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Complete the series and explain your answer: 2,4,8,...,...

2,4,8,16,32 The series is multiplying by two every time.
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Answered by Zach T. • Maths tutor
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Bob has £500 and gives 70% to Edmund and 40% of what is left to George. Work out how much money each person has.

Follow the order of the question- take 70% of £500 = 7 times 10% of £500 = 7x£50 = £350. Therefore Edmund has £350. Bob now has £500-£350=£150. This needs to be split between Bob and George. Using the same m...
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Answered by Daniel B. • Maths tutor
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Find x when 2x^2 −x−6=0

The equation is: 2x^2 - x -6 =0 step 1. (2x) and (x) now you need to separate out this equation into two further brackets. You start with the highest power of X, in this case 2X^2. As 2 has no smaller factor...
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Answered by Talia P. • Maths tutor
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For Maths 11+. An Island on a map is measured to be 4cm across. The scale of the map is 4cm to 500m. How long is the island in km?

The island is 2km. If the scale is 1cm:500m we need to multiply both left and right sides by 4 to get to the 4cm that was measured. This gets us 4cm: 2000m . We now need to convert 2000m to km which gives us...
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Answered by David T. • Maths tutor
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Write 0.185 as a percentage

Times by 100 0.185 X 100= 18.5%
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Answered by Emily P. • Maths tutor
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