Which is a better fit, a square peg in a round hole or a round
peg in a square hole? At the beginning of the night three poker
players; Alan, Bernie and Craig had money in the ratios 7 : 6 :
5. At the end of the night the ratio was 6 : 5 : 4. One of them
won $1 200. What were the assets of the players at the beginning
of the evening? A garrison of 600 men has just enough bread ...
but, with the news that the enemy was planning an attack... How
many ounces of bread a day must each man in the garrison be
allowed, to hold out 45 days against the siege of the enemy?
Your class has been asked to raise money for charity, so you
decide to sell small cakes at break. Each person is going to
make as many cakes as they can. However, the recipe you have is
for a tray bake which will cut up into 12 cakes - some people
say they can't do that many, others want to do a lot more. Then
you have to decide how much you will charge for the cakes.
Clearly you need to cover the cost of ingredients, and you want
to make a decent pro