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4lourBliss
#1 Posted : Sunday, November 03, 2013 11:24:40 AM
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in my farm, i keep chickens and goats, the total head count for both is 19 and the total number of their legs is 60. How many chickens and goats are there in farm?
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#2 Posted : Sunday, November 03, 2013 11:27:38 AM
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#3 Posted : Sunday, November 03, 2013 11:44:17 AM
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19

1 head= 2 or 4 legs.
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#4 Posted : Sunday, November 03, 2013 11:47:14 AM
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kysse wrote:
19

1 head= 2 or 4 legs.



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#5 Posted : Sunday, November 03, 2013 11:55:19 AM
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Johnny’s mother had three children. The first child was named April. The second child was named May. What was the third child’s name?
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#6 Posted : Sunday, November 03, 2013 11:58:47 AM
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4lourBliss wrote:
Johnny’s mother had three children. The first child was named April. The second child was named May. What was the third child’s name?


Johnny
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#7 Posted : Sunday, November 03, 2013 11:58:59 AM
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4lourBliss wrote:
in my farm, i keep chickens and goats, the total head count for both is 19 and the total number of their legs is 60. How many chickens and goats are there in farm?


Simple...

let chicken = x
and goats = y

Then just solve the equation..

x + y = 19 (based on heads)
2x + 4y = 60 (based on legs)

Thus
x=19-y

therefore
2(19-y)+4y=60
38-2y+4y=60
2y=22
y=11

Thus x=8

Therefore: chicken are 8 with 16 legs
goats are 11 with 44 legs.

Total 19 heads and 60 legs.

**unless you are including the '5th leg' of the billy goatssmile
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#8 Posted : Sunday, November 03, 2013 11:59:25 AM
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4lourBliss wrote:
Johnny’s mother had three children. The first child was named April. The second child was named May. What was the third child’s name?


Johnnysmile
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#9 Posted : Sunday, November 03, 2013 12:01:09 PM
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jaggernaut wrote:
4lourBliss wrote:
in my farm, i keep chickens and goats, the total head count for both is 19 and the total number of their legs is 60. How many chickens and goats are there in farm?


Simple...

let chicken = x
and goats = y

Then just solve the equation..

x + y = 19 (based on heads)
2x + 4y = 60 (based on legs)

Thus
x=19-y

therefore
2(19-y)+4y=60
38-2y+4y=60
2y=22
y=11

Thus x=8

Therefore: chicken are 8 with 16 legs
goats are 11 with 44 legs.

Total 19 heads and 60 legs.


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#10 Posted : Sunday, November 03, 2013 12:02:07 PM
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carygoh wrote:
4lourBliss wrote:
Johnny’s mother had three children. The first child was named April. The second child was named May. What was the third child’s name?


Johnny


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#11 Posted : Sunday, November 03, 2013 12:04:22 PM
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jaggernaut wrote:
4lourBliss wrote:
in my farm, i keep chickens and goats, the total head count for both is 19 and the total number of their legs is 60. How many chickens and goats are there in farm?


Simple...

let chicken = x
and goats = y

Then just solve the equation..

x + y = 19 (based on heads)
2x + 4y = 60 (based on legs)

Thus
x=19-y

therefore
2(19-y)+4y=60
38-2y+4y=60
2y=22
y=11

Thus x=8

Therefore: chicken are 8 with 16 legs
goats are 11 with 44 legs.

Total 19 heads and 60 legs.

**unless you are including the '5th leg' of the billy goatssmile


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4lourBliss
#12 Posted : Sunday, November 03, 2013 12:04:51 PM
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washiku wrote:
jaggernaut wrote:
4lourBliss wrote:
in my farm, i keep chickens and goats, the total head count for both is 19 and the total number of their legs is 60. How many chickens and goats are there in farm?


Simple...

let chicken = x
and goats = y

Then just solve the equation..

x + y = 19 (based on heads)
2x + 4y = 60 (based on legs)

Thus
x=19-y

therefore
2(19-y)+4y=60


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38-2y+4y=60
2y=22
y=11

Thus x=8

Therefore: chicken are 8 with 16 legs
goats are 11 with 44 legs.

Total 19 heads and 60 legs.


Ditto


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#13 Posted : Sunday, November 03, 2013 12:08:48 PM
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4lourBliss wrote:
washiku wrote:
jaggernaut wrote:
4lourBliss wrote:
in my farm, i keep chickens and goats, the total head count for both is 19 and the total number of their legs is 60. How many chickens and goats are there in farm?


Simple...

let chicken = x
and goats = y

Then just solve the equation..

x + y = 19 (based on heads)
2x + 4y = 60 (based on legs)

Thus
x=19-y

therefore
2(19-y)+4y=60


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38-2y+4y=60
2y=22
y=11

Thus x=8

Therefore: chicken are 8 with 16 legs
goats are 11 with 44 legs.

Total 19 heads and 60 legs.


Ditto


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#14 Posted : Sunday, November 03, 2013 12:10:04 PM
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Using only addition, how do you add eight 8’s and get the number 1000?
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#15 Posted : Sunday, November 03, 2013 12:10:49 PM
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#16 Posted : Sunday, November 03, 2013 12:13:28 PM
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Sally is 54 years old and her mother is 80, how many years ago was Sally’s mother three times her age?
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#17 Posted : Sunday, November 03, 2013 12:18:36 PM
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This thread reminds me of the BODMAS one.Laughing out loudly
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#18 Posted : Sunday, November 03, 2013 12:23:11 PM
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kysse wrote:
This thread reminds me of the BODMAS one.Laughing out loudly
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#19 Posted : Sunday, November 03, 2013 12:24:20 PM
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4lourBliss wrote:
Using only addition, how do you add eight 8’s and get the number 1000?

888+88+8+8+8= 1000











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#20 Posted : Sunday, November 03, 2013 12:24:49 PM
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4lourBliss wrote:
Sally is 54 years old and her mother is 80, how many years ago was Sally’s mother three times her age?

41 years ago.
Solution;
Let the no. of years ago when sally mother's age was 3 times hers be Y
Then
3(54-Y) = (80-Y)
162-3Y = 80 - Y
Putting like terms together,
162-80 = 3Y-Y
82 = 2Y
Hence,
Y = 41
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