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A sunflower is one hundred and fifty centimetres tall. How tall will it be if its height increases by ten per cent?

To start, find out 10 per cent of 150. To find a percent, divide by 100 and multiply by the percent. 150 divided by 100 is 1.5, 1.5 multiplied by 10 is 15. Finally, add the 10% on to the original, so 150 + 1...
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Which of these numbers is the smallest? 0.8, 8.8, 0.88, 88.0, 8.08.

First notice that two numbers have 0 before the decimal point. Conclude to ignore the rest. Then compare the remaining two by adding a zero to the end of 0.8 thus making 0.80. Now compare 0.80 with 0.88 and ...
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At the performances last month, a total of seven-hundred and forty-four thousand, eight hundred and one drinks were sold at the theatre's restaurant bar. The manager wants to know how many drinks were sold, rounded to the nearest thousand drinks.

for an MCQ 11+ (or warm-up 13+ Maths) paper, possible answer options: a) 750,000 b) 744, 000 c) 744, 800 d) 745, 000 e) 700, 000 So, the actual number in figures is: 744, 801 We work that out first because t...
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Expand and simplify the following (x+4)(2x-3)=0

First of all you need to multiply the first value of each bracket, for example; x X 2x= 2x 2 write this answer at the start of a new line Then multiply the first value of the first bracket by the second valu...
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Multiply 0.03 and 10.1.

First we have 0.03 x 10.1, multiply without decimal points: 3 x 101 = 303 Since there are 2 decimal places 0.03 and 10.1 has 1 decimal place the answer will have 3 decimal places : 0.03 x 10.1 = 0.303
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