"There was once a famine, and the great benefactor of the village donated one hundred steamed buns to the hundred monks in the temple. The head monk ate four steamed buns, and four young monks shared one steamed bun. Question: How many senior and junior monks are there in the temple?"
As soon as the question was raised, some of the female students immediately began to write.
Other female students were, however, at a loss.
Most of them came from poor families and had not bought the answers. Even if they had learned some rudimentary accounting, they were only adept at addition and subtraction.
This problem couldn't be solved with just addition and subtraction, not even the 'Da Chu Mathematical Classic' contained such a complex method...
In the Spring Garden, young maidens all blushed, gazing at the pavilion in the center.