Each snowball in a snowman is exactly one half as wide as the snowball below it. The snowman is made from 4 snowballs. The top snowball is 6 inches wide. How wide is the bottom snowball?
A. 12 inches C. 48 inches
B. 24 inches D. 96 inches
Please explain the strategy you used to solve the problem.
2007-09-09 03:52:08 · 13 answers · asked by shell11435 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
If each snowball above is half the width as the one below, you could say the opposite that each snowball below is double the width of the one above.
So:
Top snowball - 6 in.
2nd top snowball - 6*2 = 12 in
3rd snowball - 12*2 = 24 in
Last snowball - 24* 2 = 48 in
The bottom snowball must be 48 inches, so it's C.
2007-09-09 04:01:17 · answer #1 · answered by Pablo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer is C. If the top snowball 6", each descending snowball is twice as large 12, 24, and 48.
2007-09-09 04:05:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The snowman is 48 inches wide.
Simply double the top snowballs six to get the third layers width...which would be 12, then double the twelve to get the 2nd layers width...24 and then double the 24 to get the base layer, which would be 48.
2007-09-09 04:01:26 · answer #3 · answered by ab_n_me2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
12
2007-09-09 04:01:56 · answer #4 · answered by Malcolm Vaz 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Reverse the wording, no good reason except it makes it just a bit easier to grasp, if you're teaching Grade 4
"4 snowballs, top=6 in.,width doubles as you go down to the ground.
Top=6
Next=12
Next=24
Bottom=48
C. 48 is the answer
2007-09-09 04:02:23 · answer #5 · answered by Grampedo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
C: 48"
Top one 6"
next one, twice as wide. 12"
2X 12"= 24"
2X 24"= 48"
2007-09-09 04:00:13 · answer #6 · answered by Charles C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So each is twice as wide as the one below.
second - 12
third - 24
fourth - 48
2007-09-09 03:57:47 · answer #7 · answered by Beardo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
C. 48 inches but the real question is do you understand the problem???
2007-09-09 04:00:54 · answer #8 · answered by Courtney B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because the top ball is only half of the snow ball below so 12 inches divided by 2 because top is one half it means that 6 is one half of 12..
2007-09-10 23:02:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
6*2*2*2=48?
2007-09-09 03:58:21 · answer #10 · answered by unonimy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋