Problem Solving Questions

1)Euro 2016 is the 15 th European Championship tournament. They are held every four years. France also held the first ever tournament. In which year was this first tournament played?

2) In Roy Hodgson’s final squad of 23 players there are 3 goalkeepers. One quarter of the remaining players are strikers. The numbers of midfielders is one greater than the number of defenders. How many defenders have England taken?

3) In the first round of the tournament there are six groups of four teams. In each group every team plays every other team once. In total, how many matches are played in the group stage?

4) Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo are two of the highest paid players at the tournament. Ronaldo gets paid £27 every minute. Rooney gets paid £300,000 a week. Who gets paid more every year and by how much?

5) Euro 2016 matches are being played in ten cities around France. For every three games played in Marseille, two games will be played in Nice. Four games will be played in Nice. How many more games will be played in Marseille than Nice?

6) Wales, England, Slovakia and Russia have been drawn together in the same group at Euro The population of Wales is 3 million. The population of England is 53 million. If you subtract the population of Wales from the population of England then divide by ten you get the population of Slovakia. The population of Russia is 29 times bigger than the population of Slovakia. How many people live in Russia?

7) The final of the tournament is due to be played in Paris on July 10 th. Two Cat 1 tickets and one Cat 2 ticket for the match costs a total of €2385. Two Cat 1 tickets and three Cat 2 tickets for the match costs a total of €3575. How much would five Cat 2 tickets cost?

8) The tallest player at Euro 2016 is Costel Pantimillion who is 2.03m tall. The shortest player is Lorenzo Insigne who is 64 inches tall. How much taller is Pantimillion than Insigne? Give your answer in cm. You can use: 1 inch = 2.5cm