Same Same

Dominic and Mariah are both the same age.

Dominic multiplied his age by two, subtracted five then multiplied the answer by two.

Mariah multiplied her age by three then added two

Dominic and Mariah arrived at the same answer.

How old are Dominic and Mariah?

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  • It can be seen from the mean score this page has received that it is quite popular and 'achieved the results I required'. It is not clear however whether it is more popular with the younger children who might even use a trial and improvement strategy or whether it is more popular with older pupils who realise that they can use the techniques learned in algebra to solve this problem.
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  • Has anyone got the answer?

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