Grandma

6 kg of potatoes is enough for four at home for 15 days. For how many days will this amount be enough if a grandma will visit?

Result

n =  12

Solution:

n=4⋅ 154+1=12n=\dfrac{ 4 \cdot \ 15 }{ 4+1 }=12

Try another example


Our examples were largely sent or created by pupils and students themselves. Therefore, we would be pleased if you could send us any errors you found, spelling mistakes, or rephasing the example. Thank you!





Leave us a comment of this math problem and its solution (i.e. if it is still somewhat unclear...):

Showing 0 comments:
1st comment
Be the first to comment!
avatar




Tips to related online calculators
Do you want to convert time units like minutes to seconds?

Following knowledge from mathematics are needed to solve this word math problem:

Next similar math problems:

  1. How old
    boy_3 The student who asked how many years he answered: "After 10 years I will be twice as old than as I was four years ago. How old is student?
  2. Hectoliters of water
    pumps_7 The pool has a total of 126 hectoliters of water. The first pump draws 2.1 liters of water per second. A second pump pumps 3.5 liters of water per second. How long will it take both pumps to drain four-fifths of the water at the same time?
  3. Chocolate
    cukriky I eat 24 chocolate in 10 days. How many chocolate I eat in 15 days at the same pace?
  4. Date game
    desk_calendar Let now is Wednesday. What day is after 248 days? Write the result as a number: 1=Monday, 2=Tuesday, 3=Wednesday, 4=Thursday, 5=Friday, 6=Saturday, 7=Sunday?
  5. Tram lines
    elektricka_2 Trams of five lines driven at intervals of 5,8,10,12 and 15 minutes. At 12 o'clock come out of the station at the same time. About how many hours again all meet? How many times have earch tram pass for this stop?
  6. Almonds
    almonds Rudi has 4 cups of almonds. His trail mix recipe calls for 2/3 cup of almonds. How many batches of trail mix can he make?
  7. Soccer team
    pancake Hilahs soccer team is trying to raise $2414 to travel to a tournament in Florida, so they decided to host a pancake for the breakfast. How many people need to attend their breakfast in order to raise $2414, if profit per one pancake is $1.5?
  8. Pills
    pills If it takes 20 minutes to run a batch of 100 pills how many minutes would it take to run a batch of 50 pills
  9. The result
    dice_2 How many times I decrease the number 1632 to get the result 24?
  10. Customer
    money_20 A customer purchase three (3) writing pads from a store. She receive k9.70 change from a k10.00 note . How much was it's writing pad cost?
  11. Bed time
    clock-night-schr_3 Tiffany was 5 years old; her week night bedtime grew by ¼ hour each year. If, at age 18, her curfew time is 11pm, what was her bed time when she was 5 years old?
  12. Fan
    fan The fan has a speed of 210 RPM. Calculate for time of one fan period.
  13. Temperature increase
    teplomer_19 If the temperature at 9:am is 50 degrees. What is the temperature at 5:00pm if the temperature increases 4 degrees Fahrenheit each hour?
  14. Timeage
    deep Seven times of my age is 8 less than the largest two-digit number. How old I am?
  15. Simple equation 9
    eq2 Solve the following equation: -8y+5=-9y+9
  16. 100 %
    elephant How much is 100%, if 17 % is 1169?
  17. Write 2
    fractions_12 Write 791 thousandths as fraction in expanded form.