Joe bought a bag of oranges on Monday, and ate a third of them. On Tuesday he ate half of the remaining oranges. On Wednesday he looked in the bag to find he only had two oranges left. How many oranges were originally in the bag?
2006-08-31 14:32:30 · 26 answers · asked by Lola 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
6 oranges, he ate 2 the first day and 2 the second day.
2006-08-31 14:42:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
12
2006-08-31 21:45:11 · answer #2 · answered by m11y. 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
6
2006-08-31 21:44:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
6
2006-08-31 21:44:23 · answer #4 · answered by AmandaB 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
12
2006-08-31 21:44:10 · answer #5 · answered by robee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
12
2006-08-31 21:44:02 · answer #6 · answered by butterflyoverme 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
12
2006-08-31 21:43:27 · answer #7 · answered by Gary B. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
6 oranges. If you start with 2 and double that its 4. Add 2 more and it creats 6 which can be divided by 1/3
If he had 12 in the end he would wind up with 4.
2006-08-31 21:47:49 · answer #8 · answered by Natalie Rose 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1/6= 2
1/3= 4
2/3= 8
3/3= 12
12 oranges
2006-08-31 21:46:26 · answer #9 · answered by tropicallondon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
6 oranges
2006-08-31 21:43:57 · answer #10 · answered by angry 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋