
Exercise of the Week #2
Our exercise this week looks at persuasive writing. A model answer will be provided next week. Good luck!
Last Week’s Answers
1) She starts with £3000, but the King takes half, leaving her with £1500. However, he then gives her £500, which means she now has £2000. Then, the Chancellor takes one quarter, which is £500, leaving her with £1500.
2) Work backwards: if the Chancellor takes one quarter, Fred must have had £4000 after receiving money from the King. Now, take away the £500 he received. He’s got £3500. This is after the King has taken half - so we need to double it, giving us our final answer of £7000.
3) If I don’t have any money, the King takes half of 0, which is 0. But then, he gives us £500 regardless! But don’t get too excited: the Chancellor takes one quarter (£125) leaving us with £375. Nice!
4) If I’m left with £4125, this is after one quarter has been taken. So, £4125 is three-quarters of what we had before the Chancellor took his tithe. We need to know the full amount, four-quarters, so we can divide by 3 and multiply by 4 to give £5500. This is after the King gave us £500, so take that off: £5000. Finally, this is after the King halved our money, so double it: £10,000.
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