One of the most popular features in the journal Mathematics Teacher, published by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, is the monthly calendar. It provides an interesting, unusual, or challenging problem for each day of the month. Some of these exercises, and others later in this text, are chosen from these calendars (the day, month, and year of publication of each problem are indicated). The authors want to thank the many contributors for permission to use these problems.
Use the various problem-solving strategies to solve each problem. In many cases there is more than one possible approach, so be creative.
Gone Fishing Four friends go fishing one day and bring home a total of 11 fish. If each person caught at least 1 fish, then which of the following must be true?
A. One person caught exactly 2 fish.
B. One person caught exactly 3 fish.
C. One person caught fewer than 3 fish.
D. One person caught more than 3 fish.
E. Two people each caught more than 1 fish.
(May 24, 2008)
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