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How do you find the prime factorisation of a large number like 420?

You start by dividing 420 by whichever numbers you know that it is divisible by. 420 is obviously divisible by 10 so you can start with 10 x 42. Then, you factorise 10 and 10 = 2 x 5, so now we know 420 = 2 ...
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How do you solve the simultaneous equation, 7x – 20 = 3x + 4?

To solve this equation we want to find the value of one unknown, x. The solution will be x = ___. So first we need to put all the terms with x on one side of the =, and all the constants on the other side. T...
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Pythagoras: If you have a right angled triangle PQR, and length PQ=5cm, length QR=8cm (which is the longest length), then calculate length PR to two decimal places.

Pythagoras' theorem is: a^2+b^2=c^2 (a=short side, b=short side, c=longest side/hypotenuse, ^=squared). Now applying that to this question would mean that a=PQ, b=PR and c=QR. So we can use the figures given...
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How many thirds are there in 12?

A third is 3 divisions of 1, for example cutting 1 muffin into thirds would give 3 pieces. So if you had 12 muffins and cut each muffin into 3 pieces you would have 36 pieces. Therefore there are 36 thirds i...
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3 postitive whole numbers have a mean of 6. What is the greatest possible range of the numbers?

15: (x+y+z)/3 = 6 so, x+y+z = 18.Range = highest number - lowest number. For the max range, at least 1 of the numbers must be 1. 1,1,16. 16-1 = 15
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