Dear all,
Please try to solve this question.
Remember to try it for at least 2 days before you reveal your answers here.
Remember to give others a chance to spend some time to solve it. :)
There are some spiders and ants in a container.
20% of the total number of creatures are spiders.
Tom counted a total of 192 legs.
How many spiders and ants are there altogether?
Have fun,
Mrs R
hmm.......
ReplyDeleteI think it has something to do with one of the heuristic skills we've learnt...(And I know what is it!)
ReplyDeleteAnyway, who would want to keep so many spiders and ants in a container? Whoever that person is, he or she must be VERY obsessed with arachnids and insects.
Agree!
Deletearen't you replying to yourself?
DeleteNo, it is different anonymouses. The one posted t 5.55am is mine.
DeleteI see.Then why didnt you put yr name in first place?
Delete( Just Curious ) :)
ok,so we've found one of the anonymouses:)
DeleteYup.
Deletewho's the other one anyway?
DeleteI think we are wasting time!
DeleteYeah!I agree!Lets just stop talking and start cracking your brain!
DeleteCan someone help me with this? Mrs R said if 20% of the total number of creatures are spiders, that means 1/5 are spiders. Remaining 4/5(80%) are ants. Sounds like supposition to me but I cam't just seem to work it out
ReplyDeleteIf Spiders are 20% and Ants are 80%,so ants would have how many times more than Spiders? Do you feel this way would be easier?
DeleteI got the answer hooray! Can we start posting our answers and workings now?
ReplyDeleteI think....
ReplyDeleteSpiders-->20%
Ants-->80%
Total-->100%
Legs-->192
Spider(legs)-->8
Ants(legs)-->6
Difference(legs)-->2
Never Mind!Can someone help me?!
Yeah!I got the answer!Those people who needs help,please look at these:
ReplyDeleteSpiders:
Legs-->8
Percent-->20%
Ants:
Legs-->6
Percent-->80%
Others:
Total-->100%
Difference between legs-->2
Total legs-->192
I hope these can really help. :3