Sheet # 354
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1) Mary had some jelly beans. Joan had 3 times as many as Mary but Joan ate 4 and now she has 5. How many jelly beans did Mary have to begin with?
2) In one round of a television game show, five questions were asked. The second question is worth twice as much as the first. The third question is worth three times as much as the second. The fourth question is worth four times as much as the third. The fifth question is worth five times as much as the fourth. If the fifth question is worth $12,000, what is the first question worth?
Answers for sheet # 354
1) To solve this problem you work backwards. Joan has 5 jellybeans now so she had 9 before she ate 4. This 9 is 3 times what Mary has, so Mary must have 3.
2) $100