Today Puzzle #726
Puzzle No. 726鈥� Monday 27 April
Strictly Come Dancing stars Oti Mabuse and Karen Hauer have been running the "Home Festival" where they run online activities for the whole family. In a baking session, dancer Katie Priest spends four times as long baking cookies as she does tidying up in an hour Instagram live. How long does she spend baking cookies?
Today’s #PuzzleForToday has been set by Bobby Seagull, school maths teacher, author and Cambridge University Doctorate student.
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48 minutes
Let x = tidying up
4x = baking cookies
5x = 60 minutes
x = 12 minutes
x = 48 minutes
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