Mike wants to knit 13 scarves in 6 days. He knits 2 scarves on the first day. Then she realizes that he will have to knit more on each day to complete the scarves in time.

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Answer 1

13 scarves in 6 days is 13/6=2⅙ which is more than 2 a day.

So at the rate of 2 a day, only 6*2=12 scarves would be knitted.

That means that there’s one scarf short. If the time can’t be extended, then it means that after knitting 2 scarves on the first day, 11 scarves have to be completed in the remaining 5 days. That means 11/5=2⅕ scarves. So he must complete 2 scarves in the second day and partly knit another the same day. The table below shows the daily progress by working faster:

DAY	NUMBER OF SCARVES COMPLETED	LEFT TO COMPLETE
1	2	11
2	2+⅕=2⅕ (complete 2 and start another)	8⅘
3	⅘+1+⅖=2⅕ (finish 1, do another, start the next)	6⅗
4	⅗+1+⅗=2⅕ (finish 1, do another, start the next)	4⅖
5	⅖+1+⅘=2⅕ (finish 1, do another, start the next)	2⅕
6	⅕+2=2⅕ (finish 1, do 2)	0