A Simple Problem of Cherries
Algebra
Level
1
Swarna has a bag of cherries, and eats \(\frac { 1 }{ 2 } \) of them, then passes the rest to Madhur, who eats \(\frac { 1 }{ 3 } \) of the remainder. The bag is then passed to Bala, who eats \(\frac { 1 }{ 4 } \) of the remaining cherries.
There are 6 cherries left. How many were there originally?
by
Thomas Jones