16 articles trouvés pour ce sujet.
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Roosters, hens and chicks |
2010-06-10 |
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Kamarah pose la question : If a rooster is worth 5 coins and a hen is worth 3 coins and chicks 3 together are worth 1 coin, how many roosters, hen and chicks totaling 100 can be bought with 100 coins?
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you must buy at least one of each type of fowl
no fractional fowl
chicks are purchased in multiple of 3
find 3 solutions Penny Nom lui répond. |
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wo consecutive numbers with a product of 9506 |
2009-02-25 |
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sofie pose la question : find two consecutive numbers with a product of 9506 Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Two numbers |
2008-12-15 |
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HERB pose la question : I am thinking of two whole numbers. When I add them , their sum is 123. When I subtract the lesser number from the greater number their difference is 45. What are my numbers? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Guess and check |
2007-01-17 |
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Gwen pose la question : scott has 13 music boxes that play either patriotic songs or holiday tunes.he has 5 more music boxes that play holiday tunes. how many of each kind does he have Penny Nom lui répond. |
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A five digit number |
2004-10-06 |
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A parent pose la question : What is the 5 digit number in which the first 2 digits are the square of the 3rd digit and the last 2 digits are the square of the digit that is one less than the third digit? The sum of all the digits is 22. Penny Nom lui répond. |
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The price of a book |
2004-09-18 |
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Dorly pose la question : If the number of toonies required to buy a book is nine more than the number of
five-dollar bills required to buy the same book, determine the cost of the book. Penny lui répond. |
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Two consecutive negative integers |
2004-01-17 |
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Amanda pose la question : Find two consecutive negative intergers whose product is 182. Penny Nom lui répond. |
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The product of the page numbers |
2003-11-07 |
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Morgan and Mom pose la question : You open a book and the product of the page numbers is 12,656. What are your page numbers? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Two piles of cards |
2003-05-24 |
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Sam pose la question : A standard deck of 52 cards (26 red, 26 black) is separated into two piles, not necessarily equal in size. The first pile contains seven times as many black cards as red cards. The second pile contains a number of red cards that is a multiple of the number of black cards in that pile. How many red cards are in the first pile? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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The square of my age was the same as the year |
2003-04-14 |
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Pat pose la question : Augustus de Morgan wrote in 1864, "At some point in my life, the square of my age was the same as the year." When was he born? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Jo's books |
2003-01-21 |
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debra pose la question : Jo announces: I have no more than 999 books. Jean says: No Jo, You have fewer than 1,000 books. Mary says: Jo has at least 1 book.
Only one of these statements is true, How many books does Jo own?
I do not know HOW to approach this problem and solve it. Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Dan is 4 inches taller than Mike. |
2002-09-04 |
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A parent pose la question : Dan is 4 inches taller than Mike. Together they are 8 feet 8 inches tall. How tall is each boy in feet and inches. Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Cube roots |
2002-03-26 |
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Kathy pose la question : My son is in 4th grade and needs to simplify the cube roots of 216, 512 and 64. How does he do this with a regular calculator or without? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Renee, Paulo and Peter |
2001-11-18 |
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Sue pose la question : Renee is 5 years older than Paulo. she is also 7 years older than Peter. The sum of their ages is 21. How old is each person. Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Chickens and sheep |
2001-05-31 |
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Monica pose la question : Farmer Bob of the Martian Colony counted his sheep and chickens in an unusual way. When he finished, he reported that he had counted 86 feet and 26 heads. Use a guess and check table to find how many sheep and chickens are owned by the famer. Paul Betts and Penny Nom lui répond. |
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The three cousins |
1999-06-01 |
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Irena pose la question : I have three cousins on my dad's side. The product of their ages is 84. Next year the youngest will be 1/4 the age of the middle cousin. In 2 years from now, the oldest will be twice the current age of the middle. What is the age of my oldest cousin? Harley Weston lui répond. |
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