Guitar For Sale

A Maths Starter Of The Day

Boy with guitar

On Monday Richard bought a guitar for £10

On Tuesday he sold it for £16

On Wednesday he bought it back for £28

On Thursday he needed money for a football match so he again sold his guitar, this time for £40.

Overall, did Richard make or lose money?

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  • J Duhig, Stevenage
  • Sunday, February 04, 2007
  • "I LOVE these starters, the book worm one is my recent favourite! I use them almost every day. Thanks!
    I don't wish to be negative, but I dislike spelling or gramatical errors. In today's starter Lose is spelt with double o, it shouldn't be. Can it be changed? Thanks"
  • Transum,
  • Monday, February 05, 2007
  • "Thanks very much for your comment and pointing out the spelling mistake. It was noticed by M Webster also and as you can see has been corrected. It's always good to receive feedback; keep it coming!"
  • Fahmin Begum Ali, Central Foundation Girls School
  • Tuesday, February 06, 2007
  • "I love Transum. My teacher starts our maths lesson off with a starter everyday and its great. I would like to suggest that Transum gives more harder starters though. But overall Transum is GREAT!"
  • Salif Fonso, WLA , Northolt, Middlesex
  • Thursday, February 10, 2011
  • "When he started without a guitar he had £7 in his pocket. At th end of it all(without the guitar once more) he had £14 in his pocket. That means he made £7 not £14 as the answer section states."
  • Mr McLaughlin And Primary 5, St Bernadette's Primary School, Motherwell
  • Monday, February 06, 2012
  • "We found this quite challenging but worked out the answer in the end. It was good fun and it taught us about profit and loss. It was like being in The Apprentice!"
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Richard made £18

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