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Today Puzzle #726

Puzzle No. 726– Monday 27 April

Strictly Come Dancing stars Oti Mabuse and Karen Hauer have been running the "Home Festival" where they run online activities for the whole family. In a baking session, dancer Katie Priest spends four times as long baking cookies as she does tidying up in an hour Instagram live. How long does she spend baking cookies?

Today’s #PuzzleForToday has been set by Bobby Seagull, school maths teacher, author and Cambridge University Doctorate student.

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48 minutes

Let x = tidying up

4x = baking cookies

5x = 60 minutes

x = 12 minutes

x = 48 minutes

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