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[外语] 用英语做数学趣味题

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用英语做数学趣味题

On her breakfast tray, Aunt Lily had a little vase of flowers--a mixture of primroses and celandines. She counted up the petals and found there were 39. "Oh, how lovely!" she said, "exactly my age; and the total number of flowers is exactly your age, Rose!"
How old is Rose?

Primroses have five petals on each flower.
Celandines have eight petals on each flower..

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回复 4#dayan888 的帖子

答案正确,谢谢翻译!我来用英语把做的过程说一遍。

The way to figure this out is to start at the end with 39 petals. and remember that the primroses must provide either 5 petals or 10 or 15 or 20 or 30-a multiple of 5. Now suppose there was only one celandine (8 petals); that would leave 31 petals (39-8=31). The rest can't be primroses, because 31 is not an exact multiple of 5. Suppose there were two celandines; that would make 16 petals, leaving 23. No good! Three celandines=24 petals, and 39-24=15 petals. Bingo! The answer must be 3 celandines and 3 primroses. Check: 3x8=24 and 3x5=15, and 24+15=39. So Rose is (3+3), or 6.

Is this clear enough?

又学英语又学数学。.

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回复 12#vivianda 的帖子

这是啥时候的贴啊。那时孩子还小,天天饶有兴趣地找些有趣的题目一起研究。现在已经基本不管了,所有功课都独立学习。特别是英语,从某种意义上说,是完全超过我的水平了。
看到这贴,回想当时,觉得作为妈妈,我还是很努力的。自己表扬自己,嘿嘿。.

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回复 15#vivianda 的帖子

我也在这里跟着大家学了很多。.

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