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Anonymous asked in Entertainment & MusicJokes & Riddles · 1 decade ago

A mathematical puzzle for U.........10 points for the best?

U have 17 oranges.

u have to divide it among 3 children fulfilling the conditons

Conditions:-

1st child to 1/2 of the total oranges

2nd child to get 1/3 of the total oranges

3rd child to get 1/9 of the total oranges

oranges cannot be split, cut etc .. each child to get the whole of an orange...............

How will u distribute it.?

RACk ur Brains..

It is very Easy....

Think creatively...........

Update:

NO ROUNDING OFF....................

HOW & NOT THE ANSWER ALONE....

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  • 1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Borrow an orange off a handy orange-wielding friend so you have 18. Then it will be split 9, 6 and 2.

    Don't forget to give your friend back their orange.

    Everybody wins!!!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    that totals 17/18 of 17 oranges... do you give the 1/9 then the 1/3 and 1/2?

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    You round up the decimal answers

    ½ = 50% * 17 = 8½ = 9

    ⅓ = 33.3% * 17 = 5 ⅔ = 6

    1/9 = 11.1% * 17 = 1.887 = 2

    9 + 6 + 2 = 17

  • 1 decade ago

    9, 6, 2

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  • 1 decade ago

    Probably wrong, as I usually am.

    But rounding up I'd give

    Kid #1 - 9

    Kid #2 - 6

    Kid #3 - 2

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    a million. As i became going to St. Ives, I met a guy with seven better halves. each spouse had seven sacks and each sack had 7 cats and each cat had seven kits. better halves, sacks, cats and kits how many have been going to St.Ives? in basic terms one 2. If god is to dogs then 365 is to 563?

  • 1 decade ago

    1- gets 9

    2- gets 5

    3- gets 3

  • 1 decade ago

    1. 8

    2. 6

    3. 3

  • Kim C
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    peel it and everybody take a bite and they had their dose of vit c for the day.Simple

  • 1 decade ago

    screw it, heres a candy bar kid. i suck at math.

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