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Can any South African answer this?
Farmer Brown came to town with some watermelons.
He sold half of them plus half a melon, and found that he had one whole melon left. How many melons did he take to town?
So far nobody got it right. I need to get some sleep, so I'm gonna sign off and check again tomorrow. Cheers for now!
To Zim: Sorry buddy, but you are wrong. Nobody got it thus far! And to all others: No need in googling the answer, because it's not there!
To Slipperman: What I meant was that you would find the wrong answer on Google.
15 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade ago
A little late but zxcv is right…….. the wording is a bit tricky…..the problem comes here “He sold half of them PLUS half a melon, and found that he had one whole melon left…..” The leading question doesn’t say he sold half of the melons……..the understanding is that plus means “in addition to”…half of 3 is 1,5…….in addition to that he went on to sell half a melon……this means he sold two melons……and the logically, the only number from which you could deduct two and remain with 1 is three….
- 1 decade ago
He has half the watermelons left and have one and a half melons left. so I agree with Lise K, he must have had 2 whole melons to have one whole melon left and the other half of the melon he sold. There is a difference between a melon and a watermelon in SA. = waatlemoen en 'n spanspek
- Anonymous1 decade ago
One and a half!
You're considering melons and watermelons to be two different fruit types.
1 melon + the half that he sold = 1 and a half melons.
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- Anonymous1 decade ago
1.5 melons - he sold half the water melons and only half a melon, 1 melon plus 1/2 a melon = 1.5 melons
- the ferrari manLv 61 decade ago
1.5 melons ? Sold half, has one left.
I have no idea how many watermelons he brought to town.
- 1 decade ago
he went to town with 2.5(2 and a half) watermelons!!
i doubled 1 and added half, because I just reversed the problem that was given!!
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Three!!!
Water / Melon....
**ADD**
It is on GOOGLE - and the answer is 3....
