### Always Two

Find all the triples of numbers a, b, c such that each one of them plus the product of the other two is always 2.

### Not Continued Fractions

Which rational numbers cannot be written in the form x + 1/(y + 1/z) where x, y and z are integers?

### Coffee

To make 11 kilograms of this blend of coffee costs £15 per kilogram. The blend uses more Brazilian, Kenyan and Mocha coffee... How many kilograms of each type of coffee are used?

# Weighing the Baby

##### Age 14 to 16 Short Challenge Level:

When a mother was weighed holding her baby, the scales read $78\;\mathrm{kg}$.

When the nurse was weighed holding the baby, the scales read $69\;\mathrm{kg}$.

When the nurse and the mother stood on the scales together, the scales read $137\;\mathrm{kg}$.

What was the weight of the baby?

If you liked this problem, here is an NRICH task that challenges you to use similar mathematical ideas.

This problem is taken from the UKMT Mathematical Challenges.
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