{"id":8678,"date":"2024-08-13T15:54:22","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T14:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mathsweekengland.co.uk\/?p=8678"},"modified":"2024-08-13T15:59:45","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T14:59:45","slug":"olympic-maths-quiz-answers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathsweekengland.co.uk\/?p=8678","title":{"rendered":"Olympic Maths Quiz Answers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8678\" class=\"elementor elementor-8678\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce651d9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ce651d9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f23e09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1f23e09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">OLYMPIC MATHS QUIZ ANSWERS<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18d6e1e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"18d6e1e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42087a5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"42087a5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71efe8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"71efe8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>1. The Paris 2024 Olympics will have athletes competing in 32 sports. The first modern games in Athens in 1896 had only nine. What is the difference between the number of Olympic sports in 1896 and 2024?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c52006 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6c52006\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de67b60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"de67b60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>32 \u2013 9 = 23<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef03046 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ef03046\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7952c6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f7952c6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f33bcc0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f33bcc0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>2. Around 9,385 footballers from around the world have competed at the Olympic games. 20% of these came from just 18 nations. Calculate the number of footballers who came from these nations.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2924b26 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2924b26\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0ffdca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d0ffdca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>10% = 9385\/10 = 938.5\u00a0 20% = 938.5 x 2 = 1877<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9988196 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9988196\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5c2ce3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f5c2ce3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82f7d0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"82f7d0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>3. Athletes\u2019 beds at the Paris 2024 Olympics are made out of cardboard. The ingenious design ensures that it is easy to transport, assemble and fully reusable and recyclable. They are designed to withstand the stress of up to 550 pounds in weight. How many kilograms is 550 lbs?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e4cb28 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2e4cb28\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9530700 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9530700\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If 1 kg = 2.2 lb then 550 lbs = 550\/2.2 = 250 kg<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b405299 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b405299\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fabf42 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5fabf42\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-828c880 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"828c880\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>4. Paris 2024 Olympic medals have a hexagonal centrepiece (The hexagon replicates the outline of France and is made from recycled metal from recent renovation works at the Eiffel Tower!). What is the sum of the interior angles of a regular hexagon?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77986f3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"77986f3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b19ac9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b19ac9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sum of the exterior angles of any polygon = 360\u00b0.<\/p><p>A hexagon has six sides so each exterior angle = 360\/6 = 60\u00b0.<\/p><p>Each interior angle + exterior angle = 180\u00b0. Therefore each interior angle of the regular hexagon = 180 \u2013 60 = 120\u00b0.<sup>\u00a0<\/sup>So the sum of the interior angles is 120 \u00d7 6 = 720\u00b0.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b995f8c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b995f8c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87b7480 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"87b7480\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86a1709 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"86a1709\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>5. World Athletics has announced it will become the first international federation to award prize money at the Paris 2024 Olympic games. They have said a total prize pot of $2.4 million will be available for the winners of the 48 events. How much money will each of the gold medal winners receive? (Those in team events share the winning prize money.)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f81c218 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f81c218\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa9cb39 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aa9cb39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>$2,400,000\/48 = $50,000 (\u00a339,370) for each Gold medal winner. Winning athletes are also awarded prize money from their individual countries. These amounts vary from country to country.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60a15ea e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"60a15ea\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0a53c6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e0a53c6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42a9221 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"42a9221\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>6. Do you think the distribution of money to the winners only is fair? What if the prize pot was shared out to gold, silver and bronze winners of the 48 events in the ratio 3:2:1?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e7f9f7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3e7f9f7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-473f6b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"473f6b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If the prize money pot ($2,400,000) was awarded in the ratio 3:2:1 then for each event the $50000 would be divided up so that the gold winners would receive $25,000, silver would receive $16,667 and bronze $8333.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de22eca e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"de22eca\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8649e8d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8649e8d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae6279a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ae6279a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>7. Paris 2024 will be the first Olympics in history to achieve numerical gender parity on the field of play, with an equal number of female and male athletes participating in the largest sporting event in the world. If there are 5,250 women competing, how many athletes are competing altogether?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b637efd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b637efd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fdff8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6fdff8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>5250 women + 5250 men = 10500 athletes in total<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07da88d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"07da88d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf267b7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bf267b7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f00e8de elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f00e8de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>8. The only new sport for the 2024 Olympics is breaking. It is a style of dance that originated in the Bronx in New York during the 1970s. If you chose a letter from the word \u2018breaking\u2019 what would be the probability that you chose a vowel?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31d90f1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"31d90f1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a149822 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a149822\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Of the eight letters in the word \u2018breaking\u2019 there are 3 vowels making the probability of choosing a vowel 3\/8<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-369e7ec e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"369e7ec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e333c91 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e333c91\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6ac9d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a6ac9d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>9. The Olympic village in Paris has been constructed using wood and recycled materials. 35% of the rooftops are equipped with solar panels while another third has rooftop gardens meant to bring down the temperature inside. What percentage of the buildings have neither solar panels nor rooftop gardens?\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23632fe e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"23632fe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2534c5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2534c5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If there are 35% with solar panels and 1\/3 (33.3%) with rooftop gardens that leaves 100 \u2013 35 \u2013 33.3 with neither = 31.7%<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc7caf4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fc7caf4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0954d3a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0954d3a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da08418 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"da08418\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>10. The Olympic surfers will be 9,500 miles from Paris, on the remote Pacific island of Tahiti, which is part of French Polynesia &#8211; a territory of France. How many kilometres is 9,500 miles?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59a30d5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"59a30d5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dcf61f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dcf61f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Since 1 mile = 1.6 km, 9500 miles = 15289 km<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ca52ab e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9ca52ab\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d9f5dc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7d9f5dc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ea274c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8ea274c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>11. Team GB won 67 medals in Rio (2016) and 64 medals in Tokyo (2020). At the Paris Olympics in 2024 they are predicted to win 62. If team GB win their predicted medal haul for 2024, what would be their average medal total over the last three Olympic games?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21d8178 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"21d8178\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c85ebfc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c85ebfc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Total = 67 + 64 + 62 = 193\u00a0 Average = 193\/3 = 64.3 (64 whole medals!)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98f2f5f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"98f2f5f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c17e762 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c17e762\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b75ed8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b75ed8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>12. At the Paris Olympics in 2024 there will be 15,000 athletes and 44,500 volunteers (Games Makers). In its simplest form, what is the ratio of athletes to volunteers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07553ab e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"07553ab\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f61de1f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f61de1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>15,000 : 44,500 simplifies to 30 : 89<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18a04d8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"18a04d8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-837f248 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"837f248\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f1f6c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f1f6c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>13. There will be a total of 19 days of competition at the Paris Olympics but some preliminary events will take place before the opening ceremony, such as archery qualifying and early rounds of rugby sevens, football and handball. 19 is a prime number. 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