Skip to main content
Google Tag Manager
Main menu
About
FAQ
Contact
Privacy
User menu
Register
Login
You are here
Home
Weight calculation
This task is about using algebra to solve maths problems.
Kuri got on some scales with Poppy, and together they weighed 100 kg. Poppy weighed 3 times as much as Kuri.
Here is a statement in algebra describing what happened:
3y + y
= 100
Question
2
Change answer
a) How heavy was Poppy?
kg
b) How heavy was Kuri?
kg
c) What does the
3y
stand for?
Question
2
Change answer
Poppy, Max and Kuri all got on the scales.
Poppy, Max and Kuri all got on the scales.
d) Max was half the weight of Kuri. What did Max weigh?
kg
e) How much would all three dogs weigh together?
kg