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Introduction to formulas - Formulas in words

Days of the week

If you are asked how many days there are in a week, you would find the answer easy - there are 7. How about the number of days in two weeks? Again, the answer is fairly straightforward - there are 14.

What happens when you are asked how many days there are in three weeks, or four or five? If you know the formula you could work this out.

1 week is 1 × 7 days = 7
2 weeks is 2 × 7 days = 14
3 weeks is 3 × 7 days = 21
4 weeks is 4 × 7 days = 28

So, the formula to work out the number of days is:
number of days = number of weeks × 7

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Q1. How many pence are there in £1?

Q2. How many pence are there in £2?

Q3. How many pence are there in £7?

Q4. What is the formula connecting the number of pence to the number of pounds?

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