A worked solution to a problem similar to the Hannah’s sweets question that went viral in the 2015 Edexcel Maths Examination.
I have also included a couple alternative ways of doing it that I would refer to as ‘the easy way’ in a separate files (using the quadratic equation and solving by factorising).
Do you think this question was too difficult for the students?
Which way would you recommend to your students of solving this equation?
For a factorising lesson based on the Hannahs sweets problem please see
https://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/factorising-quadratics-hannahs-sweets-megapack-11067558
For more on quadratics practice please check out our snakes and ladders game with over 500 questions. https://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/gcse-maths-higher-quadratic-snakes-and-ladders-mega-pack-5-games-increasing-difficulty-over-500-qs-11055952
I have also included a couple alternative ways of doing it that I would refer to as ‘the easy way’ in a separate files (using the quadratic equation and solving by factorising).
Do you think this question was too difficult for the students?
Which way would you recommend to your students of solving this equation?
For a factorising lesson based on the Hannahs sweets problem please see
https://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/factorising-quadratics-hannahs-sweets-megapack-11067558
For more on quadratics practice please check out our snakes and ladders game with over 500 questions. https://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/gcse-maths-higher-quadratic-snakes-and-ladders-mega-pack-5-games-increasing-difficulty-over-500-qs-11055952
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