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1. VIE AT TENT: By rearranging the letters in this anagram we can find two nine letter words. What are those words? |
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2. ABCD is 4-digit number. Given that: |
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3. Abe, Ben, and Charlie pick apples. Abe and Ben together pick 10 |
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4. Three brothers buy a bicycle. Loren, age 15, pays for 1/3 of the .bicycle. Wilbur, age 13, paid for 1/4 of it. Little Joe, age 8, paid for 1/12 of it. This is all the money they had so their father paid the remaining $30. How much did the bicycle cost?
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ANSWERS TO THE QUIZ.
Answers will be visible after you click the button below.1. 'Attentive' and 'Tentative.'
2. ABCD = 6824
3. Solution:
Eq1 A + B = 10
Eq2 A + C = 9
Eq3 B + C = 7
Take Eq1 minus Eq2
Eq4 B - C = 1
Take Eq3 minus Eq4
Eq5 2C = 6
C=3 Charlie picks 3 apples per minute
A=6 Abe picks 6 apples per minute
B=4 Ben picks 4 apples per minute4. Solution:
Loren 1/3 4/12 $40
Wilbur 1/4 3/12 $30
Little Joe 1/12 1/12 $10
Father 3/12 $30
Total 1 12/12 $120The bicycle costed $120 dollarsre
1-0.4193= 0.5807 or 58.07%
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