Monday, October 14, 2013

Problem of the Day Monday October 14th.2013

 

 

 

 

Problem of the Day

 

                                                  Monday October 14th. 2013.

 

Rang a haon agus a dó

 

Eamon de Valera was born on October 14th. 1882.

 

What age would he be if he were alive today?

 

He was Taoiseach from 1932 to 1948. For how many years was he Taoiseach?

 

He was President from 1959 until he retired 14 years later. In which year did he retire?

 

 

 

Third to Sixth Classes

 

There are 210 marbles in a bag. There are twice as many blue marbles as red marbles. There are ten more yellow marbles than blue marbles.

How many marbles of each colour are in the bag?