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Problem Solving Paper
Created by BennettMaths
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1) The sum of two prime numbers is 40 and the difference is 6.
Work out these numbers
(2 Marks)
2) Two factors of 40 and one multiple of 9 are added to make a number between 30
and 35.
Write down a set of possible solutions
(3 Marks)
3) Maggie has 6 coins in her purse.
If she picks 5 coins from her pocket
the most she could get is £4.50
the least she could get is £2.70
How much money does she have altogether?
(4 Marks)
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4) Textbooks are stored on 2 bookshelves
each bookshelf is 0.68 metres long
each textbook is 20mm wide
Could 70 textbooks fit on the shelf?
(3 Marks)
5) All tickets for a concert are the same price.
Pixie and Betty pay £455 all together for some tickets
Pixie pays £385 for 11 tickets.
How many tickets does Betty buy?
(4 Marks)
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6) A health club has 325 members. There are three different types of memberships;
gold, silver and bronze.
53% are gold members.
31% are silver members.
The rest are bronze members.
How many people are bronze members?
(3 Marks)
7) Sam earns £8.50 per hour.
She works 28 hours each week.
She works 44 weeks each year.
If she earns over £10,000 she needs to pay tax.
Does Sam pay tax?
(2 Marks)
8) Charlie buys 32 toys each costing £7.84
each.
(a) Work out how much she pays in total
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(b) She sells all the toys for a total of
£412. How much profit did she make?
(4 Marks)
9) Charlotte sends some texts messages.
In March she sends 62 messages costing £7.44
In April she pays £8.52
How many text messages did she send in April?
(2 Marks)
10) Georgina wants to make at least 60 hotdog.
Sausages come in packs of 12.
Bread rolls come in packs of 8.
She want to buy the same amount of sausages and bread rolls.
How many packs of each will she need to buy?
(4 Marks)
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11) Katie is planning a wedding.
Guests are asked to pick a main course option from; chicken, lamb and beef.
1
chose chicken
4
5
chose lamb
12
24 chose beef.
How many people attending the wedding?
(4 Marks)
12) Here is the information for sending a parcel to Europe via Parcel Post
Gary wants to send a parcel weighing 12kg to Europe via Parcel Post
Work out the difference in cost between next day delivery and 3 day delivery.
(3 Marks)
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13) TicketFirst and Music4Us are two concert tickets selling websites.
TicketFirst Charges Music4Us
Credit card charge: 2% Credit card charge: 1.5%
£1.20 booking fee £1.55 booking fee
Phillip wants to buy a concert ticket.
The ticket will cost £90.
He will pay by credit card.
Will it be cheaper to buy from TicketFirst or Music4Us?
(4 Marks)
14) Last year Daniel’s take home pay was £24,000.
He spent £10,000 on rent.
The rest of his money was spent on food, utilities and entertainment in the ratio
2:4:1.
How much did Daniel spend on food last year?
(4 Marks)
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15) Sharon is going to make a cake.
She needs to mix flour, butter and sugar in the ratio 3:2:1 by weight
She wants to make 1.8kg of cake mixture.
Sharon has;
950g of flour
0.5kg of butter
350g of sugar
Does she have enough ingredients to make the cake?
(4 Marks)