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Jelly bean count- Addition and Subtraction

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How many jelly beans

 

How many jelly beans would you eat? This could be a 2, 3, 4  or a challenge of a 5 digit number.

The flavours of the jellybeans are blueberry, watermelon, lime, grape, orange, cherry, strawberry and lemon. How many of each flavour would you pick?

You must pick at least 5 different flavours?

How many would be left after a month?

How many would be left after 6 months?

How many would be left after 12 months?

 

Jelly bean jar is in the pantry. After three days there are 24 jelly beans left in the jar? How many combinations can you find for how many I started with and how many I ate each day?

 

Extending:

Extend out the time frame

How many of each flavour would you eat in each month?

Enabling

2 flavours of jelly beans

Use counters to separate over 2 months.