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Jo has the following 9 coins in her purse: 10p, 2p, 2p, 50p, 10p, 1p, 20p, 2p, 2p. Work out the median, mean, mode and range.

To work out the median of a set of numbers we first place them in order:

1p, 2p, 2p, 2p, 2p, 10p, 10p, 20p, 50p

Then the median is the middle value in the list, in this case 2p.

To wo...

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Emma has a digital photo. The photo has width 960 pixels and height 720 pixels. Write down the ratio of the width of the photo to the height of the photo. Give the ratio in its simplest form.

4:3 Working: 960:720 (divide by 10) 96:72 (divide by 8 as 8 is common multiple of both 96 and 72 (should know this from times tables)) 12:9 (divide by 3) 4:3 simplifying slowly and in small steps r...

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Expand 2x(x-3)

2x² - 6x

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Two shops have deals for purchasing pens: "3 for £2" and "5 for £3" . Mr. Papadopoulos wants to buy 30 pens for his class in school, which deal should he use if he wants to spend the least amount of money possible, and how much will he spend?

3 for £2,

he needs 30 pens so he needs to buy the deal 10 (30/3) times, meaning he needs to spend 10 * £2 = £20

5 for £3,

he needs 30 pens so he needs the deal 6 (30/5) times, meaning...

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Factorise x^2-x-6=0, and solve, finding the values of x

When you factorise an equation, the final form should look like this: (x+a)(a+b)=0 in order to work out the possible value(s) for x. As a result, working backwards, we expand the already factorised final ...

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