Question

Farmer Jim keeps 12 hens in every cooper if farmer Jim has 20 coops how many hens does her in all if every hens lays 9 on Monday how many eggs will farmer Jim collect on Monday

Answer 1

Question

Farmer Jim keeps 12 hens in every cooper if farmer Jim has 20 coops

a) how many hens does she have ?

b) if every hens lays 9 eggs on Monday how many eggs will farmer Jim collect on Monday

Answer:

a) 240 hens

b) 2160 eggs

Step-by-step explanation:

a) Farmer Jim keeps 12 hens in every cooper if farmer Jim has 20 coops

Hence,

1 coop = 12 hens

20 coops = y hens

Cross Multiply

y hens = 20 coops × 12 hens/1 coop

y hens = 240 hens

Therefore Farmer Jim has 240 hens

b) We are told in question b that: if every hens lays 9 eggs on Monday how many eggs will farmer Jim collect on Monday?

From question a) we determine that the number of hens that Farmer Jim has:

240 hens

Hence,

1 hen = 9 eggs

240 hens = z eggs

z eggs = 240 hens × 9 eggs/1 hen

z eggs = 2160 eggs

Therefore, on Monday Farmer Jim will collect 2160 eggs