Day: March 19, 2015

1. 2/3: You know that you do not have Bag B (two black marbles) so there are three possibilities
You chose Bag A, first white marble. The other marble will be white
You chose Bag A, second white marble. The other marble will be white
You chose Bag C, the white marble. The other marble will be black
So 2 out of 3 possibilities are white.
Why not 1/2? You are selecting marbles, not bags.

2. 6 hectares

3. 0.06%

4. (a) green 22 cents; (b) blue 17 cents; (c) yellow 50 cents; (d) red 18 cents

5. a. Everton b. Liverpool c. Watford, Spurs, Norwich

6. The cone section is about 4% bigger than the sphere.
Cone section: You can use the formula for the frustrum of a cone.
Assuming that the shape has been achieved by cutting the top off a whole cone. This “original” cone must have been 40 cm high.
The formula for the volume of a cone is 1/3 X π x (radius of base squared) x height
So volume of the cone section = volume of the original cone – volume of the conical tip

= 1/3 X π x (20 x 20) x 40 – 1/3 X π x (10 x 10) x 20

= 1/3 X π x (1600 – 2000)

= 4667 π cubic centimetres

Sphere: The volume of a sphere is given by the formula 4/3 X π x (radius of sphere cubed)

= 4/3 X π x (15 X 15 X 15)

= 4/3 X π x (15 X 15 X 15)

= 4/3 X π x (3375)

= 4500 π cubic centimetres

7. Andrew and Dolly Gould live in Brisbane; Brian and Edna Hedges live in Sydney, and Colin and Flo Jacobs hail from Perth.

8. a. red, b. black, c. purple, d. black

9. 2 of diamonds, 3 of hearts, 6 of clubs, 8 of spades, 9 of hearts

10. A up B down C down D up E up

1. 5

2. c

3. E, D, C, B, A, G, F, H

4. (C) – as much water in the milk/water mixture as milk in the water/milk mixture

5. 50 kg: Most people assume the potatoes now weigh about 98 kg. But the potatoes now weigh just 50 kg! If you are wondering why, here is one way to look at it: Since 99% of the original 100 kg of potatoes is water, the remaining 1% (ie. 1 kg) of the original potatoes is actual potato “stuff”. Since the potato stuff doesn’t evaporate, it remains one kg. Now, after dehydration the potatoes are 98% water (which implies 2% of potato stuff). Since we know 2% of the potatoes (ie. the potato stuff) weigh one kg, 100% of the potatoes must weigh 50 times the weight of the potato stuff, which gives us 50 kg.

6. Beth is closest to the finish, followed by Emma, Carla, Alice, and Dianne.

7. 59

8. 30 km/h

9. 28

10. 2 ways