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Geometry

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Algebra problems

A bird has 2 legs, a cat has 4 legs, an insect has 6 legs and a spider has 8 legs. Claire looks at some animals and counts all their legs. She counts 38 legs. There are twice as many birds as spiders and twice as many cats as insects. How many of each type of animal can she see?

Direct and indirect proportion

6 wolves can eat 6 deer in 6 hours. How long will it take 3 wolves to eat 3 deer?

Substitution

 If x = 5, then what is y in the expression below. y = (x + 5) * (5 - 5)

In What Order?

  Four children, Bob, John, Lenny and Andrew had a race. Bob did not come first, John was beaten by Andrew, Lenny finished after Bob, Bob beat John and John did not come last. In what order did they finish?

How many factors?

How many factors does 120 have? Can you find a quicker way? What is the sum of the factors of 120? Also, can you find a quicker way again? Please put your easier ways in the comments.😀

Algebra

Anna's age is twice that of David's and half that of Bob's. The total of all their ages is 21. How old is Bob?

Multiples

  Find the smallest number which leaves 1 remainder of 1 when divided by 5 or 6 or 7.

Simultaneous equations

 Solve for X: 1) X + Y = 12                                                                                                                                                        X  -  Y =  6                                                                                                                                                        ========= 2) X + Y = 15     X  - Y =  3                                                                                                                                                          =========

Mental Maths

1)843 + 654 = ? 2)789 + 123 = ? 3) 8 * 8 * 8 * 8 * 8 * 8 = ? 4) (8 / 8) + 7 = ?