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Question 107184: Find four consecutive numbers which, when added together, total 80.
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Question 107301: The sum of 3 numbers is 34. The first number is 3 less than the second and the third is 4 more than the second.
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Question 107318: Sally took four tests in science class. On each successive test, her score improved by 3 points. If her mean score was 69.5%, what did she score on the first test?
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Question 107319: Of the 800 tickets sold to a movie, 480 were full priced tickets costing $3 each. If the gate receipts were $2,080, what did a student ticket cost?
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Question 107323: Sabrina is going to the mall She only have $20.00?
write a word problem.
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Question 107492: Some bank robbers leave town, speeding at 70 mph. Ten minutes later, the police give chase, traveling at 78 mph. How long will it take the police to overtake the robbers?
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Question 107519: Please help me with this one...
Number problems. Find two consecutive positive integers such that the sum of their square is 85.
Thank you!
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Question 107486: The sum of the squares of three consecutive positive odd integers is 35. Find the integers. Write the equation and then solve
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Question 107487: A college student earns $20 per day delivering advertising brochures door to door, plus 75 cents for each person he interviews. How many people did he interview on a day when he earned $56?
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Question 107537: Find two consecutive odd integers the sum of whose squares is 130

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Question 107783: one number is 6 more than another. If the sum of the smaller number and 3 times the larger number is 34, find the two numbers.
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Question 107872: Find the greatest two consecutive even integers whose sum is less than 180.
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Question 108106: The difference of two numbers is 18. Twice the smaller number is 56 less than three time the larger. What are the numbers?

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Question 108063: find three consecutive odd integers such that the largest decreased by three times the second is 47 less than the smallest

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Question 108337: Two numbers have a sum of 22. Their difference is 4. what are the two numbers?
What is the correct way to figure this out? (Childs homework and needs help)
Thank you
John
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Question 108343: Maria practiced the recorder for 40 minutes on Saturday. She practiced 10 minutes less in the afternoon than in the morning. How many minutes did Maria practice in the morning? in the morning?
John and Justin
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Question 108361: WHEN x NUMBER OF UNITS ARE SOLD, THE PRICE OF EACH UNIT (IN DOLLARS) IS GIVEN BY
p = -x/2 + 75. FIND THE UNIT PRICE WHEN THE FOLLOWING QUANITIES ARE SOLD:
2, 7, 9, 11.
THANKS
JMS

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Question 107909: largest number less than 200 that is divisible by 29.?
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Question 108520: The sum of two numbers is 42. One number plus 2 times the other number is 57. What are the numbers?
The sum of two numbers is 45. Their difference is 9. What are the numbers?

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Question 108643: The larger of two consecutive integers is 7 greater than twice the smaller. Find the integers....
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Question 108858: Two numbers have a sum of 39. Their difference is 11. What are the two numbers? Yes this is third grade math.
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Question 108728: find three consecutive integers such that the sum of the first and third is 63
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Question 108897: Sam buys 4 times as many soccer balls as footballs, and 2 less than 3 times as many baseballs as footballs. If he buys 46 items altogether, how many of each does he get?
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Question 108895: The diffrence of two numbers is 12. The sum of 2 times the greater number and 6 more than the lesser number is 60. What are the two numbers.
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Question 108952: Two numbers have a difference of 10 and the sum of 34. What are the numbers?

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Question 109125: find three consecutive even intergers such that the sum of the smallest and twice the second is 20 more than the third
x,x+2,x+4
x=2(x+2)=(x+4)+20

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Question 109276: Solution to: sum of 3 consecutive integers 10 more than double the greatest integer
Please show formula
Thanks
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Question 109592: I need major help with these two questions ASAP!
1.) The sum of two numbers is 78. Three times the lesser number is six less than the greater number. What are the numbers?
2.) The sum of three consecutive odd numbers is 273. What are the numbers?

Thanks whoever solves this problem it helps so much!
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Question 109803: twice a number is 60 more than five times the number.what is that number?
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Question 110002: the product of two numbers is 96. their difference is 10. what are the numbers
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Question 110157: three consecutive even integers whose sum is 264.
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Question 110192: I need help with the following word problem from a 5th grade textbook:
The product of two decimal numbers is 8.12. The difference of the two numbers is 0.1. What are the two numbers?
Thank you,

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Question 110232: one number is 12morethan half another number.the two numbers total 60.find the numbers.
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Question 110493: find three consecutive odd integers such that twice the second integer increased by six equals the sum of the largest and three time the smallest integer.
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Question 110517: The sum of two numbers is 38. Their difference is 12. What are the two numbers?
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Question 110518: The length of a certian rectangle is 40m greater thans its width. If the width were reduced by 20m and the lenght increased by 80m,the perimeter of the new rectangle would be twice the perimeter of the original rectangle. What are the dimensions of the original rectangle?
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Question 110537: The sum of two numbers is 76. The second is 8 more than 3 times the first. What are the two numbers?
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Question 110078: Find two positive real numbers that differ by 1 and have a product of 1.
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Question 110810: The sum of the squares of two consecutive positive even integers is 340. Find the integers.
Can't for the life of me figure this one out. Please help!!
Joanne
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Question 110858: One positive number is 5 times another number. The difference between the two numbers is 124, find the numbers.
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Question 110858: One positive number is 5 times another number. The difference between the two numbers is 124, find the numbers.
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Question 110858: One positive number is 5 times another number. The difference between the two numbers is 124, find the numbers.
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