Question

A total of 129 players entered a single elimination handball tournament. In the first round of play, the top seeded player received a bye and the remaining 128 players played in 64 matches. Thus 65 players entered the second round of play. How many matches must be played to determine the tournament champion?

Answer 1

A carpenter has three large boxes. Inside each large box are two medium sized boxes. Inside each medium sized box are five small boxes. How many boxes are there altogether?

Answer 2

Hmm, the second one is quite simple, i will walk you through what you need to do:
There are 3 large boxes
There are 2 medium boxes in each large box.
Sense there are 3 large boxes and each box has 2, you could multiply 3x2 and get 6.
So far all together, there are 6 boxes.
In each meduim box there are 5 small boxes.
You could then multiply 6x5 and get a total of 30 boxes.
Hope this helped!