you go camping and a bear eats one third of your food. then you eat four of your food. then the bear eats one third again. then you eat four again. then the bears eats one half of remaining then you eat four and there is no more. how much food did you start with? i need this solved in a easy way and how you did it.
2007-02-26 13:07:00 · 4 answers · asked by Shanie 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
you go camping and bears eat four of your food. then you eat 4 more of your food. then the bears ate one third of your food again. then you eat four of your food again. then the bears ate one half of reamining. then you eat four and there is none. how much did you start with? please use easy way of solving adn a simple step by step explanation.
2007-02-26 14:00:20 · update #1
A good idea is to work backwards. 0+4=4 x 2 =8 + 4 = 12 +6 = 18 +4 = 22 +11 = 33
33 is the answer
33, bear eats 1/3 (11), 33-11= 22, you eat 4, 22-4= 18, the bear eats a third (6) 18-6=12, you eat 4, 12-4=8 , the bears eat half of whats left (4) 8-4= 4, then you eat 4 more 4-4=0 and none is left 0=0
2007-02-26 13:41:10 · answer #1 · answered by balla24n7 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Work backwards. If you ate four and there was nothing left then four was what you were left with after the bear ate one half. Therefore it was eight. Before that you ate four. 4 + 8 =12. The teacher in me will not solve this for you but hopefully this is a good start for you.
2007-02-26 21:12:11 · answer #2 · answered by Carolyn D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please clarify your question.
bear eats 1/3 - that makes sense.
you eat 4 - what does that mean? 4 what?
2007-02-26 21:11:48 · answer #3 · answered by dkrgrand 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't get what you're asking. Please clarify, or just copy the problem better.
2007-02-26 21:15:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋