Question

2. Arianna's fruit stand

Ariana set up a fruit stand in order to sell some of her crop of watermelons. The 1st person bought 1/3 of her watermelons. 2nd person bought 6 watermelons. 3rd person bought 1/4 of remaining melons. 4th person bought 1 watermelon. Last person bought 1/2 of remaining melons. How many watermelons did Ariana have when she set up her fruit stand? Use the work backwards strategy

Answer 1

We are assuming the number of watermelons that Ariana is left with, after the last person bought melons from her is 'x' because it is not given in the problem. That's why the answer is in the form of 'x'. We can always put the value of 'x' in the answer given below if the data is given to us and get the number of melons that Ariana had at the start of the process.

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