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Jamil has 5 litres of water in a container. He pours 750 millilitres of water into each of 6 bottles. (c) How much water is left in the container? Give your answer in millilitres.

5L water = 5000mL

because 1L = 1000mL so multiply by 5

if 750mL is poured into 6 bottles, first need to see how much total has been poured.

therefore, do 750mL * 6 = 4500mL

so ...

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A tank contains 45 000 cm3 of water. The tank leaks at 0.75 litres/minute. How long does the tank take to empty?

The first thing to notice with this question is that the volume of the tank is given in cm3 yet the rate at which the water leaks is in litres, so a conversion of units will be neccessary. We k...

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Work out 416 + 49 + 274

739

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Kieran, Jermaine and Chris play football. Kieran has scored 8 more goals than Chris. Jermaine has scored 5 more goals than Kieran. Altogether they have scored 72 goals. How many goals did Jermaine score?

Find an equation that explains the problem. We can see how many goals the players have scored in comparison to each other. The person with the fewest goals is Chris. Let us say he score x goals. Then we c...

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(2x+3)/(x-4) - (2x-8)/(2x+1) = 1 Solve for x

Multiply out the denominator, take care to multiply both sides of the equation:

(2x+3)(2x+1) - (2x-8)(x-4) = (2x+1)(x-4)

Expand the brackets, pay attention the the signs when multiplying, ex...

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