Problem of the Day

Musicians

In a music club with 15 members, 7 people played piano, 6 people played guitar, and 4 people didn’t play either of these two instruments.  How many people played both piano and guitar?

 

 


Homework:  Chapter 12 – Read pages 301-top 312. 

Assignment:  #1, #2, #3, #4, #5

 

 

TVs

            At a large TV appliance store you can purchase a TV in two sizes:  Large or small.  Each TV has either a black and white or a color screen the owner of the store has checked her stock and found out that she has

            23 large TVs

            6 small black and white TVs

            19 color TVs

            21 black and white TVs

How many large color TVs are there?

How many small TVs are there?

How many TVs are there in all?

 

 

 

 

Clocks

Calvin’s Clock Company makes clocks.  Each cold that the company makes is either chiming or nonchiming and either digital or nondigital.  His clocks in stock have the following information:

            14 are chiming

            33 are digital

            8 are chiming and digital

            46 are neither chiming nor digital.

How many clocks are chiming but not digital?

How many clocks are nonchiming and also digital?

How many clocks have at least one of these two features:  chiming and digital?

How many clocks does Calving have in stock all together?

 

 

 

 

Book Sale

A PTA sold books at a fair.  Each book sold was either fiction or nonfiction and was either a hardback or a paperback.  Hardback books of fiction bring in the most money.  The committee chair can’t remember exactly how many of these were sold, but he does remember that 30 books were sold in all.  20 hardcover books were sold.  15 books of fiction were sold.  What is the smallest possible number of hardback books of fiction sold?  What is the largest possible number of hardback books of fiction sold?