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Target audience:  Years 7 & 8    

 

Due date:        Solutions to the problem can be handed in to your     Maths teacher any time during Week 3 but no later than Friday 16^th

May (3pm)

 

 

  Problem:                CAR PARKING

 

There was a big sports event scheduled for the afternoon, and spectators started arriving at the ground during the morning.
The first car entered the carpark at 9.30 am, and from then on the number of cars in the park doubled every half hour. At exactly 10 am, two cars entered the carpark. By 2pm the carpark was full, with a total of 11,776 cars.

 

When was the carpark half full?

 

 

 

 

Ensure your solution shows full working (if necessary) and has your name clearly on it.