Annie likes to walk 2 steps, jump 2 steps and then skip 2 steps. If she does this pattern over and over again for a total of 52 steps, how many jumping steps will she make?
i got 18
To find the number of jumping steps Annie will make, we need to determine the number of times she completes the pattern of walking 2 steps, jumping 2 steps, and skipping 2 steps within a total of 52 steps.
We know that one complete pattern consists of walking 2 steps, jumping 2 steps, and skipping 2 steps, which is a total of 2 + 2 + 2 = 6 steps.
To find how many complete patterns Annie can complete within 52 steps, we divide the total number of steps (52) by the number of steps in each pattern (6).
52 ÷ 6 = 8 remainder 4
This means Annie can complete 8 complete patterns, with 4 additional steps remaining.
Since one complete pattern consists of 2 jumping steps, to find the number of jumping steps, we multiply the number of complete patterns by the number of jumping steps in each pattern.
8 complete patterns × 2 jumping steps = 16 jumping steps
Therefore, Annie will make 16 jumping steps in a total of 52 steps.