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Bill buys 8 identical cricket balls. The total cost is £169.04 Work out the total cost of 19 of these cricket balls. (Calculator allowed).

Start by identifying the cost of one cricket ball: £169.04 ÷ 8 = £21.13 Next multiply this by the number of cricket balls he wants to buy: £21.13 x 19 = 401.47 The total cost of 19 cricket balls is £401.47
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There are 300 students at a school who have been asked to attend assembly. 1/10 students are sat on chairs, 85% of students are sat on the floor, the rest do not attend assembly. How many students did not attend assembly?

300 x 1/10 = (300/10) x 1 = 30 students sat on chairs 85% of 300 = (300/10) x 8.5 = (30 x 8) + (30 x 0.5) = 240 + 15 = 255 students sat on the floor Students who did not attend = 300 - 30 - 255 = 15
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How do I factorise a quadratic equation?

A quadratic equation is one that takes the form.. ax 2 + bx +c = 0 Factorising an equation like this involves putting the equation into two brackets. The method varies slightly dependent on whether a = 1 or ...
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Algebraic fractions

9/3x 2 - 3y 2 + x/xy - x 2 = 9/3(x 2 -y 2 ) + x/x(y-x) = 3/(x-y)(x+y) + 1/y-x = 3/(x-y)(x+y) - 1/x-y = 3-1(x+y)/(x-y)(x+y) = 3-x-y/(x-y)(x+y)
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