A farmer had 15 sheep, and all but 8 died. How many are left? To figure out the answer, break down 15 into a product. There are three choices: (15)(14) = 210, (15)(13) = 165, and (15)(12) = 150.
We know that there are less than 144 sheep left because this is an even number of missing animals in total from the original herd of 180. So we can say with certainty that only 150 sheep remain on the farmstead – no more or fewer!
The farmer had fifteen sheep, to begin with, but all but eight died so now how many do they have? Well, let’s use some math skills here just for fun. The equation would be as follows- 15x(z+y). The z represents half plus one and y is the number of sheep that died.
If z=x, this would be (15x(z+y)-12) = 150 which means 15-half plus 12 equals three and so there are exactly 150 left on their farmstead
The farmer had fifteen sheep at first but all but eight died, now how many do they have? Using some math skills here for fun will give us an answer: 15 times ((z + y)/two). The z represents half plus one and y is the number of animals who died according to our equation.
