2006-06-15 15:49:27 · 14 answers · asked by adriannad96 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
By how many chickens?
3 chickens will lay 20 eggs in 10 weeks for instance.
This is the smallest solution in whole chickens and whole eggs.
(The answer is 10 for a chicken and a half or 6 2/3 for one chicken if we just do the math, but since a half a chicken cant lay eggs and no whole chicken can lay a fraction of an egg I think my answer is best.)
WILL YOU PEOPLE WHO ARE SAYING ITS THE SAME AS 1 EGG PER CHICKEN PER WEEK STOP IT!! Its NOT. If a chicken and a half lays an egg in a half in a week and a half, then one chicken lays one egg in a week and a half, 500 chickens lay 500 eggs in a week and a half, 1234 chickens lay 1234 eggs in a week and a half, etc.!!!!
2006-06-15 15:56:08 · answer #1 · answered by Scott R 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Can a half a chicken lay half an egg? Is this a trick question? How many chickens are laying eggs for 10 weeks?
Basically it takes 1 chicken 1.5 weeks to lay 1 egg. So 1 chicken can lay 6 eggs in 10weeks (and have 1 egg 2/3 formed).
2006-06-15 22:55:46 · answer #2 · answered by karen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a half chicken can neither lay an egg nor can a half egg be layed. Therefore 6 eggs can be layed by 1 chicken in 10 weeks.
2006-06-16 04:10:10 · answer #3 · answered by payal_kothari_acclaris 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
10
2006-06-15 22:56:04 · answer #4 · answered by nmms626 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO, no, no. The riddle is:
If a hen and a half can lay an egg and a half in a day and a half, how many eggs can six hens lay in seven days?
Your missing A VERY BIG PART of your question.
...how many eggs can X hens lay in 10 weeks?
Since this is an incomplete equation, ther is no answer.
2006-06-16 23:47:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
how does half a chicken lay an egg?
but if we take it on a numerical basis (RATHER than common sense) we are saying that we get one egg per chicken per week
so in ten weeks we will get 10 eggs
2006-06-15 23:20:26 · answer #6 · answered by Aslan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1.5 chicken lays 1.5 eggs in 1.5 weeks.
So 1 chicken lays 1 egg in 1 week.
The result is 10 eggs will be layed by 1 chicken in 10 weeks
2006-06-16 00:18:23 · answer #7 · answered by Thu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
6 eggs and one egg is 2/3 formed
2006-06-15 23:15:33 · answer #8 · answered by abhinav 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are no half chickens and no half eggs.
2006-06-16 01:09:28 · answer #9 · answered by Rick C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In 1.5 weeks, 1.5 eggs are laid. There are six 1.5 weeks per ten weeks, so 1.5 chickens would lay six eggs in that time.
2006-06-15 23:13:39 · answer #10 · answered by scott_d_webb 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋