Are you smarter than a matric student: Can you solve THIS maths question?

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It’s time to prove whether you are in fact smarter than a matric student!

Find out by tackling the three ‘simple’ mathematics questions below.

The answers appear at the bottom of the article – but no cheating (or calculators) allowed!

Good luck.

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NOTE: The following questions appeared in the June 2022 National Senior Certificate (NSC) Mathematics 1 paper

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