Newspaper Sheets

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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From only the page numbers on one sheet of newspaper, can you work out how many sheets there are altogether?

Thinking mathematically

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Problem



 

Here is a sheet of a newspaper.

Each sheet has four pages.

How many sheets are there altogether?

 

Newspaper Sheets



 

 

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