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Anna and James share out £40 in the ratio 5:3 in that order. How much do they each get?

1st Find the total number of parts they will be splitting the £50 into. If Anna is getting 5 parts and James is getting 3 how many parts in total? 5 + 3 = 8 2nd Work out how much each part is worth. To do...

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Many students do not understand the rules for when one can 'cancel' in regards to fractions

The first step is to assess whether there are any plus or minus signs anywhere within the fraction. If not: separate the denominator into brackets, for instance if the denominator contained 2x you would s...

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There are n sweets in a bag. 6 of the sweets are orange. The rest of the sweets are yellow. Hannah takes a random sweet from the bag. She eats the sweet. Hannah then takes at random another sweet from the bag. She eats the sweet. The probability that H

The answer is a proof so is best shown during the interview via the whiteboard. For reference this question was in the news a few years ago and was considered difficult for GCSE students at the time.

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3x + 12 = 24, solve for x.

Firstly, we need to make 'x' the subject of the equation. We do this by 'moving' everything that isn't an x over to the other side of the equation. When we do this, the main thing to remember is that what...

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Solve this simultaneous equation using the process of elimination: -6x - 2y = 14 3x - 2y = 5

To solve using elimination, you need to use the following four steps:Step 1: make sure that both of the equations have opposite x terms or opposite y terms. Currently neither of the x terms in the two equ...

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