Question

A roofing contractor has 29 bundles of roofing shingles that he needs to carry up a ladder and put onto a roof he carries two bundles at a time how many bundles are still on the ground after his seventh trip up the ladder

Answer 1

15 bundles of roofing shingles

Explanation:

Total bundles of roofing shingles = 29

He carries two bundles at a time

How many bundles are still on the ground after his seventh trip up the ladder?

First trip = 2 bundles of roofing shingles

Second trip = 2 bundles of roofing shingles

Third trip = 2 bundles of roofing shingles

Fourth trip = 2 bundles of roofing shingles

Fifth trip = 2 bundles of roofing shingles

Sixth trip = 2 bundles of roofing shingles

Seventh trip = 2 bundles of roofing shingles

Total bundles of roofing shingles carried in 7 trips = 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2

= 14 bundles of roofing shingles

Bundles still on ground after 7 trips = Total bundles of roofing shingles - Total bundles of roofing shingles carried in 7 trips

= 29 - 14

= 15 bundles of roofing shingles