Question

Read the story and solve the puzzle.

Nisha finds a magic lamp on her way to school. When she rubs the lamp, a genie pops out of the lamp and offers Nisha four wishes. Nisha gives her first wish to her father and her second wish to her sister, third wish to her mother and she keeps the last wish for herself.

“I wish for $9^3$ gold vases”, the father said.

“I wish for $6^5$ jars of honey”, the mother said.

“I wish for $2+4^3$ new books to read”, the sister said.

“I wish for $5\times {10}^3$ chocolates” Nisha said.

Can you find what each person wished for? Solve each question and write how much of each item the family will receive.

Father_______ Mother___________

Sister________ Nisha___________

If you were Nisha, what you would have wished for, write it as a number and an exponent.

Answer 1

Step 1: Solution:

Finding what each person wished for:

From the given data we can see that:

1. Father wished for $9^3$ gold vase.
2. Mother wished for $6^5$ jars of honey.
3. Sister wished for $2+4^3$ new books to read.
4. Nisha wished for $5\times {10}^3$ chocolates.

Step2: Solving each expression:

1. Father wished for $=9^3$ gold vase$=9\times 9\times 9=729$ gold vases.
2. Mother wished for $=6^5$ jars of honey $=6\times 6\times 6\times 6\times 6=7776$ jars of honey.
3. Sister wished for $=2+4^3$ new books to read$=2+4\times 4\times 4=2+64=66$ new books to read.
4. Nisha wished for $=5\times {10}^3$ chocolates $=5\times 1000=5000$ chocolates.

Total items received by the family:

$=$sum of all items received by each member of family

$$\begin{gathered} =729(goldvases)+7776(jarsofhoney)+66(newbookstoread)+5000\left(chocolates\right) \\ =13,571 \end{gathered}$$

Total items received by the family is $13,571$

Step3: If I were Nisha, I would have wished for: $2\times {10}^3$ comics to read.