QR Code Defuse The Bomb Number 1 - Answers

The notorious terrorist The Mathematician has planted a bomb in a public place. He has left
clues to the 5 digit code that will defuse the bomb. All the QR codes link to some of The
Mathematicians favourite songs and bands, either of which contain a number. What you need
to do is solve the mathematical problems, scan the QR code that is linked to the correct answer
and find the code that will defuse the bomb. All codes link to songs or bands that contain a
number, so you cant cheat! Good luck!
Problem 1
Alan, Briony and Charlotte have a tin of 120 sweets. Alan takes

of them, Briony takes

Answer 1

them and Charlotte of the sweets.

How many sweets were left in the tin?
Answer 2

Answer 3

10

6 (Inspiral Carpets Saturn 5)

of

Problem 2
Bus A runs every 15 minutes.
Bus B runs every 25 minutes.
They both leave the bus station at 9am.
At what time do they next leave the bus station together?
Answer 1
Answer 2
Answer 3
10am

11.30am

10.15am (Blur Song 2)

Problem 3
Jenny sees a pair shoes priced at 90. They have a sticker on saying that there is 30% off the
marked price in a sale.
How much are the shoes in the sale?
Answer 1
Answer 2
Answer 3
60

27

63 (KLF 3am Eternal)

Problem 4
A newspaper is reporting that the local football team had a record crowd of 27,673 at their last
home game, but the editor wants to round the crowd to 3 significant figures for the headline.
What number will the headline contain?
Answer 1
Answer 2
Answer 3
27,700 (Murray Head One
Night In Bangkok)

28,000

27600

Problem 5
Michael is at a charity race night. He is wondering which horse to bet on by looking at the
number of wins they have had.
Horse A wins

of its races.

Horse B wins 42% of its races.

Horse C wins 0.37 of its races.
Horse D wins

of its races.

Which horse wins the highest proportion of its races?

Answer 1
Answer 2
Answer 3
Horse A

Horse B (Pop Will Eat Itself

Def Con One)

Horse D

Code:
5