Mr. R.’s World of Math

Chapter 3.3: A Very Strange Place For an Elevator

EXTRA CREDIT
(you’re doing so well, I know you should try this)

Because we were speaking of celery,
here’s a little celery puzzle…

celery puzzle

Figure out how many of each color celery sticks there are from the clues below:
There are 54 celery sticks in total.
There are twice as many red celery sticks as orange.
There are twice as many yellow celery sticks as blue.
The sum of the red and orange is 36.
The sum of the blue and orange is 18.

HOW MANY ORANGE CELERY STICKS ARE THERE?

Enter the number of orange sticks here:

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