Gretel’s Goldfish
Hansel has goldfish that quadruple, or become four times as many, every month. Gretel has goldfish that increase by 20 every month. Right now, Hansel has 4 goldfish and Gretel has 128 goldfish. In how many months will they have the same number of goldfish? Show how you arrived at your answer.
(Source: Adapted from Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, Nov-Dec, 1995)