Farmer Ram Hens

Algebra Level 3

The farmer Ram has 6 hens:

  • The first one lays every day.
  • The second one lays every other day.
  • The third one lays every third day.
  • The fourth one lays every fourth day.
  • The fifth one skips two days and lays an egg, then skips three days and lays an egg and the pattern repeats.
  • The six one skips two days and lays an egg, then skips three days and lays an egg, then skips four days and lays an egg and the pattern repeats.

How many eggs will the six hens lay for the months J u n e , J u l y June,\ July and A u g u s t August if on the first of June each one laid one egg?


The answer is 243.

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3 solutions

Joshua Lowrance
Nov 9, 2018

There are 92 92 days total in the months of June, July, and August.

H e n 1 = 1 × 92 = 92 Hen_{1}=1 \times92=92

H e n 2 = ( 1 + 0 ) × 92 2 = 46 Hen_{2}=(1+0) \times \frac{92}{2}=46

H e n 3 = ( ( 1 + 0 + 0 ) × 92 3 ) + ( 1 + 0 ) = 31 Hen_{3}=((1+0+0) \times \lfloor \frac{92}{3} \rfloor) + (1+0)=31

H e n 4 = ( 1 + 0 + 0 + 0 ) × 92 4 = 23 Hen_{4}=(1+0+0+0) \times \frac{92}{4}=23

H e n 5 = ( ( 1 + 0 + 0 + 1 + 0 + 0 + 0 ) × 92 7 ) + ( 1 ) = 27 Hen_{5}=((1+0+0+1+0+0+0) \times \lfloor \frac{92}{7} \rfloor) + (1)=27

H e n 6 = ( ( 1 + 0 + 0 + 1 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 1 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 ) × 92 12 ) + ( 1 + 0 + 0 + 1 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 1 ) = 24 Hen_{6}=((1+0+0+1+0+0+0+1+0+0+0+0) \times \lfloor \frac{92}{12} \rfloor) + (1+0+0+1+0+0+0+1)=24

92 + 46 + 31 + 23 + 27 + 24 = 243 92+46+31+23+27+24=243

B D
Nov 12, 2018

There are 30 + 31 + 31 = 92 days in the months June, July and August.

The first one lays 92 : 1(day in one cycle) = 92 full cycles 92 * 1(egg in one cycle) = 92 eggs

The second one lays 92 : 2(days in one cycle) = 46 full cycles 46 * 1(egg in one cycle) = 46 eggs

The third one lays 92 : 3(days in one cycle) = 30 full cycles and 2 days left which cover additional 1 egg 30 * 1(egg in one cycle) + 1 = 31 eggs

The fourth one lays 92 : 4(days in one cycle) = 23 full cycles 23 * 1(egg in one cycle) = 23 eggs

The fifth one lays 92 : 7(days in one cycle) = 13 full cycles and 1 day left which cover additional 1 egg 13 * 2(eggs in one cycle) + 1 = 27 eggs

The sixth one lays 92 : 12(days in one cycle) = 7 full cycles and 8 days left which cover additional 3 eggs 7 * 3(eggs in one cycle) + 3 = 24 eggs

92 + 46 + 31 + 23 + 27 + 24 = 243 total eggs from the six hens

Chew-Seong Cheong
Nov 11, 2018

Let us define an egg-laying function e ( n ) e(n) for the number of eggs laid in n n days. For simple egg-laying cycle or period of 1, 2, 3, 4 ... p p days such as those for the first four hens, assuming an egg is laid on the first day of the cycle, we have e ( n ) = n p e(n) = \left \lceil \dfrac np \right \rceil , where \lceil \cdot \rceil denotes the ceiling function . For the fifth hen, the egg-laying function is slightly modified to e 5 ( n ) = n 7 + n 3 7 e_5 (n) = \left \lceil \dfrac n7 \right \rceil + \left \lceil \dfrac {n-3}7 \right \rceil . Similar for the sixth hen, e 6 ( n ) = n 12 + n 3 12 + n 7 12 e_6 (n) = \left \lceil \dfrac n{12} \right \rceil + \left \lceil \dfrac {n-3}{12} \right \rceil + \left \lceil \dfrac {n-7}{12} \right \rceil . Therefore, for the all six hens:

e 6 hens ( n ) = e 1 ( n ) + e 2 ( n ) + e 3 ( n ) + e 4 ( n ) + e 5 ( n ) + e 6 ( n ) = n 1 + n 2 + n 3 + n 4 + n 7 + n 3 7 + n 12 + n 3 12 + n 7 12 \begin{aligned} e_{\text{6 hens}}(n) & = e_1(n) + e_2(n) + e_3(n) + e_4(n) + e_5(n) + e_6(n) \\ & = \left \lceil \frac n1 \right \rceil + \left \lceil \frac n2 \right \rceil + \left \lceil \frac n3 \right \rceil + \left \lceil \frac n4 \right \rceil + \left \lceil \frac n7 \right \rceil + \left \lceil \frac {n-3}7 \right \rceil + \left \lceil \frac n{12} \right \rceil + \left \lceil \frac {n-3}{12} \right \rceil + \left \lceil \frac {n-7}{12} \right \rceil \end{aligned}

For n = 92 n=92 :

e 6 hens ( 92 ) = 92 1 + 92 2 + 92 3 + 92 4 + 92 7 + 92 3 7 + 92 12 + 92 3 12 + 92 7 12 = 92 + 46 + 31 + 23 + 14 + 13 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 243 \begin{aligned} e_{\text{6 hens}}(92) & = \left \lceil \frac {92}1 \right \rceil + \left \lceil \frac {92}2 \right \rceil + \left \lceil \frac {92}3 \right \rceil + \left \lceil \frac {92}4 \right \rceil + \left \lceil \frac {92}7 \right \rceil + \left \lceil \frac {{92}-3}7 \right \rceil + \left \lceil \frac {92}{12} \right \rceil + \left \lceil \frac {{92}-3}{12} \right \rceil + \left \lceil \frac {{92}-7}{12} \right \rceil \\ & = 92 + 46 + 31 + 23 + 14 + 13 + 8 + 8 + 8 \\ & = \boxed{243} \end{aligned}

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