Dropped sheets

Three consecutive sheets dropped from the book. The sum of the numbers on the pages of the dropped sheets is 273. What number has the last page of the dropped sheets?

Correct result:

x =  48

Solution:


x+(x-1)+(x-2)+(x-3)+(x-4)+(x-5)=273

6x = 288

x = 48

Our simple equation calculator calculates it.

Try another example


We would be pleased if you find an error in the word problem, spelling mistakes, or inaccuracies and send it to us. Thank you!






Showing 0 comments:
avatar




Tips to related online calculators
Do you have a linear equation or system of equations and looking for its solution? Or do you have quadratic equation?

You need to know the following knowledge to solve this word math problem:

Next similar math problems:

  • Last page
    books_44 Two consecutive sheets dropped out of the book. The sum of the numbers on the sides of the dropped sheets is 154. What is the number of the last page of the dropped sheets?
  • 1 page
    books 1 page is torn from the book. The sum of the page numbers of all the remaining pages is 15,000. What numbers did the pages have on the page that was torn from the book?
  • Book
    matematika_encyklopedia To number pages of the thick book was used 4201 digits. How many pages has this book?
  • The sum
    eq1 The sum of five consecutive odd numbers is 75. Find out the sum of the second and fourth of them.
  • A book
    books_32 A book contains 524 pages. If it is known that a person will select any one page between the pages numbered 125 and 384, find the probability of choosing the page numbered 252 or 253.
  • Janka and Danka
    books_3 Janka and Danka began to read the same day the books. Janka had 276 pages, Danka 204 pages. They agreed that both read every day the same number of pages until theirs books read. A) How many maximum pages they had to read the day to honor their agreement?
  • Borrowed book
    TB Jane must as soon as possible return a borrowed book. She figured that when she read 15 pages a day return book in time. Then she read 18 pages a day and then return the book one day before. How many pages should have a book?
  • Every day 7 pages
    books_9 Adelka reads the book every day 7 pages. When she reads one more page a day she will read it three days earlier. How long will Adelka read a book? How much does a book of pages have?
  • Sum of four numbers
    seq_6 The sum of four consecutive natural numbers is 114. Find them.
  • Even / odd numbers
    parne_neparne a / Using variable n write two consecutive odd numbers. b / the sum of three consecutive odd numbers is 333. What are this numbers?
  • Pages counting
    books_39 There are pages numbered from 2 to 104 in the book. How many digits have to be printed to number the pages?
  • Book
    math_book John read the book so that it read 30 pages per day. Maxim read 34 pages a day and read it two days earlier than John. How many pages has the book?
  • Book
    zbierka_prikladov Calculate the thickness of the page of the collection of examples from mathematics, where 4.87 cm thick and has 451 pages.
  • Unknown number
    eq222_5 If I reduced the sum of the numbers 70 and the unknown number three times, I would get 100. what is the unknown number?
  • The book
    book The book has 280 pages. Each side is a rectangle with sides 15 cm and 22 cm. a) how many leaves has the book? b) at least how many square meters of paper should be used to production this book?
  • Remainders
    dividing It is given a set of numbers { 170; 244; 299; 333; 351; 391; 423; 644 }. Divide this numbers by number 66 and determine set of remainders. As result write sum of this remainders.
  • Page numbering
    books_10 The book has 88 pages. How many times is the number 4 used for the book numbering?