Question

A gnome is wearing 1 hat and 2 boots.
If you had 66 boots and hats combined, how many gnomes would you have?
GNOMES: 1, 10, 20, 21, 22
BOOTS: 2, 20, 40, 42, 44
HATS: 1, 10, 20, 21, 22
TOTAL: 3, 30, 60, 63, 66

Answers

GPT-4o mini
To determine how many gnomes you could have with a combined total of 66 boots and hats, let's set up the relationship based on what a single gnome has.

Each gnome has:
- 1 hat
- 2 boots

This means for each gnome:
- The total number of hats contributed by gnomes will be equal to the number of gnomes (let's call the number of gnomes \( G \)).
- The total number of boots contributed by gnomes will be \( 2G \).

The equation for the total number of hats and boots combined is:
\[ G + 2G = 3G \]

Given that the total number of hats and boots combined is 66, we can set the equation:
\[ 3G = 66 \]

To find \( G \):
\[ G = \frac{66}{3} = 22 \]

Thus, the number of gnomes would be **22**.