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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will investiate a money problem involving calculating the number of combinations of different types of coin we could have that add to the same total.

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6 Questions

Q1.
How long does Mary's first session last?
An image in a quiz
19 minutes
Correct answer: 25 minutes
29 minutes
Q2.
How long does Joe's first session last?
Correct answer: 19 minutes
23.5 minutes
25 minutes
Q3.
How long is Mary's second session?
28 minutes
Correct answer: 29 minutes
33 minutes
Q4.
How long is Mary's fifth session?
37
Correct answer: 41
45
Q5.
How long is Joe's fourth session?
28
32
Correct answer: 32.5
Q6.
How long is Joe's eighth session?
46
48
Correct answer: 50.5

3 Questions

Q1.
Meg uses 2p coins (as well as 20p, 10p and 5p coins) to total £0.85. What is the largest number of coins she could use to make the total?
26 coins
27 coins
Correct answer: 28 coins
Q2.
Meg uses 2p coins (as well as 20p, 10p and 5p coins) to total £0.85. What is the smallest number of coins she could use to make the total?
Correct answer: 10 coins
11 coins
12 coins
Q3.
Meg makes £0.85 using 17 coins. If she used 20p, 10p, 5p and 2p coins, how many 5ps did she use?
Correct answer: eight 5p coins
nine 5p coins
ten 5p coins