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This was one of the questions on the KS2 2018 Maths Reasoning Paper Can you solve it? The length of a day on Earth is 24 hours The length...

x is a positive integer. 40 ÷ x is a positive integer. Work out the possible values of x.

Ramesh buys 7 pineapples and 15 oranges for £7.00 A pineapple costs 12p more than an orange Find the cost of one orange

Buses to Southwold leave Lowestoft bus station every 24 minutes Buses to Beccles leave the same bus station every 20 minutes A bus to...

Here are the prices for postage at the local Post Office Maximum Weight in kg Cost 2 £4.17 4 ...

Alex, Harry and Sam share some sweets. The amount of sweets Alex gets to the amount of sweets Harry gets is in the ratio 7:3 The amount...

Lola is creating pizza toppings. She uses cheese, salami and tomatoes in the ratio 2:3:5 Lola uses 70 grams of tomatoes How many grams of...

In a town, the number of houses and the number of flats are in the ratio 7:4 The number of flats and the number of bungalows are in the...

We are so pleased about the latest reviews that we have had on Facebook that we thought we would share the comments below My three boys...

The Fibonacci Sequence is this series of numbers:0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34... Can you work out the next number in the sequence? To...

Harry was planting carrots in equal rows in his back garden When he planted the carrots in rows of 7, he had 4 left over When he planted...

Test your knowledge with our cats questions aimed at students taking the GCSE Foundation paper 30 students were asked about how many cats...

Josh has a recipe for bolognese sauce. Minced Beef 500g Chopped Tomatoes 750g Mushrooms 40g Chicken Stock 150ml Josh only has 400g of...

Kieran decides to measure the three pencils on his desk The green pencil is 1cm longer than the blue pencil and 3cm shorter than the red...

Here is a KS3 problem from our Yr 7-11 Maths tutor, can you solve it? Alesha has three coins in her pocket and they are all different...

Can you work out a strategy to always win if you take the first move? Nim - A game for 2 players Put 7 counters in a pile Take turns to...

A farmer from Beccles sells eggs 50p for large eggs 10p for medium eggs 5p for small eggs Mr Seppings spends £10 on 100 eggs for his shop...

This Maths problem has been taken from a Higher GCSE Paper. Nancy goes to the post office to exchange money Exchange Rates £1.00: $1.31...

Today we are posing a problem for Key Stage One pupils and beyond.... Three chefs baked some cakes Each chef baked an even number of...

A mean question aimed at those taking GCSE Higher Maths. Can you solve it? George rolls a fair six-sided dice thirty times and records...