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Q1 Answer: 132. 3×4=12, 4×5=20, 5×6=30, 6×7=42, therefore following the same pattern, 11 should be multiplied by 12 which equals 132.
Q2 Answer: Copper Oxide
Q3 Answer: Tom has £48, Tim has £24. If Tom gives Tim £12.00, they both have £36. If Tim gives Tom £12.00, Tim would be left with £12 and Tom would have £60 (5×12=60).
Q4 Answer: Citric Acid
Q5 Answer: 688. Add the two previous numbers together and times by two.
Q6 Answer: 58. When her first child was born Granny was 19. Second child, Granny was 23 (19 + 4). Third child, Granny was 27 (23 + 4). Fourth child, Granny was 31 (27 + 4). Fifth child, Granny was 35 (31 + 4). So when he sixth child was born, Granny was 39 (35 + 4). And when the sixth child turns 19, Granny is 58 (39 + 19).
Q7 Answer: 55 and 89. You just add the previous two numbers together.
Q8 Answer: C = 25. A = 25 and B = 8.
Q9 Answer: There are 7 × 7 × 7 = 343 large cats. They have 343 × 4 = 1372 legs. • There are 7 × 7 × 7 × 7 = 2401 little cats. They have 2401 × 4 = 9604 legs. • There are 7 girls. They have 14 legs. In total we get 1372 + 9604 + 14 = 10,990 legs
Q10 Answer: 27 triangles.
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