Category: how many?

Yesterday’s Problem:

How many odd pages are in a book that is 237 pages long?

Answer:

119. Take 1/2 of 237 which is 118.5 – there is one more odd page than even page – so odd is 119, even is 118

Today’s Problem:

Tania has the same number of sisters as she has brothers. Her brother Ken has twice as many sisters as he has brothers. How many boys and how many girls are in this family?

Last Problem:

How many letters are in the alphabet?

Answer:

11 – count up the letters in “the alphabet” – 3 plus 8 equals 11

Today’s Problem:

How many odd pages are in a book that is 237 pages long?

Last Problem:

How can 1/2 of 11 be 6?

Answer:

In Roman numerals, 11 is written as XI, so if you cut it in half horizontally through the middle, you get VI and in anverted VI – keep the VI half and VI in roman numerals is how to write a 6

Today’s Problem:

How many letters are in the alphabet?