SOLUTION: Asha and Tera have 3 pieces of paper. Each of the women picks one piece, tears it up and puts the smaller pieces back. Asha only tears a piece of paper into 3 smaller pieces while

Question 88675: Asha and Tera have 3 pieces of paper. Each of the women picks one piece, tears it up and puts the smaller pieces back. Asha only tears a piece of paper into 3 smaller pieces while tera only tears a pieces of paper into 5 smaller pieces. How many times would each women pick up and tear a piece of paper to have 100 pieces at the end?
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Asha and Tera have 3 pieces of paper. Each of the women picks one piece, tears it up and puts the smaller pieces back. Asha only tears a piece of paper into 3 smaller pieces while tera only tears a pieces of paper into 5 smaller pieces. How many times would each women pick up and tear a piece of paper to have 100 pieces at the end?
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List the multiples of 3.
List the multiples of 5
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Find two numbers whose sum is 100
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The number of threes is the answer for Aisa.
The number of fives is the answer for Tera.
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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