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The Pythagoras Patisserie sells triangular cakes at 39p each and square buns at 23p each.
Helen spent exactly £5.12 on an assortment of these cakes and buns.
How many cakes and how many buns did she buy?
If you liked this problem, here is an NRICH task which challenges you to use similar mathematical ideas.
Cakes and Buns
Age 11 to 14
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The Pythagoras Patisserie sells triangular cakes at 39p each and square buns at 23p each.
Helen spent exactly £5.12 on an assortment of these cakes and buns.
How many cakes and how many buns did she buy?
If you liked this problem, here is an NRICH task which challenges you to use similar mathematical ideas.
This problem is taken from the UKMT Mathematical Challenges.
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