Main menu
Maths Problem of the Week
Week 14 -
1st/2nd Class
Santa had 16 reindeer. 1/2 of them like water.
How many like water?
3rd Class
Ben bought flowers to give to each of his 7 friends. Each of them got 8 and there were 5 left over. How many flowers did he buy?
4th Class
Megan ate ¾ of a box of sweets and there were 3 left. How many did Megan eat?
5th Class
Find the cost of these:
a) 5 pens @ €0.65 each
b) 8 packets of crisps @ €0.22 each
c) 3 litres of milk @ €0.72 per litre
d) 6 litres of juice @ €0.52 per litre
e) 7kg of potatoes @ €0.63 per kg
6th Class
Queue here!
The pop group Wow is appearing at The Arena. It is 6pm and the queue is already starting. In the first 10 minutes (at 6.10pm), there are 15 people in the queue. After the next 10 minutes, there are 23 people in the queue. At the end of a further 10 minutes, 31 people are standing in line, waiting to go into the concert.
If the queue continues to grow at this rate, at what time will there be 100 people waiting?
Hint: Use or make a table