Question

a turtle is trying to climb a wet slippery wall for every 5 steps she climbs,she slips back by 2 . If the wall is 36 steps high, how many step will she have to take to reach the top ?

Answer 1

She climbs (5-2=3) steps for every 5 steps

so, she will climb 36 steps for every

= 5 × 36 ÷ 3 = 5 × 12 = 60

Hence answer is = 60 steps