Some nice little sums….ppt

Once Upon a Time in the Land of Algebra… Story 1 Two of my favourite things in the world (apart from Maths) are KitKat Chunkys and Haribos … Choose some letters to represent KitKat Chunky’s and Haribos… When I was in the shop the other day, I bought three packets of Haribo, and two KitKat Chunkys… But that wasn’t enough, so I bought one more of each… But even that wasn’t enough, so I bought three more packets of Haribo, and two more KitKat Chunkys… But just before I could eat any of them, my greedy Mum stole six packets of Haribo, and three KitKat Chunkys off me… The shopkeeper felt sorry so me, and so he made sure I left the shop with TWICE as many of each sweet… How many sweets did I leave the shop with… Story 2 Whilst I was watching England play Spain last night, I fancied a little snack, so I poured my self some peanuts in a bowl… Choose a letter to represent the number of peanuts in the bowl… During the first half I ate 6 peanuts… One peanut went down the ‘wrong way’, and I ended up coughing it back up into the bowl… Whilst I was making a cup of tea, my greedy flatmate stole 5 peanuts… Because I caught her ‘red-handed’, she agreed to put some Malteasers in the bowl. Choose a letter to represent the number of Malteasers… I told her that that wasn’t enough to make up for the loss of my peanuts, so she gave me DOUBLE the number of Malteasers… How many peanuts and Malteasers did I end up with in my bowl… Story 3 Last Friday, after a stressful week at The Minster School, I needed a drink of beer, so I went to the pub Choose a letter to represent the price of a pint of beer… Whenever I ordered a pint of beer the barman told me that because of a shortage, the price of beer had doubled… I wasn’t happy, but I was thirsty, so I ordered 3 pints… I was also quite hungry, so I decided to buy some crisps… Choose a letter to represent the price of crisps… It really wasn’t my night, because the barman also told me that the price of crisps had TRIPLED… I was feeling