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Elevator stops
Katie went to visit her friends in their apartment building.
She took the elevator to the 4th floor to Randy's apartment.
She met Randy and they walked down 2 flights of stairs to Chrissy's apartment.
Then Chrissy, Randy and Katie got in the elevator. They went up and passed 2 floors to meet Scott at his apartment.
Scott lives 1 floor below the top floor.
What floor is on the top of the building?
She took the elevator to the 4th floor to Randy's apartment.
She met Randy and they walked down 2 flights of stairs to Chrissy's apartment.
Then Chrissy, Randy and Katie got in the elevator. They went up and passed 2 floors to meet Scott at his apartment.
Scott lives 1 floor below the top floor.
What floor is on the top of the building?
Answer
There are 6 floors in the building.Explanation
Katie took the elevator to the 4th floor to Randy's apartment. Now she is on the 4th floor.
She met Randy and they walked down 2 flights of stairs to Chrissy's apartment. Now they are on the 2nd floor.
Then Chrissy, Randy and Katie got in the elevator. They went up and passed 2 floors to meet Scott at his apartment. They passed 2 floors. That means they went past floors 3 and 4, so now they are on the 5th floor. That means Scott lives on the 5th floor.
Scott lives 1 floor below the top floor. If Scott lives on the 5th floor, 1 floor above that is the 6th floor.
There are 6 floors in the building.
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Good effort, but was a little to easy.
The wording "what floor is the top of the building" was confusing. This to me seems as if you wanted to know what level the roof was, in which case the answer is 7.
"...and passed 2 floors..."
Ah, you caught me on that one.
Ah, you caught me on that one.
If the floor is on top of the building, the building must be upside down...
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