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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: