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Anouk, Beth and Carlin share £48 between them. Beth gets 3/8 of the money. Anouk and Carlin share the remaining money between them, by the ratio 3:2. How much money does Carlin get?

Beth gets: £48 x 3/8 = £18 The remaining money is: £48 - £18 = £30  (Alternate method: £48 x 5/8 = £30. This eliminates the need for the first step) The ratio is 3:2 so this is the same as fracti...

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Answered by Rachel H. Maths tutor
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what is: a) 1/3 +1/4 ? b) 4/6 + 3/12?

a)First make the denominators the same by multiplying the 1/3 by 4 and 1/4 by 3. makesure top and bottom are multiplied then add the numerators together not denominators. answer should be 7/12. b) Do the ...

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Answered by Charlotte L. Maths tutor
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Amber earns £7 for each hour she works from Monday to Friday. She earns £10 for each hour she works on Saturday. One week Amber worked for 4 hours on Saturday. That week she earned a total of £180 (a) How many hours did Amber work that week?

We know Amber worked 4 hours on a Saturday, so she earned 4*£10= £40 that day. The rest of the money, which is £180-£40=£140, she must have earned it during the week. Knowing she earns £7 per hour, this w...

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Answered by Calin G. Maths tutor
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Solve 5x-2>3x+11

5x-3x>11+2 2x>13 x>13/2 or x>6.5

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Answered by Hamza H. Maths tutor
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There is a bag of blue, red, and white counters. 1/6 of the bag is blue counters. 1/4 of the bag is red counters. What is the smallest number of white counters that could possibly be in the bag.

6 and 4 are common factors of 24.

1/6 = 4/24, and 1/4=6/24.

4/24+6/24 =10/24 of the bag is blue and red counters. Therefore, 24/24-10/24=14/24 of the bag is white counters.

14/24 can ...

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Answered by Alex C. Maths tutor
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