Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wants to increase Britain’s numeracy, but are our skills up to scratch?

Rishi Sunak's first speech of 2023 was one filled with promises to cut. Inflation, NHS waiting lists, debt, illegal immigration... Yet there is one thing Rishi hasn’t set his sights on slashing by the end of the year: maths.

Announcing that he wants all pupils to study maths until the age of 18, the Prime Minister said it was “personal” for him to improve the numeracy skills of UK children. And while the youth of today may not have much choice in the matter, adults who dropped maths at the first chance they got will be quaking in their boots at the thought of one more quadratic equation. Luckily, not all mathematic problems are relevant to everyday life – but can you solve the ones that are?

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