Today in Berracan, the minimum temperature was $-5^\circ\mathrm C$ and the maximum was $8^\circ\mathrm C$ warmer than this. What was the maximum temperature?
Jan has three times as many marbles as Liana. If Jan gives 3 of her marbles to Liana, they will have the same number. How many marbles do they have between them?
On Monday, I planted 10 apple trees in a row. On Tuesday, I planted orange trees along the same row and noticed at the end of the day that no apple tree was next to an apple tree. On Wednesday, I planted peach trees along the same row and noticed at the end of the day that no apple tree was next to an orange tree. What is the smallest number of trees that I could have planted?
Adrienne, Betty and Cathy were the only three competitors participating in a series of athletic events. In each event, the winner gets 3 points, second gets 2 points and third gets 1 point. After the events, Adrienne has 8 points, Betty has 11 points and Cathy has 5 points. In how many events did Adrienne come second?
Andy has a number of red, green and blue counters. He places eight counters equally spaced around a circle according to the following rules:
- No two red counters will be next to each other.
- No two green counters will be diagonally opposite each other.
- As few blue counters as possible will be used.
In a packet of spaghetti, one-third of the strands of spaghetti are intact, but the rest have each been snapped into two pieces. Of all the pieces of spaghetti from the packet (broken and whole), what is the largest fraction guaranteed to be at least as long as half an unbroken strand?