Problem of the Week-1: How many eggs in the omelette?

Farmer Bob has eggs. He packs them into cartons each holding a dozen eggs, until he no longer has enough eggs to fill a carton. Then he takes the leftover eggs and makes an omelette. How many egss went into his omelette?

Justify your answer, show your computations.


Posted: 8/27/07

Submit your answers (by e-mail or hard copy) before 4 pm on 9/7/07 to Noah Aydin.

Mathematics Dept.