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Three chickens weighed in pairs 2015-09-01
From Shelly:
My son brought home a problem of 3 chickens of different weights listing their weights in different groupings of 2. We are to determine the weight of all three together. I think it's a ratio problem, but I am too far removed to formulate a plan to teach him how to solve it.
Answered by Robert Dawson and Penny Nom.
Chickens and pigs 2009-08-28
From David:
A farmer has a number of chickens and pigs. There are 24 heads and 80 ft. How many pigs and how many chickens are there?
Answered by Robert Dawson.
Cows, chickens, heads and feet 2008-09-01
From marina:
Iam helping my 6th grader son solve this problem. I found similar problem in the Q&A.I understood the simple answer without using an equation. I want to solve this using the equation.This is the question about chicken and cows. There are cows and chickens in the farm. There are 65 heads and 226 legs. How many chicken are there?
Answered by Harley Weston.
Cows and chickens 2008-06-16
From damebochie:
I got this problem and want to write a system of equation for it:
Farmer Joe has cows and chickens on his farm. One day he count 76 legs and 24 heads. How many cows and how many chickens are on the farm? write a system of equations and solve.
I don't have any problem to solve it, but I just can;t see how I am going to write this system of equation. Thank you so much for helping?

Answered by Harley Weston.
Chickens and cows 2007-02-08
From Norman:
My grandson is testing me on a question he recently solved.

The question is "A farmer has cows and chickens - there are 252 heads and 81 legs - how many of each animal does he have?"

I immediately thought of the quadratic equations I learned 50 years ago at school, but cannot remember how to do it. It is further complicated by the fact that 1 animal must have 3 legs as the total number of legs is 81 (or perhaps he his trying to catch me out) Any helpful advice would be welcome.

Many thanks
Norman

Answered by Stephen La Rocque and Penny Nom.
Cows, chickens and pigs 2005-09-10
From Markequetta:
I was asked a question by a friend who refuses to give the right answer to a question that I answered wrong. So if you can help me that would be great! The level of my question is secondary I believe.

Question:

Cows cost: $10
Chickens cost: $0.50
Pigs cost: $3

You have to buy 100 animals and spend $100, so how many cows, chickens, and pigs do you have on your farm?

Answered by Claude Tardif.
Chickens and sheep 2001-05-31
From Monica:
Farmer Bob of the Martian Colony counted his sheep and chickens in an unusual way. When he finished, he reported that he had counted 86 feet and 26 heads. Use a guess and check table to find how many sheep and chickens are owned by the famer.
Answered by Paul Betts and Penny Nom.
Selling chickens 2000-09-12
From Rick:
A man raised chickens. He sold all but 8 of them. The first buyer bought 1/3 of all the chickens + 2/3 of a single chicken. The second buyer bought 1/3 of the remaining chickens + 1/3 of a single chicken. The third buyer bought 1/3 of the remainder + 2/3 of a chicken. How many chickens did the seller own before selling any? All chickens were alive and whole when the buyers received them.
Answered by Penny Nom.
6 poules pondent 6 oeufs en 6 jours 2005-03-01
From Nathalie:
SACHANT QUE 6 POULES PONDENT 6 OEUFS EN 6 JOURS, COMBIEN 12 POULES PONDENT D'OEUFS EN 12 JOURS?
Answered by Claude Tardif.
 
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