Math Problem of the Week - Upper Elementary - Dec. 12, 2021 to Dec. 18, 2021

Upper Elementary: 

Question: Eight friends each eat a pound of peach each day. If they are eating a giant peach that weighs 8 tons and the pit of the peach weighs half a ton, then how many days will it take for the friends to eat the whole peach?

Answer:  1,875 days

Solution:  First, we need to know how many pounds of peach the friends are eating. Since a ton is 2,000 pounds, 8 tons is 16,000 pounds. The peach pit weighs half a ton, which is 1,000 pounds, so the friends eat a total of 15,000 pounds of peach. In total, they eat 8 pounds of peach per day, so we divide 15,000 ÷ 8 to find that it will take them 1,875 days to eat the whole peach.