Oakridge Estates - Newbury Park

Where sunset arrives a bit early

March 2007 Newsletter Puzzle Solution

Puzzle:

The tree inventory disclosed that we have nine types of trees in our greenbelts.

Two—the bottlebrush and acacia—may be considered either a tree or bush, depending on size and structure.

  1. Can you place the remaining 7 types in order of frequency of occurrence? Hint: At the head of the list is the eucalyptus (75) and at the bottom, the carrotwood (1).

    carrotwood
    eucalyptus
    pepper
    pine
    flowering pear
    sycamore
    willow

  2. How many trees are there in the tree inventory? (a) 98, (b) 118, (c) 132, (d) 146

Answer:

  1. See table below.
  2. (b) 118
Oakridge greenbelt tree counts
tree name count
Eucalyptus 75
Sycamore 16
Flowering pear 13
Acacia 3
Pepper 3
Willow 3
Bottlebrush 2
Pine 2
Carrotwood 1