Head To Head: Indices

Dr J Frost (jfrost@tiffin.kingston.sch.uk)

Last Updated: 7th October 2016

Head to Head
You are head to head with the
person on your table.

You must circle or underline your

vs
answer to finalise it.

Once you finalise an answer, you

can’t change it.

The first person with the correct

answer wins.
Head Rear If both people get it wrong or
8 9 neither answers, just do a quick
Table Table
paper-scissors-rock to settle.
2 7 10 15
Winner moves up (as per left).
Loser moves down.
3 6 11 14

4 5 12 13
Question 1

Ashrith has marbles and Ben has 20

more. How many marbles do they have
in total?

2 𝑥 ?+20
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Question 2

5 lampposts are each metres apart.

What is the distance between the first
and last lamppost (in metres)?

4 ?𝑥

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Question 3

The middle of 7 consecutive integers is .

What is the sum of the 7 numbers?

7? 𝑥

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Question 4

Yathaarth has dogs, Charlie has 2 more dogs and

Iain has twice as many dogs as Charlie.
How many dogs do the three boys have in total?

4 𝑥? +6

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Question 5

If Sid has Pokemon and Dan has 3 times as many,

how many Pokemon do they have in total?

4 𝑥 +12
?

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Question 6

My age now is . Alice is twice the age now that I

was 3 years ago. Write an expression for Alice's
age now.

or?

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Question 7

I have three angles, the smallest . The second

angle is 20 degrees more. The third angle is twice
the second angle. Write an expression for the sum
of the three angles, simplifying your answer.

4 𝑎+
? 60

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Question 8

The first of 10 consecutive numbers is .

I say a number half as big as the 5th number. What
is this number in terms of ?

𝑥 +4 1
𝑜𝑟 ? ( 𝑥 + 4 )
2 2
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Question 9

There are 21 towns each with a port on the River

Nile. Each town is spaced 1250m apart. If the
closest town is  kilometres away from you, how
far is the furthest town?

𝑥 +25
?

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Question 10

Of the total rounds in archery, the first rounds

are worth 10 points each and the remaining
rounds worth 20 points each. What is the
maximum number of points you can get?

𝟏𝟎𝒎+𝟐𝟎 ( 𝒏−𝒎 ) ?

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Question 11

If Greg has  tennis balls, Tim has 3 less tennis balls

than Greg, and Dave has 4 times as many tennis
balls as Greg, how many tennis balls do they have
together? Give your answer as a simplified
expression in terms of .

?
6 𝑡 −3
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Question 12

5 numbers are each spaced one apart.

The middle number is .
The first number is two thirds of the last number.

Write an equation (but do not solve!) that

expresses all this information.

𝟐
𝒙 − 𝟐= ? ( 𝒙 +𝟐 )
𝟑

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Question 13

5 numbers are each spaced one apart.

The first number is .
The second number is half the last number.

Write an equation (but do not solve!) that

expresses all this information.

or ?

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Question 14

Steve has  sweets and Terry  sweets. After Steve

had given Terry some sweets, they had the same
number of sweets. How many sweets did Steve
give Terry?

𝑠 −𝑡 1
𝑜𝑟 ? ( 𝑠 − 𝑡 )
2 2

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Question 15

If Duffy is  years old and his sister Duffette will be

half Duffy's age in 4 years time, how old, in terms
of , is Duffette now?
In 4 years time, Duffette:

Therefore now:
?
Or

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Question 16

A class' average mark in an test is 60. When

someone extra joins the class, and obtains an
exam mark of 100, the class' average mark
increases to 65. If the original number of people
in the class was , write an equation in terms
of  that expresses this information.

?
or

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