<p>I got this one wrong... I put 45
At a certain hospital, 89 children were born in the month of June. If more children were born on the fifteenth of June than on any other day in June, what is the least number of children that could have been born on the fifteenth of June.</p>
<p>Thanks for any help. Also, does anybody have any suggestions on stopping careless mistakes? Seems like out of maybe 3 tests, on one of them I make 2 or so careless mistakes... Thanks again</p>
<p>Since you want the least possible on the fifteenth, let’s divide the 89 up evenly as possible among all the days. That gives us 1 day with 2, and 29 with 3. (30 days in September, April, June, and november). For the 15th to have the most of any day, we remove 1 from any of the other days and give it to the 15, giving 4 births on the 15.</p>
<p>We need the correct answer…</p>
<p>I got 31.
There’s 30 days in June. Say each of the other days had 2 kids, you get 58 (29x2) kids on everything non-June 15th, leaving 31 kids for the 15th. Idk if this is right though.</p>
<p>^ 31 is not it – you are looking for the SMALLEST possible number that would make the number born on the 15th more than on any other day. If the births were evenly distributed, it would take fewer births to be the most born on any day the month. RyanMK has it right.</p>
<p>yeah its 4. It makes sense, I just wasn’t thinking about it correctly… I put 45 because I thought that then no other day would ever have more than 45 because 89-45=44… yeah lol</p>