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Three hungry men and strategies for problem solving

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posted on 2023-05-20, 11:24 authored by Jane WatsonJane Watson
Sometimes a problem starts out innocently, like the prover­bial mustard seed; but then it starts to grow and, Zap, you are engulfed by a mustard tree! So it was with the Three Hungry Men problem:

Three tired and hungry men went to sleep with a bag of apples. One man woke up, ate 1/3 of the apples, then went back to sleep Later a second man woke up and ate 1/3 of the remaining apples, then went back to sleep Finally, the third man woke up and ate 1/3 of the remaining apples. When he was finished there were 8 apples left How many apples were in the bag originally?

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Publication title

For the Learning of Mathematics

Volume

8

Pagination

20-26

ISSN

0228-0671

Department/School

Faculty of Education

Publisher

Queen's University-Faculty of Education

Place of publication

Canada

Rights statement

Copyright 1988 FLM

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  • Restricted

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