Math Brain Teasers Problems
Can anyone help with these two math problems? there riddles?
Please show or tell me your work if possible. 1. A cat ate 100 rats in 5 days, each day eating six more than the previous day. How many rats are eating the cat each of the five days?? 2. A butcher is six feet tall. He weighs twice as much as his son, who is five feet tall. What does the butcher weigh??
1. The first day he ate "n" second day rats: n + 6 third: n + 12 4: n + 18 5: n + n 24 + (N + 6) + (n + 12) + (n + 18) + (n + 24) = 100 + 60 = 5n 100 5n = 40 n = 8 1st day: 8 seconds rats: 14 3: 20 4: Fifth 26: 32 2. A butcher weighs meat. The question refers to "what" he did not weigh "how much" weight.
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