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What are the numbers

Three consecutive numbers add up to 111. What are the three numbers?

Mysterious Missing Marbles

Sophie has a box of red, blue, and green marbles. She has twice as many red marbles as green marbles. She has 6 more blue marbles than red marbles. Altogether, she has 54 marbles. How many marbles of each colour does Sophie have?

What is the number?

Look at the following number sequence: 3, 6, 12, 24, ?, 96 What number should replace the question mark?

How many pens?

A shop sells pens for 75p each and pencils for 45p each. Noah buys a total of 12 items, spending exactly £7.35. How many pens did he buy?

How many apples

Sophie has a basket of apples. She gives half of them to her friend, then eats 3 of the remaining apples. After that, she gives a third of what’s left to her neighbour. She now has 8 apples left. How many apples did Sophie have at the start?

What is the number?

A number is increased by 3, then multiplied by 4. The result is the same as if the number had first been multiplied by 4 and then increased by 24. What is the number?

How many return tickets?

A return ticket from Town A to Town B costs £3.50. A single ticket from Town A to Town B costs £2.40. A group of 5 friends buys exactly enough tickets (single and return) to make a total of 8 journeys between Town A and Town B. They spend exactly £13.90 in total. How many return tickets did they buy?