Are YOU Smarter Than a Teenager?
Take this maths test to find out... you might be surprised
May 30, 2016
MILLIONS of adults are unable to answer questions on a GCSE maths paper designed for 15-year-olds, are you one of them?
When parents attempted to answer a sample GCSE paper, around 40 per cent gave the wrong answers.
Take the five-question test below and see how you do, the answers will be revealed further down.
Question one
An ordinary, fair dice is rolled 420 times. How many times is the number 3 expected?
a) 140
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b) 210
c) 70
Question two
50 raffle tickets are sold for 25p each. The winning ticket is picked at random. Linda buys 14 tickets. What is the probability that Linda buys the winning ticket?
a) 1/4
b) 7/25
c) 1/50
Question three
There were some people on a train. 19 people get off at the first stop. 17 people get on. Now there are 63 people on the train. How many people were on the train to begin with?
a) 65
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b) 36
c) 62
Question four
40% is the same as:
a) 2/5
b) 4/1
c) 4/5
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