Introductory Problems #2

 

VANS

There are 25 people going on a trip and each van has a capacity of 7 people.

 

a)      How many vans will be needed to transport all 25 people ?

 

b)      How many people will be in each van ?

 

c)      How many vans will be filled to capacity ?

 

d)      What is the average number of people in each van ?

 

e)      Must any van have 7 people in it ?

 

f)        How many more people could fit in the vans that will be required ?

 

CLASS HANDSHAKE

 

Everyone in class shakes hands with everyone else just once.  How many handshakes occur ?

 

ELEVATOR

 

The capacity of an elevator is either 20 children or 15 adults.  If 12 children are currently on the elevator ho many adults can still get on ?

 

MATH CLUB

 

There are eight more boys than girls in the high school math club.  The club has a total number of 44 members.  Hw many boys and how many girls are there ?

 

DUCKS AND COWS

 

Farmer Brown had ducks and cows.  One day she noticed that the animals had a total of 12 heads and 32 feet.  How many of the animals were ducks and how many were cows ?

 

STRANGE NUMBER

 

If you take a particular two-digit number, reverse the digits to make a second two-digit number, and add these two numbers together the sum will be 121.  What is the original number ?