The anonymous quote above is a humorous take on the far-fetched math problems all of us likely remember from our middle and high school days. You know the kind I’m talking about. If not, here’s an example, inspired by today’s quote:
Billy purchased 80 watermelons at the farmers’ market. He ate six of them after leaving the market and sold half of the remaining watermelons to a local grocer before arriving at his friend Susan’s house. If he gave five watermelons to Susan and five watermelons to each of Susan’s three brothers, then ate three more watermelons after leaving Susan’s house, how many remaining watermelons did Billy have?
Leave a comment with your answer to this delicious problem. One thing’s for sure: If I were Billy, I’d have 60 watermelons remaining. In other words, I wouldn’t sell or give away any of them … but I’d probably eat 20 of them on the way home.
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