document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=303599>Question 303599</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Three children ate 17 cookies altogether. Andrew ate more cookies than any other child. What is the smallest possible number of cookies that Andrew ate?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A. 5 B. 9 C. 6 D. 8 E. 7<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "17 - 9 = 8 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "There are reamining 8 cookies shared amongst the other two children. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The combination of adding 8 are: <BR>\n" );
document.write( "1 + 7  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "2+ 6 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "3+ 5 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "4 + 4 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "All these numbers are smaller than 9. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore,the smallest possible number of cookies that Andrew ate has to be 9.  </SPAN>\n" );
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