Number, Raph12-49/50

Question

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Worked Solution

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Variant 0

DifficultyLevel

482

Question

A fruit stall sold half of its pineapples in the first hour at a market.

It then sold 9 more and had 3 pinepples left to sell.

How many pineapples did the stall have for sale at the start of the day?

Worked Solution

Working backwards:

Add the 9 pineapples sold to the 3 that were left

→\rightarrow 12 pineapples after 1 hour

→\rightarrow 12 pineapples were half of the starting number

∴\therefore Pineapples for sale = 12 ×\times 2 = 24

Question Type

Multiple Choice (One Answer)

Variables

Variable nameVariable value
question
A fruit stall sold half of its pineapples in the first hour at a market. It then sold 9 more and had 3 pinepples left to sell. How many pineapples did the stall have for sale at the start of the day?
workedSolution
Working backwards: Add the 9 pineapples sold to the 3 that were left $\rightarrow$ 12 pineapples after 1 hour $\rightarrow$ 12 pineapples were half of the starting number $\therefore$ Pineapples for sale = 12 $\times$ 2 = {{{correctAnswer}}}
correctAnswer
24

Answers

Is Correct?Answer
x

6

x

18

x

20

✓

24

Variant 1

DifficultyLevel

485

Question

Kelly shared half of her sherbet cones with her friends at school.

She then gave 13 more sherbert cones to her AFL team mates.

Now she had 7 sherbert cones left.

How many sherbert cones did Kelly have at the start?

Worked Solution

Working backwards:

Add the 13 to the 7 sherbert cones left.

→\rightarrow 20 sherbert cones

→\rightarrow 20 sherbert cones is half of the starting number

∴\therefore Sherbert cones at start = 20 ×\times 2 = 40

Question Type

Multiple Choice (One Answer)

Variables

Variable nameVariable value
question
Kelly shared half of her sherbet cones with her friends at school. She then gave 13 more sherbert cones to her AFL team mates. Now she had 7 sherbert cones left. How many sherbert cones did Kelly have at the start?
workedSolution
Working backwards: Add the 13 to the 7 sherbert cones left. $\rightarrow$ 20 sherbert cones $\rightarrow$ 20 sherbert cones is half of the starting number $\therefore$ Sherbert cones at start = 20 $\times$ 2 = {{{correctAnswer}}}
correctAnswer
40

Answers

Is Correct?Answer
x

10

x

12

x

34

✓

40

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