You just smashed open your piggy bank and counted 55 coins totaling $10.00. There are more nickels than pennies, more dimes than nickels, and more quarters than dimes. How many of each coin is there?
A hobo picks up cigarette butts from the ground and makes a cigarette with 4 butts. If he finds 16 cigarette butts, how many cigarettes can he make?
Three men eat dinner in a restaurant. The bill is $25. They each put in $10. The waiter brings back five ones. They give the waiter a $2 tip and keep $1 each. So now each person spent $9. If 3x9=$27, plus $2 for tip = $29, where did the other dollar go?
There are five rational pirates, A, B, C, D and E. They find 100 gold coins. They must decide how to distribute them. The pirates have a strict order of seniority: A is superior to B, who is superior to C, who is superior to D, who is superior to E. The pirates also follow strict rules of coin distribution, which are thus: the most senior pirate should propose a distribution of coins. The pirates, including the senior pirate, then vote on whether to accept this distribution. If the proposed allocation is accepted by a majority vote, it happens. If not, the proposer is thrown overboard from the pirate ship and dies, and the next most-senior pirate makes a new proposal to begin the system again. In the event of a tie vote, the most senior pirate has the casting vote. Pirates base their decisions on three factors, in order of priority: First of all, each pirate wants to survive. Second, each pirate wants to maximize the number of gold coins he receives. Third, all things being equal, a pirate would prefer to throw the most-senior pirate overboard. Determine the number of coins each pirate receives.
In a stable there are men and horses. In all there are 22 heads and 72 feet. How many men and how many horses are in the stable?