Gymnastics Math
Probability
Level
2
At a gymnastics competition, 5 judges give a score out of ten. The score for each candidate is calculated in the following manner:
- The maximum and minimum scores for each candidate are ignored
- The sum of the remaining scores is the candidates total score
- The candidate with the highest total score wins
| Judge 1 | Judge 2 | Judge 3 | Judge 4 | Judge 5 | |
| Tess | 6 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Melanie | 9 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Brady | 8 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 8 |
Who wins the competition?
Brady
Tie for first place
Tess
Melanie
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1 solution
For tess, her high and low scores are 10 and 6, adding the rest we get 6+6+6=18
For melanie, her high and low scores were 9 and 3, so adding 6+7+8=21
For brady, high and low was 8 and 1, so adding 8+8+6=22, hence the winner is brady