1. The Birthday Candles Problem
If on your first birthday your birthday cake had 1 candle, and your second birthday you had 2 candles, and three on your third, and so on.
1. How many candles:
Would you have used by your 10th birthday?
Would you have used by your 15th birthday?
During all the birthdays you’ve had just
whilst you have been at Moorside?
2. On which birthday do you use:
Your 100th candle?
Your 200th candle?
Kardashian/Jenner Extension
Kourtney is 36, Kim is 35, Khloe is 31,
Kendall is 20 and Kylie 18.
How many more candles has
Kim used than kylie?
What is the total number
of candles used by the entire family?
1.a) 55 b) 150 c) This is your 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th birthdays = 70 candles a) 105 candles used by your 14th birthday.
b) 210 candles used by your 20th birthday. Extension: a) 424 more candles b) 2173