1. A bat and a ball cost £1.10 in total. The bat costs £1 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?
2. It takes five machines five minutes to make five widgets. How long does it take 100 machines to make 100 widgets?
3. A patch of lily pads on a lake doubles in size daily. It takes 48 days for it to completely cover the lake. How long would it take for the patch to cover half of the lake? |
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By *ea monkeyMan
over a year ago
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"1. A bat and a ball cost £1.10 in total. The bat costs £1 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?
2. It takes five machines five minutes to make five widgets. How long does it take 100 machines to make 100 widgets?
3. A patch of lily pads on a lake doubles in size daily. It takes 48 days for it to completely cover the lake. How long would it take for the patch to cover half of the lake?"
1.£0.05
2.cant be arsed
3.47 |
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By *ea monkeyMan
over a year ago
Manchester (he/him) |
"1. A bat and a ball cost £1.10 in total. The bat costs £1 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?
2. It takes five machines five minutes to make five widgets. How long does it take 100 machines to make 100 widgets?
3. A patch of lily pads on a lake doubles in size daily. It takes 48 days for it to completely cover the lake. How long would it take for the patch to cover half of the lake?
1.£0.05
2.cant be arsed
3.47"
2.5 mins |
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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago
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"Aargh I hate things like this. Why is the first answer 5p not 10p  "
Because the ball has to cost something - so for the bat to cost £1 more than it and the total to be £1.10 that cost has to be 5p, and the cost of the bat £1.05  |
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"Aargh I hate things like this. Why is the first answer 5p not 10p
Because the ball has to cost something - so for the bat to cost £1 more than it and the total to be £1.10 that cost has to be 5p, and the cost of the bat £1.05 "
I hate maths  |
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By *emini ManMan
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"Aargh I hate things like this. Why is the first answer 5p not 10p
Because the ball has to cost something - so for the bat to cost £1 more than it and the total to be £1.10 that cost has to be 5p, and the cost of the bat £1.05
I hate maths "
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"5p
20 minutes
47 days
I thought 20 minutes, but I'm crap at this kind of reasoning. "
Yeah. Um now thinking 5 mins though
5 to make 5 = 5mins
100 to make 100 should be same time...5 mins
Think I over thought it |
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"Aargh I hate things like this. Why is the first answer 5p not 10p
£1.00 isn't £1 more than 10p.
£1.05 is £1 more than 5p
So simple when you know how  "
I had to think about it for ages.
I had quite a long argument with someone about working out VAT. They couldn't understand that if they'd paid £1 including VAT for something and they wanted to find out how much VAT theyd paid it wasn't as simple as taking 20% off. It did both our heads in. |
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"1. A bat and a ball cost £1.10 in total. The bat costs £1 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?
2. It takes five machines five minutes to make five widgets. How long does it take 100 machines to make 100 widgets?
3. A patch of lily pads on a lake doubles in size daily. It takes 48 days for it to completely cover the lake. How long would it take for the patch to cover half of the lake?"
1. Items often come at a better price when bought as a pack. The ball on its own would not doubt end up costing more than as part of a pack. As we have no individual costs for a ball on its own who could tell? And then the bat would on its own cost £1 more than what ever the cost of the ball was.
2. 5 mins assuming each machine works tottaly indupendant in the process start to finish and at the same rate.
3. 47 days |
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"1. A bat and a ball cost £1.10 in total. The bat costs £1 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?
2. It takes five machines five minutes to make five widgets. How long does it take 100 machines to make 100 widgets?
3. A patch of lily pads on a lake doubles in size daily. It takes 48 days for it to completely cover the lake. How long would it take for the patch to cover half of the lake?
1.£0.05
2.cant be arsed
3.47
2.5 mins"
Yes - _ea monkey was the first with the correct answer  . Good reasoning everyone - getting your minds in shape for a working week (many of you)
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"1. A bat and a ball cost £1.10 in total. The bat costs £1 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?
2. It takes five machines five minutes to make five widgets. How long does it take 100 machines to make 100 widgets?
3. A patch of lily pads on a lake doubles in size daily. It takes 48 days for it to completely cover the lake. How long would it take for the patch to cover half of the lake?
1. Items often come at a better price when bought as a pack. The ball on its own would not doubt end up costing more than as part of a pack. As we have no individual costs for a ball on its own who could tell? And then the bat would on its own cost £1 more than what ever the cost of the ball was.
2. 5 mins assuming each machine works tottaly indupendant in the process start to finish and at the same rate.
3. 47 days"
You have to do some sort of division thing first to see how long it takes one machine to make one thing, I think. |
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"1. A bat and a ball cost £1.10 in total. The bat costs £1 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?
2. It takes five machines five minutes to make five widgets. How long does it take 100 machines to make 100 widgets?
3. A patch of lily pads on a lake doubles in size daily. It takes 48 days for it to completely cover the lake. How long would it take for the patch to cover half of the lake?"
1. The ball costs 5p
2. 5 minutes.
3. 47 days. |
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