WORD PROBLEMS

POOH SAYS:

Arithmetic

• Carlos goes to the doctor and the doctor tells him he has a growth problem. Carlos is sent a prescription of injecting 10 ml of medicine each week for 2 months. After the two months, Carlos has to increase his dose every week injecting 13.5 ml more than the day before of what he is already injecting. How much ml of Medicine has Carlos injected after 3 months?
  Making the assumption that every month has 30 days.

• Mario loves to read. His grandma told him that if every month he had a good grade, she will give him a new book for his collection. Mario has already read 3 books and used them to start his book collection. Fortunately Mario is a good student and every month he is working better to improve. As a result his grades are getting higher and his grandma decided that because he is improving so much she is going to give him 2 books more than the last one, every time a new report card is given to the students. How many books will Mario have in his collection after 3 years?
  Assume there are 4 report cards per year and Mario is always improving his grades.

Geometric

• Carla wants to buy a new apartment. The problem is that she hasn’t decided therefore she decides to start the first 6 months with 2 apartments. After a year she raised her money and now has 4 apartments. A year and a half later, Carla has 8 apartments and so on. How many apartments will Carla have after 12 years and six months?