Question

All cabins on the Giant Ferris Wheel are numbered in order starting from the number 1. Jack came and sat in cabin 48. Jim skipped the next 15 cabins and sat in cabin 2. How many cabins are there

Answer 1

Explanation:

62 cabins. Jack is skipping the next 15 cabins, so, in reality, you are adding 14 to 48.

Answer 2

61 cabins

Explanation:

Since Jim skipped 15 cabins and ended up sitting in cabin 2 that means he finished the number of cabins available and passed it by 2 cabins. Meaning that if we subtract 2 cabins from the 15 he skipped that would mean that from where Jack is sitting there are only 13 more cabins available. Now we simply add the 13 cabins to the number of cabins that Jack is sitting in to calculate the total number of cabins.

48 + 13 = 61