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CSSE Maths MCQ Skills Paper 1

Connected calculations, constraints and systematic strategies

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Maths · Maths: linked constraints

Nine museum tickets cost £51. An adult ticket costs £7 and a child ticket costs £4. How many of the nine tickets are adult tickets?

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  1. A3
  2. B4
  3. C5
  4. D6
  5. E7
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C: 5

Nine child tickets would cost 9 × £4 = £36. The actual total is £15 more. Each adult ticket adds £3, so there are £15 ÷ £3 = 5 adult tickets. Five adults and four children cost £35 + £16 = £51.

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MoneyPlace value and calculationRounding and boundsFractionsArea and unitsSequencesDecimalsFractions and capacityMoney and divisionAreaTime and differencesNegative numbersFractions and diagramsAveragesMultiples and countingFraction multiplicationRemainders and reasoningFractions and algebraComposite areaData and equalising quantitiesDistance, time and ratesDivisibility and place valueArea, perimeter and gridsPercentages and moneyAngles and ratioProbability and quantitiesSystematic countingAlgebra and balancesMoney and efficient choicesTime and schedulingVolume and 3D shapesNumber constraintsRatio and changing quantitiesCoordinates and countingFractions and divisionFactors and multiplesArea and factor reasoningAverages and constraintsArea and optimisationNumber propertiesMeasures and efficient choicesPercentages and algebraRates and catching upCalendar patternsFractions and overlapping groupsScale and measuresGeometry and working backwardsAlgebra and constrained results

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