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If you know how long Meg's shadow is, can you work out how long the shadow is when she stands on her brother's shoulders?
Ice Cream Pie
The pie chart shows the different types of ice creams on sale. How many chocolate ice creams were sold?
Age 11 to 14 Short Challenge Level:
Answer: $3\text{kg}$
The weight of the water poured out is $21-12=9\text{kg}$.
Thus the weight of the bucket is $12-9=3\text{kg}$.
This problem is taken from the UKMT Mathematical Challenges.
You can find more short problems, arranged by curriculum topic, in our short problems collection.
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