Challenge 14:
Anteaters measure up to 4 feet in length
without the tail. Their meals consists mainly of termites which are drawn
into their mouths by means of its long, flexible, rapidly moving tongue covered
with sticky saliva. A full-grown giant anteater can eat nearly 30,000 ants and
termites a day. If an anteater eats 20,466 ants and termites on Monday,
and 19,986 on Tuesday, 18,766 on Wednesday, and 18,578 on Thursday, how many
ants and termites must he eat on Friday to have eaten 150,000 ants in five days?
Answer
72,204 ants