How Smart Are You?

November 14th, 2008 · 5 Comments

This is really the Wife’s sort of gig, but I’m grading papers today. So I thought I would steal her idea, and picture, for a post. Hope you get it right!

All the houses on Saums are white, green, or brown. There are twice as many white houses as brown houses. There are 5 more brown houses than green houses. There are 7 green houses. How many houses are there on Saums?

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5 responses so far ↓

1 Scott // Nov 14, 2008 at 2:35 pm

There are 43 houses on Saums.
G + (G+5) + 2(G+5), where G=7.
2 Lydia // Nov 14, 2008 at 3:45 pm

43!! And I’ll go with Scott’s math on that one.
3 leigh ann // Nov 14, 2008 at 3:53 pm

All the houses on Saums are white, green, or brown. There are twice as many white houses as brown houses. There are 5 more brown houses than green houses. There are 7 green houses. How many houses are there on Saums?

7 green + 5 = 12 brown
(12 brown x 2) = 24 white

7 green + 12 brown + 24 white = 43 houses
4 Kasey // Nov 14, 2008 at 4:10 pm

I got 43 also. And I promise I did the math BEFORE I even clicked out of google reader!
5 d // Nov 14, 2008 at 6:36 pm

i also did the math before looking
my answer is 43 total

7 green
7 and 5 = 12 brown
12 doubled = 24 white