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Question 262673: How many three-digit numbers are there such that no two adjacent digits of the number are consecutive
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Question 262829: 1.The sum of 3 consecutive odd numbers is 39.
2.The Perimeter of a rectangle is 600. The length of the rectangle is 2 more than 3 times the width.
3.Mrs. Gardner went to the market. She purchased some lettuce heads and some tomatoes. There were 12 items purchased. She bought twice as many tomatoes as lettuce heads.
4. 3 times the first of three consecutive numbers is 4 more than 2 times the second.
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Question 262985: find the unit digit of 3^2002 - 2^2002
a 1 b 3 c 5 d 7
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Question 262985: find the unit digit of 3^2002 - 2^2002
a 1 b 3 c 5 d 7
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Question 263158: A chemist wants to make a 10% solution of fertilizer. How much water and how much of 30% solution should the chemist mix to get 30 L of a 10% solution?
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Question 263271: the sum of two numbers is 20. the larger of two numbers is four less than thrice the smaller. find the number.
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Question 263296: one positive number is 5 times another number. the difference between the two numbers is 148. find the number
So i thought that if u took 5x and then set it equal to 148-x it would give the answer then i thought well no that wouldnt be right now i am so lost =(
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Question 263542: Find 4 consecutive odd integers where the product of the two smaller numbers is 64 less than the product of the two larger numbers.
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Question 263560: the sum of two numbers is 36, and one of the numbers is three times the other. find the two numbers
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Question 263598: When asked how many pigs and how many chickens he has, the farmer said he counts 43 heads and 130 feet. How many chickens and how many pigs does he have?
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Question 263698: The second of two numbers is 4 times the first. Their sum is 50. Find the numbers.
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Question 263752: One number is 4 times another. Their product is 4 times their sum. Find the numbers.
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Question 263752: One number is 4 times another. Their product is 4 times their sum. Find the numbers.
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Question 263782: The sum of three numbers is 105. The third is 11 less than ten times the second. Twice the first is 7 more than three times the second. Find the numbers.
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Question 263811: The addition problem below has a unique solution. Each of the letters Q, W and Y represents a different non zero digit. What is the product of Q, W and Y?
Q W W
+W W Q
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Y Q W Y
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Question 263976: For a certain three digit positive number the ones digit is 3 times the hundreds digit. The tens digit is 1 less than the ones digit. The ones digit is 15 less than the product of the hundreds and tens digit. What digit is the ones digit?
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Question 264276: Fifteen less than the square of a number is the same as twice the number. find the number(s).
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Question 264277: the height of a triangle is 2cm shorter than its base. The area is 17.5 cm^2. find the base of the triangle
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Question 264394: what r the odd numbers 746,349,313,726 and 256
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Question 264508: one number is four greater than another number when three times the smaller number is added to twice the larger number the result is 43.
Could you please give me the method to work it out i know the answer is 7 i just don't know how to get there.
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Question 264507: one number is four greater than another number when three times the smaller number is added to twice the larger number the result is 43.
Could you please give me the method to work it out i know the answer is 7 i just don't know how to get there.
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Question 264583: the sum of three consecutive odd integers is 561. Find the numbers.
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Question 264595: The area is a rectangular pool, 10m long and 3m wide, it doubles if it's length and width are increased by the same ammount. Calculate the new dimensions. Thanks for the help
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Question 264630: the sum of two consecutive integers is 89. Find the largest of these integers
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Question 264611: Word Problem: Miss Day bought 52 Chrismas cards for $12.80. If sh paid $.20 apiece for part of them and $.30 apiece for the rest, how many of each kind did she buy?
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Question 264643: units digit of a two-digit number exceeds twice the tens digit by 1.find the number if the sum of its digits is 10
what is a the right way to answer this
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Question 264707: 5 times the sum of a number and 7 is 30
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Question 264821: when the reciprocal of a real number is subtracted from 1, the difference is equal to the number. find the number.
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Question 264861: one number exceeds another by 6. the sum of the numbers is 66. what are the numbers?
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Question 264909: one number is seven more than thrice a number and their sum is 59. Find the numbers.
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Question 265005: two consecutive odd integers have a sum of 36. what is the smaller integer?

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Question 265111: Why does a perfect square result from adding two successive rows of even and odd integers? Example: 1+2 plus 1+2+3 = 9
1+2+3 plus 1+2+3+4 = 16
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Question 264997: Two numbers are in the ratio 3:7. Two fifths of their sum is 32. Find the numbers.

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Question 265162: what is the quotient of five less than a number and five more than that same number?
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Question 265159: sixteen more than 5 times the units' didgit of a two-digit number is twice the tens' digit. The sum of the digits is 8. What is the number?
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Question 265029: The product of two whole numbers is 36. When the first number is added to three times the second number, the answer is 31. what are the numbers?
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Question 264965: Four times the difference of a number and one is equal to six times the sum of the number and three. Find the number.?
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Question 265449: When the reciprocal of three times a number is subtracted from the reciprocal of the number, the result is one sixth. Find the number.
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Question 265435: What is the one’s digit of the number 7^2005?
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Question 265078: What is, "The sum of two integers is thirty-eight. Nine times the smaller integer is 23 more than 2 times the larger integer. Find the integers."

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Question 265432: The sum of two numbers is 2 and the product of these two numbers is -8. What is the sum of the cubes of these two numbers?

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Question 265454: what is the sum of the first 500 odd counting numbers?
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Question 265451: A pickup can travel 300 miles in the same time that a car going 10 miles per hour faster can travel 350 miles. How fast is the pickup traveling?
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Question 265476: two consecutive odd integers have a product of 99. find all sets of integers that satisfy this description.
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Question 265476: two consecutive odd integers have a product of 99. find all sets of integers that satisfy this description.
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