Why is my answer not correct?

[Ruprekt]

24 pirates.

1/3 found gold

1/4 found rubies

1/2 found neither

How many found gold and rubies?

My calc was 8 found gold, 6 found rubies, 12 found nothing.

So, 14 found gold and rubies.....but 14 + 12 = 26........


Waaah

I love literacy but maths aint my thing.......

Please help......

[Ruprekt]

Bump

[Seeline]

I came up with the same as you.... and I've got an A level (although that was a very long time ago ) I got one of DDs Y5 maths questions wrong hte other day too

[Ahardyfool]

DS and I think there is a typo!

[Ruprekt]

Lol Seeline! I need the correct answer though!

I think I am reading it wrong.....is there a small fraction that found gold AND rubies?

[cece]

wouldn't it be 8? If only 8 had gold then no more than that can have gold and rubies? >

[DrownedGirl]

Some of those who found gold also found rubies
That's the number you are looking for

There are only 12 who could have found gold or rubies

Where is the overlap

[answers]

Not all of them who found gold found rubies as well :)

[cece]

or maybe it would be 6?

[Ruprekt]

Ds thinks the answer is 2........

[FunnysInLaJardin]

I think your answer is right and that 2 pirates found both gold and rubies

[YDdraigGoch]

Some of them might have found more than one thing. So the 8 that found gold might also have found rubies.

[Ahardyfool]

I think the small fraction who found both could be the key here... This would make this a riddle more than a legitimate maths question!

[pushmepullyou]

24 pirates

12 found nothing therefore 12 found gold, rubies or both.

If 8 found gold and 6 found rubies then then 2 must have found both or there wouldn't be 12 who had found nothing.

So 6 just gold, 4 just rubies, 2 both =12

[Helspopje]

12 none
6 r
8 g
6+8 = r + g +rg
14 = r + g + rg
rg = 2

[MrsMangoBiscuit]

8 found gold.
6 found rubies.
12 found nothing.

So 12 found SOMETHING.
12 - 8 who found gold = 4 who found ONLY rubies.
6 total rubies - 4 rubies only = 2 gold AND rubies.

[Ruprekt]

I was adding together the pirates that found gold and the pirates that found rubies, not thinking there was a small percentage who found both.

[IamtheZombie]

Zombie thinks 2 pirates found both gold and rubies.

8 + 6 = 14 - 2 = 12 + 12 = 24

[pushmepullyou]

X-post with everyone

[MrsMangoBiscuit]

Gargh I type too slow one handed, baby DD2, I'm blaming you!

[AliceinSlumberland]

The answer is 2 I think,

12 found nothing

8 found gold

6 found rubies

=26

But there are 24 in total so two pirates must have been counted in both the gold category and the rubies category, so they found both:

nothing: 12
Gold:6
Rubies: 4
Both: 2

=24 (I hope)

[LordEmsworth]

well - if 12 found nothing, then 12 found something

14 items were found by 12 pirates - so 2 pirates must have found 2 items each

2 therefore found gold and rubies, 10 found either gold or rubies, plus 12 who found nothing ... equals 24 pirates

[IamtheZombie]

x-post

[AliceinSlumberland]

Hahahah too slow!

[Ruprekt]

Do we think the answer is 2 then?

[Seeline]

Ah - so I did get hte maths right As usual it was the logic at the end that stumped me