It's the New Year, and our family of three went to my uncle's house for the New Year. By noon, everyone was hungry, and there were some wonton wrappers and minced meat in the fridge. So, my mother organized my father, uncle, and me to make the wontons, and my grandmother was responsible for cooking the wontons.
When we were ready, we started wrapping it up, and my grandmother said, "In about 5 minutes, the water will be boiling, just wait for the wontons to come to the pot!" Mom asked as she wrapped it, "How many wontons do you each want to eat?" "My father and uncle each had 15 each, my grandmother and my mother had 12 each, and I had to eat 10. Mom asked, "With so many wontons, won't we have time to wrap them?" "Dad immediately asked me to do the math.
I made a little observation and started counting how fast everyone was making wontons. Mom is the fastest, I can pack 5 per minute, Dad can pack 4, Uncle can pack 3, I don't know how to make wontons, it's basically negligible. Based on this information, I first calculated how many wontons 3 people can make per minute: 5 + 4 + 3 = 12 (pieces). It takes 5 minutes from making wontons to boiling wontons, so the total number of wontons that can be wrapped during this time is: 12 5 = 60 (pieces). And the total number of wontons we need to eat is: 15 2 + 12 2 + 10 = 64 (pieces), and then compare 64 "60, the package of wontons is not enough to eat! So what to do, I began to ponder: 64-60 = 4 (pieces), the wrapped wontons are 4 fewer than the ones that need to be eaten. I had an idea and thought of a good idea, and said, "Dad and Uncle wrap slowly, you each eat 2 less, so the wontons are just enough for everyone to eat!" ”
After a while, the delicious wontons came out of the pot, and we had a delicious and full meal. Math can be very useful in everyday life!