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Question 532287: Mr. Wilhems got $2 discount on the purchase of 5 bags of peat moss. If he paid $7.40, what was the price for one bag of peat moss before discount?? Please help me!? Thanks(:
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Question 532234: There are 26 students in an algebra class. The number of girls in the class is one less than twice the number of boys. How many boys are in the class?
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Question 532469: Mr. Quinton submitted the grades of his pupils in the following manner:Two-thirds got A's, 1/5 B's and the remaining 4 pupils got C's. How many pupils are there in Mr. Quinton's class
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Question 532471: How many seconds longer is 2 percent of an hour than 30 percent of a minute?
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Question 532452:
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Question 532691: Half the difference between two numbers is 2. The sum of the greater number and twice the smaller number is 3. Find the numbers.
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Question 532754: the sum of two numbers is 90. the first number is 2/3 of the second number. what are the numbers?
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Question 532716: what 2 digit number exceeds its reversal by 20%?

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Question 533055: Two consectutive odd integers whose sum is the cube of 4
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Question 533090: how many integers lie between 10 and 30 inclusive?

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Question 533093: 13 fewer than 5 times 4
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Question 533119: the penguin was 1200 yards ahead when batman began his pursuit. if batman ran 3 times as fast as the penguin and overtook him in 30 minutes, how fast did each one run
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Question 533158: 1 find the least number between 200 and 500 which leaves a reminder of 3 in each case when devided by 8,10,12 and 30
2 find the smallest number which when devided by 12,15,18 and 27leaves a reminder 8,11,14 and 23.
3 fine the 5 digit greatest number devided by 25, 30, and 40 leaves a reminder of 20,25 and 35 respectively
4 what is the least number that must be added to 2000so that the sum is devided exactly by 10,12,16 and 18
5 four bells toll after interval of 8,9,12 and 15 minutes respectively if the toll together is 3 pmwhen they will toll together.
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Question 533355: find three consecutive even integers if the third is 8 less than twice the second!

I need it today ! Please Help! CAn you also show me the work please ? Thank you for who ever answers it
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Question 533268: Word problem: Bruce was a pupil at Madison Elemnetary School in 1945. The year of his birth is a perfect square. How old was he on his birthday in 1988?
Another word problem: In a group of cows and turkeys, the number of heads is 35 less than the number of legs. What is the largest number of cows that could be in this group of animals?
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Question 533438: The price of a pen mistakenly had its two digits reversed so that a customer was over charged 18 cents. If the sum of the digits is 16. Determine the correct price of the pen.

I've tried this problem multiple times and I just cunfuse my self even more.
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Question 533764: hello i have a math question, what is two thirds of a number reduced by 11 is equal to 4 more than a number?

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Question 533762: the sum of the digits of a two digit number is 11. The value of the number is eight more than 10 times the tens digit. find the number
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Question 533986: The sum of 2 consecutive odd integers is 92. Find the numbers.
If x represents the smaller integer, then the larger integer is
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Question 533609: show me the work for 13 divide by 65

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Question 534125: The difference between two positive numbers is 16. If the smaller of those two numbers is 3/5th of the larger, what is the value of the smaller number?
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Question 534212: the sum of three numbers is 50. one number is ten more then the second number. it is also twice the third number. find the numbers
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Question 534257: Can this expression 4x+(x+5) be simplified?
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Question 534261: One number is 7 less than a second number. Twice the second number is 4 less than 5 times the first. Find the smaller of two numbers.
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Question 534377: The sum of two numbers is fifteen. One less than three times the smaller is equal to the larger. Find the numbers.
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Question 534381: Twice the smallest of three consecutive odd integers is five more than the largest. Find the integers.
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Question 534450: Find the two consecutive numbers that have digit sum of 36 & 1?
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Question 534491: the sum of two numbers is 16 and their product is 48. find the numbers

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Question 534687: three more than a number times 3 less than the number is 27. find all such numbers
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Question 316914: how many 5 digited odd numbers be formed using the digits 0,1,2,3,4,5 without repetition
a)120 b)96 c)56 d)72 e)54
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Question 535002: Four times a number is equal to twice the sum of five and that number find the unknown number?

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Question 535221: 500 minus what equals 225
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Question 535313: if the sum of a number and eight is tripled, the result is 5 less than twice the number . Find the number.
could you show step by step please and thank you.
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Question 535264: find five consecutive integers whose sum is 195
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Question 535464: The sum of three numbers is 20. The first number is the sum of the second and third. The third number is three times the first. Find the numbers
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Question 535485: the sum of two consecutive even integers is 70. Find the larger number
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Question 535600: a number is added to five time its reciprocal is -6. Find the number.
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Question 535272: What are three consecutive numbers that sums to 48? Which of these numbers are kewees 43,58,166,369,620,891, I need three numbers.
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Question 535945: name all even composite numbers between 60and 70 inclusive

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Question 535987: One Number is 21 More than another. Their sum is -423, Find the numbers?
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Question 536131: im a 3-digit number divisible by 3.my tens digit is 3 times greatas my hundreds digit, and the sum of digits is 15. if you reverse my digits,im divisible by 6,as well as by 3.
what number am i?
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Question 536230: I really need help with my math homework nd I have this word problem:
2 less than 5 times a number is 348. What is the number
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Question 536230: I really need help with my math homework nd I have this word problem:
2 less than 5 times a number is 348. What is the number
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Question 536249: the sum of two consecutive odd numbers is 20. find the numbers.
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