Stuck on maths
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Stuck on maths
Hello everyone
I am stuck on some maths questions and appreciate if someone would help me. I am taking the bishop vesey test in October.
Q1. Convert this recipe for pasta from imperial to metric units (to the nearest 5 g). Use the approximation of 102 = 30g
Ingreidient Imperial Metric
Plain flour 5oz ?
Semolinal Flour 12oz ?
Q2. 36 Posts were spaced evenly along a road 1.575 km long. what was the distance in metres between each pair of posts?
Q3. books cost seven pence more than comics. Two books and one comic cost 53 pence. How much for one comic?
Thankyou
Daniel
I am stuck on some maths questions and appreciate if someone would help me. I am taking the bishop vesey test in October.
Q1. Convert this recipe for pasta from imperial to metric units (to the nearest 5 g). Use the approximation of 102 = 30g
Ingreidient Imperial Metric
Plain flour 5oz ?
Semolinal Flour 12oz ?
Q2. 36 Posts were spaced evenly along a road 1.575 km long. what was the distance in metres between each pair of posts?
Q3. books cost seven pence more than comics. Two books and one comic cost 53 pence. How much for one comic?
Thankyou
Daniel
Hi Daniel
Q.1 The conversion is probably 1oz = 30g not 102 = 30g
Plain flour 5oz = 5 x 30g = 150g
Semolina flour 12oz = 12 x 30g = 360g
Q2
If there are 36 posts then there are 35 spaces.
1.575 divided by 35 = 0.045 km
There are 1000 metres in 1 kilometre, so the posts are 45 metres apart.
Q3
We don´t know the value of the comic, so give it a value of x.
The books are 7p more than the comic, so call this x + 7
Two books = x + 7 + x + 7
One comic = x
Simplify this information to 3x + 14
Giving the equation 3x + 14 = 53
Subtract 14 from both sides, giving
3x = 39
Divide both sides by 3 giving
x = 13
One comic = 13p
Regards
MIke
Q.1 The conversion is probably 1oz = 30g not 102 = 30g
Plain flour 5oz = 5 x 30g = 150g
Semolina flour 12oz = 12 x 30g = 360g
Q2
If there are 36 posts then there are 35 spaces.
1.575 divided by 35 = 0.045 km
There are 1000 metres in 1 kilometre, so the posts are 45 metres apart.
Q3
We don´t know the value of the comic, so give it a value of x.
The books are 7p more than the comic, so call this x + 7
Two books = x + 7 + x + 7
One comic = x
Simplify this information to 3x + 14
Giving the equation 3x + 14 = 53
Subtract 14 from both sides, giving
3x = 39
Divide both sides by 3 giving
x = 13
One comic = 13p
Regards
MIke
maths help
Sorry I didnt write the full question in my other message. Please help with the question below.
A cash box contains some coins to the value of £5.25
There are twice as many 5p coins as 2p coins and twice as many 2p coins as 1p coins.
This means there are:
---?----5p coins ----?----2p coins ----?---1 pcoins
Thankyou
A cash box contains some coins to the value of £5.25
There are twice as many 5p coins as 2p coins and twice as many 2p coins as 1p coins.
This means there are:
---?----5p coins ----?----2p coins ----?---1 pcoins
Thankyou
Hallo Daniel
Yes - I have the book here.......it is Paper 11, right?
All I have is my sons answers, and they are
84x5p
42x2p
21x1p
Which is the correct answer, but does not give you a mathematical equation to work on.
Personally I havent a clue, but if no one else has answered today, I will find out how it is done (apart from guessing) and get back to you.
Good luck- some of those questions are tricky arent they?
USA
Yes - I have the book here.......it is Paper 11, right?
All I have is my sons answers, and they are
84x5p
42x2p
21x1p
Which is the correct answer, but does not give you a mathematical equation to work on.
Personally I havent a clue, but if no one else has answered today, I will find out how it is done (apart from guessing) and get back to you.
Good luck- some of those questions are tricky arent they?
USA