The problem provides a table showing the number of journeys a taxi driver made and the amount of money collected on each of the five days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. We need to answer two questions: (1) How much money did he collect on the day that he made the most journeys? (2) How much more money did he collect on Monday than on Wednesday?
2025/4/4
1. Problem Description
The problem provides a table showing the number of journeys a taxi driver made and the amount of money collected on each of the five days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.
We need to answer two questions:
(1) How much money did he collect on the day that he made the most journeys?
(2) How much more money did he collect on Monday than on Wednesday?
2. Solution Steps
(1) Find the day with the most journeys.
The number of journeys for each day are:
Monday: 23
Tuesday: 36
Wednesday: 18
Thursday: 31
Friday: 35
The maximum number of journeys is 36, which occurred on Tuesday.
The amount of money collected on Tuesday is £
1
1
2.
(2) Find how much more money he collected on Monday than on Wednesday.
The amount collected on Monday is £
8
5. The amount collected on Wednesday is £
6
9. The difference is $85 - 69 = 16$.
3. Final Answer
(1) £112
(2) £16