In Your Head 2

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Elaine Leighton, St Francis Sch, Wilts
Monday, January 29, 2007
"An excellent set of resources although I do not use the ones which require a list of mathematical terms starting with a specific letter or the "Kim's game" activities. We particularly like the puzzle type activities. I have used several with year 6 and a few with year 5 as well as year 7 and 8."

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This activity is suitable for students of mathematics all around the world. Use the button below to change the currency symbol used to make it more relevant to your students. You may wish to choose an unfamiliar currency to extend your students' experience.

Answers

	10%	50%	25%	15%
£14	£1.40	£7	£3.50	£2.10
£24	£2.40	£12	£6	£3.60
£80	£8	£40	£20	£12
£3.80	38p	£1.90	95p	57p
£35.50	£3.55	£17.75	£8.88*	£5.33*
£70.40	£7.04	£35.20	£17.60	£10.56

*These answers have been rounded to the nearest penny

See also In Your Head 1 and In Your Head 3

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