Today Puzzle #523
Puzzle No. 523 鈥� Monday 15 July
Tonight sees the return of University Challenge with Jeremy Paxman hosting the University of Lancaster and Glasgow University. The losing team scores two thirds the number of points of the winning team's total. Assuming the cumulative score between both teams was 300, how much did the winning and losing teams score?
Today’s #PuzzleForToday has been set by Bobby Seagull, a school Maths teacher and Cambridge University Doctorate student.
Click here for the answer
Winning team = 180 points
Losing team = 120 points
You can use trial and improvement, or set up an algebraic equation. Let Winning team = x points. Losing team = 2/3 x
Total score = x + 2/3 x = 5/3x
5/3x = 300
x = 180
Therefore losing team = 2/3 x 180 = 120
-
![]()
Puzzle for Today 鈥� Index
Find all of the currently available Puzzles for Today, with answers.
More fiendish brain-teasers and quizzes on 大象传媒 Radio...
-
![]()
From autumn leaves to the magic roundabout: test yourself with our favourite quizzes.
-
![]()
We asked the intelligence agency to set our listeners a code-cracking challenge... Can you solve it?
-
![]()
Quiz: How many of these Mastermind music questions can you answer?
Here's a chance to find out whether your specialist subject on Mastermind could be the entire history of music.
-
![]()
Six conundrums to grapple with, including the Riddle of the Sphinx. Try not to forfeit your life...
