If a hen and a half lays an egg and a half in a day and a half how many eggs would seven hens lay in six days?

Answer 1

This is a classic. Although there is literally no such thing as a chicken-and-a-half or an egg-and-a-half, we can still solve the problem. If you determine the rate at which one chicken lays one egg, you can calculate the answer. Given: 1.5 eggs per 1.5 chickens per 1.5 days. So, one chicken can lay one egg in 1.5 days. Hence, it will take one chicken 12 times 1.5, or 18, days to lay a dozen eggs.

Answer 2

(a product) 1.5E/1.5H*1.5D = 1/1.5 E/HD

(1/1.5 E/HD)(7 H*6 D) = 42/1.5 E = 28 E

The common denominator is 1.5 so divide all by 1.5. so, you end up with one chicken lays one egg in one day 7x6=42. Perhaps it is coincidence but in the "real world" a chicken lays one egg per day. Answer 42!!!

Wrong! 1.5 hens lay 1.5 eggs in 1.5 days

1 hen lays 1 egg in 1.5 days (the time to lay an egg does not change, the common denominator is only used on the left side of the equation.

e.g. 150 hens lay (a total) of 150 eggs (1 egg each) in 1.5 days

1.5 hens lay (a total) of 1.5 eggs (1 egg each) in 1.5 days

6 hens lay 6 eggs in 1.5 days

0n average 6 hens lay 4 eggs in 1 DAY (6 eggs /1.5days)

On average 6 hens lay 28 eggs in 7 days (4 eggs per day for 7 days)

The answer is 28

Answer 3

Take the information given, and use ratios to scale up the number of eggs: if E = eggs per 1.5 chickens per 1.5 days eggs per 6 chickens per 7 days = E x 6/1.5 x 7/1.5 = 1.5 x 6/1.5 x 7/1.5 = 1.5 x 4 x 7/1.5 = 1.5 x 4 x 7/1.5 = 4 x 7 = 28

Answer 4

The main trick to this question is the first conversion. It is tempting to say that the first step is 1 chicken lays 1 egg in 1 day. However, this is incorrect.

If 1 1/2 chickens lays 1 1/2 eggs in 1 1/2 days, then we can double the chickens (with the same amount of time) to double the eggs. This means 3 chickens lay 3 eggs in 1 1/2 days. Simply split them into two groups to verify this. the first group of 1 1/2 chickens lays 1 1/2 eggs in the 1 1/2 days and the second also lays 1 1/2 eggs. This totals 3 chickens, 3 eggs, and 1 1/2 days.

(Generally, we may only manipulate one pair of terms at a time, never all 3 at once.)

Now, we can imagine splitting 1 1/2 days into three different 1/2 day parts. In each of these parts 3 chickens will lay a third of the number of eggs (so 1 egg). Thus:

3 chickens will lay 1 egg in 1/2 of a day. Then it follows that 3 chickens will lay 2 eggs in 1 day.

Now, if we allow those 3 chickens three times as long (3 days), they will produce 6 eggs.

3 chickens will lay 6 eggs in 3 days.

One chicken will lay 1/3 of that number of eggs (1/3 * 6 = 2 eggs) in 3 days.

1 chicken will lay 2 eggs in 3 days.

Now, if we want 1 chicken to lay 12 eggs, it will take 6 of these lengths of time. 6 * 3 = 18 days.

1 chicken will lay 12 eggs in 18 days.

Answer 5

2 and 1 fourth because " well well i don't actually no i just asked my mom .( who said to do it yourself)

Answer 6

If an egg and a half is laid in a day and a half, then that is still 1 egg per day. So the answer would be 12 days(or a dozen).

Answer 7

1

Answer 8

6

Answer 9

nothing

Answer 10

Sixteen hours