Math Problem with a Prize

[crystalsmom]

Sorry Monday the answer with the one with the men baskets cats and kittens was 1020 and celstu1 was the first to get it.

6 men with 6 baskets = 36 baskets each with a cat in the baskets.

each cat had 6 kittens 36 x 6 =216

so there are 36 cats with 4 legs and 216 kittens with 4 legs
216 + 36 X4 legs = 1008 and the 6 men have 12 legs 1020.

Someone did get the other but you were correct too. Good for you.

[love_me_cody]

Originally Posted by mistyinca

OK...I'll bite. Here's one...

Three people survive a ship-wreck and they swim to a small island where there is nothing at all but one coconut tree and one monkey. The survivors gather up all of the coconuts and then put them in a large pile beneath the coconut tree. The first survivor then takes half of the coconuts, plus one-half of a coconut. The second survivor takes half of the remaining coconuts, plus one-half of a coconut. The third survivor takes half of the remainder, plus one-half of a coconut. That leaves just one coconut for the monkey. How many coconuts were there to begin with?

This had been killing me! Is it 15?

how I figure 15?
It's a long explaination. I did it backwards.
but forward 1st surv. (w/15) divided by 2 is 7.5 minus .5 equals 7
then 2nd surv. takes half of 7 which is 3.5 then takes .5 which equals 3
then surv.3 takes half of three which is 1.5 then takes .5 which leaves 1 for the monkey (I LOVE YOU MONKEY!!! YOU CAN SURVIVE WITH THAT 1!!!)

BACKWARDS?!!!
1 from monkey plus half that surviver took equals 1.5 then mult. by 2 because he took half and opisite of divide is mult... that equals 3 then add another .5 from 2nd surviver which equals 3.5 the mult by 2 which equals 7. then add .5 to make 7.5 Then to get the total for 1st surviver you mult that by 2 also and I THINK it's 15........... I CONFUSED MYSELF, AGAIN!!!)

[Cadens_mommy_22]

6*2*6*4*6*6*4=41472 legs.


(this is one of my math homework problems i HOPE i got it right )

[love_me_cody]

Originally Posted by Cadens_mommy_22

6*2*6*4*6*6*4=41472 legs.


(this is one of my math homework problems i HOPE i got it right )

I believe someone got it already.. I think you got it wrong....

[mistyinca]

Ding ding ding ding!!! YOu are correct. The answer is 15!! Here's the solution:

Survivor 1 takes 7.5 + 0.5 = 8, leaving 7.
Survivor 2 takes 3.5 + 0.5 = 4, leaving 3.
Survivor 3 takes 1.5 + 0.5 = 2, leaving 1.
The monkey gets the final coconut.

Originally Posted by love_me_cody

This had been killing me! Is it 15?

how I figure 15?
It's a long explaination. I did it backwards.
but forward 1st surv. (w/15) divided by 2 is 7.5 minus .5 equals 7
then 2nd surv. takes half of 7 which is 3.5 then takes .5 which equals 3
then surv.3 takes half of three which is 1.5 then takes .5 which leaves 1 for the monkey (I LOVE YOU MONKEY!!! YOU CAN SURVIVE WITH THAT 1!!!)

BACKWARDS?!!!
1 from monkey plus half that surviver took equals 1.5 then mult. by 2 because he took half and opisite of divide is mult... that equals 3 then add another .5 from 2nd surviver which equals 3.5 the mult by 2 which equals 7. then add .5 to make 7.5 Then to get the total for 1st surviver you mult that by 2 also and I THINK it's 15........... I CONFUSED MYSELF, AGAIN!!!)

[crystalsmom]

Congratulation Love Me Cody

[crystalsmom]

Originally Posted by mistyinca

Ding ding ding ding!!! YOu are correct. The answer is 15!! Here's the solution:

Survivor 1 takes 7.5 + 0.5 = 8, leaving 7.
Survivor 2 takes 3.5 + 0.5 = 4, leaving 3.
Survivor 3 takes 1.5 + 0.5 = 2, leaving 1.
The monkey gets the final coconut.

I did that this morning but I thought it left 2 and now I see it didn't.

[love_me_cody]

Originally Posted by crystalsmom

Congratulation Love Me Cody

Thank You, Thank You.. I want to say: "Without you Mama, this wouldn't have happened!"

[crystalsmom]

You are just too cute 'love my cody'

Back to my ball game. Indians winning in the first inning 1-0 Yankees have the 0

[love_me_cody]

Here's one:

You're driving a bus that is leaving on a trip from Pennsylvania and ending in New York. To start off with, there were 32 passengers on the bus. At the next bus stop, 11 people get off and 9 people get on. At the next bus stop, 2 people get off and 2 people get on. At the next bus stop, 12 people get on and 16 people get off. At the next bus stop, 5 people get on and 3 people get off. What color are the bus driver's eyes?

[love_me_cody]

This is my favorite:

A black dog stands in the middle of an intersecton in a town painted black. None of the street lights are working due to a power failure caused by a storm. A car with two broken headlights drives towards the dog but turns in time to avoid hitting him. How could the driver have seen the dog in time?

[crystalsmom]

the first ones answer is : blood shot

2nd is this a joke??

[crystalsmom]

town and dog black??

[love_me_cody]

Originally Posted by crystalsmom

the first ones answer is : blood shot

2nd is this a joke??

LOL.. Both are riddles and no the 1st one isn't right

[love_me_cody]

Originally Posted by crystalsmom

Oh the town is painted black not the dog so he could see the dog.

the dog is black also