Question

There are 250 toothpicks. Creating a small pyramid takes 3 tooth picks. How many small pyramids can you make with the 250 toothpicks? How many toothpicks did you loose? How many toothpicks are still left over?

Answer 1

You can make 83 small pyramids with the 250 toothpicks.

To make 83 small pyramids, you would use 249 toothpicks (83 pyramids x 3 toothpicks).

Therefore, you would lose 1 toothpick in the process.

After making the 83 small pyramids, there would be 1 toothpick left over.