Question

Suppose you drop a tennis ball from height of 16 feet . Each time the ball bounces off the floor,it reaches half of its previous height . How high qill the ball bounce after its third bounce

Answer 1

We can solve this problem by division- What information can we gather?

• The ball reaches half its original hight each time it bounces, which is another way of saying it divides by 2 each time

• It bounced three times.

1. If we divide 16 by 2, we get 8.
2. If we divide 8 by 2, we get 4
3. If we divide 4 by 2, we get 2.

The answer is 2

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

If we divide 16 by 2, we get 8.

If we divide 8 by 2, we get 4

If we divide 4 by 2, we get 2.

So, the answer to your question is 2