | 16 |
Marianne | 8 | 12 |
Total | 16 | 28 |
Tom and Ollie of Ardingly College had a slightly different way of explaining it:
Peter wanted to make two pies for a party. His mother had a recipe for him to use. However, she always made 80 pies at a time. Did Peter have enough ingredients to make two pumpkin pies?
Sam's grandmother has an old recipe for cherry buns. She has enough mixture to put 45 grams in each of 12 paper cake cases. What was the weight of one egg?
How can the school caretaker be sure that the tree would miss the school buildings if it fell?