turkey-yks 2016 Q24

turkey-yks · Other · ygs Not Maths
A stone artist creates flower or star motifs by stacking colored stones on top of each other.
This artist creates:
  • a flower motif with 4 rows of 25 stones each,
  • a star motif with 3 rows of 30 stones each in each row.
This artist created 12 motifs using a total of 1150 stones.
Accordingly, how many flower motifs did the artist create?
A) 4
B) 6
C) 7
D) 9
E) 10
A stone artist creates flower or star motifs by stacking colored stones on top of each other.

This artist creates:
\begin{itemize}
  \item a flower motif with 4 rows of 25 stones each,
  \item a star motif with 3 rows of 30 stones each in each row.
\end{itemize}
This artist created 12 motifs using a total of 1150 stones.

Accordingly, how many flower motifs did the artist create?\\
A) 4\\
B) 6\\
C) 7\\
D) 9\\
E) 10