Problem Solving Solved!

Hopefully, this page will give some help to tackle problem solving questions specific to the scottish biology curriculum. 

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1/ A pupil has 320 spots which includes 38 caused by midges. What percentage of his spots are caused by the infamous invertebrate?

2/ In a school of 2305 pupils,  56% of pupils are boys. How many is that?

3/ There are 90 flatworm for every 120 worms collected. What is the ratio of flatworm to worm in simple whole numbers?

4/ Jean Claude collected 21 beetles, Anne-Marie collected 13 beetles, Richard collected 42 spiders.

What is the average number of invertebrates collected per pupil?

5/ After 1 day, 2 eggs were laid, after 4 days, 6 eggs where laid after 8 days, 12 eggs were laid. What is the average rate of egg laying by this busy hen?

6/ Practice a bar-chart and a line graph using data on problem solving books.

7/ The number of spiders in a shed went from 35 to 56 in 3 month.

- What is the percentage change in number of spiders over 3 months?

-What is the rate of increase in spiders in the shed?

Solutions, scroll down

1/ 12%

2/ 1291

3/ 4:3

4/ 26

5/ 1.5 eggs/day

7/ - 60% increase

  - 7 spiders / day

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