Question

a game consists of placing seeds in 24 cups. a player puts two seeds in the first cup, four in the second, six in the third and so on. how many seeds will be required altogether if the player continues to the 24th cup in this way?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

The next cup will always have 2 more than the previous one. Continue the pattern of adding two seeds to each cup until you reach the 24th cup like so:

#s on left side = # of seed , #s on right side = # cup

6 | 3 8 | 4 10 | 5 12 | 6 14 | 7 16 | 8 18 | 9 20 | 10 22 | 11

24 | 12 26 | 13 28 | 14 30 | 15 32 | 16 34 | 17 36 | 18 38 | 19

40 | 20 42 | 21 44 | 22 46 | 23 48 | 24

What you want to know is the number of TOTAL SEEDS NEEDED TO PLAY THIS GAME. NOT how many seeds will be in the 24th cup. To find the TOTAL you need to add 2 + 4 + 6 and so on like so:

2 + 4 + 6 + 8 + 10 + 12 + 14 + 16 + 18 + 20 + 22 + 24 + 26 + 28 + 30 + 32 + 34 + 36 + 38 + 40 + 42 + 44 + 46 + 48 = 600 TOTAL SEEDS TO PLAY THIS GAME. (this is your answer)