A length of ribbon is cut into two equal pieces. After using one piece, one-third of the other piece is used, leaving 12 cm of ribbon. How long, in centimetres, was the ribbon initially?
Nora, Anne, Warren and Andrew bought plastic capital letters to spell each of their names on their birthday cakes. Their birthdays are on different dates, so they planned to reuse letters on different cakes.
What is the smallest number of letters they needed?
The cost of feeding four dogs for three days is \$60. Using the same food costs per dog per day, what would be the cost of feeding seven dogs for seven days?
Leila has a number of identical square tiles that she puts together edge to edge in a single row, making a rectangle. The perimeter of this rectangle is three times that of a single tile. How many tiles does she have?
In the diagram, $ABCD$ is a $5\text{ cm}\times4\text{ cm}$ rectangle and the grid has $1\text{ cm}\times1\text{ cm}$ squares. What is the shaded area, in square centimetres?
A square of paper is folded along a line that joins the midpoint of one side to a corner. The bottom layer of paper is then cut along the edges of the top layer as shown.
When the folded piece is unfolded, which of the following describes all the pieces of paper?
a kite and a pentagon of equal area
a rectangle and a pentagon of equal area
an isosceles triangle and a pentagon, with the pentagon of larger area
a kite and a pentagon, with the kite smaller in area
a rectangle and a pentagon, with the rectangle larger in area
A 3-dimensional object is formed by gluing six identical cubes together. Four of the diagrams below show this object viewed from different angles, but one diagram shows a different object. Which diagram shows the different object?