Question

Pls help me out with this:

1. Bernard counted 8 posts along the side of the road. If the posts were 20 m apart, how far is it from the first post to the last?
2. In my block of 100 flats, a painter is kept employed by painting one flat each month from January to November. The flats are painted in the same order and he takes holidays every December. If my flat was last painted in August 2010, when will it be next painted?

Answer 1

1. 20 x 8 = 160 m

2.

January to November = 11 months.

11 flats are painted every year.

100 flats / 11 flats per year = 9 years + 1 month

the next time it will be painted is September 2019.