AlgebraMediumBicycles in a shed from a wheel count
Algebra practice question
A shed holds bicycles and unicycles, 14 vehicles in all with 20 wheels in total. How many bicycles are in the shed?
Answer: 6
With b bicycles: 2b + (14 − b) = 20 gives b = 6.
Common wrong answers
- If you answered 7
- 7 splits the vehicles evenly.
- If you answered 8
- 8 is the number of unicycles.
- If you answered 10
- 10 halves the wheel count.
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