Maths Homework For An 11 Year Old

[tim west]

Dont know about todays but some of the teachers from my time were sadists and revelled in hurting or humiliating

 

[Trazor]

But I do know that on the first day at his new school he squirted some lighter fuel on to the boy sitting in front of him, and set it alight.

Obviously he misunderstood the word Blazer.

 

[mobileman]

Obviously he misunderstood the word Blazer.

 

[Shutpa]

But I do know that on the first day at his new school he squirted some lighter fuel on to the boy sitting in front of him, and set it alight.

Obviously he misunderstood the word Blazer.

Top of the class for that one

 

[Shutpa]

The Solution

Hubs v Rings 3 - 3

Rings v Dins 1 - 4

 

[WDIK]

one match was abandoned due bad weather.

 

[Shutpa]

Sam had never fully understood the points system in football and felt that the scoring of goals should be encouraged. His idea was that 10 points should be awarded for a win, 5 points for a draw and 1 point for each goal scored, whatever the result of the match. Therefore even if you are losing 0-5 and have no hope of winning, a goal scored might make all the difference between promotion and relegation. This was tried with three teams, Hubs, Dins and Rungs. Each team scored at least one goal in every match and no team played another more than once. Hubs scored 8 points, Dins 14 points and Rungs 9 points. Find the score of each match.

Any good at maths?

Edit. One match was abandoned due to bad weather (Quote: WDIK).

 

[Rob]

Each team scored at least one goal in every match and no team played another more than once.

So what they mean is there was two games and one team played twice.

Deliberate attempt to mislead and teaches no MATHS at all.

Since when were riddles part of maths lessons.

 

[mobileman]

Each team scored at least one goal in every match and no team played another more than once.

So what they mean is there was two games and one team played twice.

Deliberate attempt to mislead and teaches no MATHS at all.

Since when were riddles part of maths lessons.

It's not a deliberate attempt to mislead at all. It clearly states that no team played another more than once. It doesnt state that all teams played the same number of games.

Did any team play the same team twice? Nope. Therefore the question did not mislead. It clearly stated this fact.

The question provides enough information needed to be able to calculate the answer. It's just basic problem solving, no riddles, no tricks, just a problem solving question and does involve maths. It involve analysis of the figures involved whilst considering the information provided.