Question

The number of bocks has 9 in the ones place. The number in the hundreds place is one more then the tens place. Those two numbers equal 11. How many block are there?

Answer 1

There are 659 blocks

Solution:

The number in ones place is 9

Let's denote number in the tens place with x

The number in the hundreds place is one more then the tens place

Therefore,

The number in hundreds place is 1 + x

Those two numbers equal 11

Which means tens place number and hundreds place number sums up to 11

tens place + hundreds place = 11

x + 1 + x = 11

2x = 11 - 1

2x = 10

x = 5

Thus number in tens place = x = 5

Number in hundreds place = 1 + x = 1 + 5 = 6

The number is represented as:

Number = (Number in hundreds place)(number in tens place)(number in ones place)

Number = 659

Thus 659 blocks are there