document.write( "Question 838154: One student missed 3 questions on a science test. Another person missed 1 more than twice as many questions as the first person. How many questions did the second person miss? \n" ); document.write( "
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Let's read the story in smaller pieces, and understand what each piece means.
\n" ); document.write( "What is meant by \"the second person\"?
\n" ); document.write( "What is meant by \"the first person\"?
\n" ); document.write( "What is meant by \"1 more than\"?
\n" ); document.write( "What is meant by \"twice as many as\"?
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\n" ); document.write( "One student missed \"3\" questions on a science test.
\n" ); document.write( "The \"first person\" in this story is that \"one student\" who missed \"3\" questions on a science test.
\n" ); document.write( "The \"second person\" is that \"another person\" the problem talks about.
\n" ); document.write( "It says that \"another person missed 1 more than twice as many questions as the first person\".
\n" ); document.write( "That \"second person\" missed 1 more than twice as many questions as the first person.
\n" ); document.write( "\"Twice as many as\" means \"2\" times that many.
\n" ); document.write( "In the problem, that means \"2\" times the number of questions listed before,
\n" ); document.write( "so it is \"2\" times \"3\" ,
\n" ); document.write( "and \"2%2A3=6\" .
\n" ); document.write( "Then, \"\"1\" more than\" twice as many is \"1\" more than \"2%2A3=6\" ,
\n" ); document.write( "and \"2%2A3%2B1=6%2B1\" , which is \"6%2B1=highlight%287%29\" .
\n" ); document.write( "We could write \"2%2A3%2B1=highlight%287%29\" .
\n" ); document.write( "The \"second person\",
\n" ); document.write( "who missed 1 more than twice as many questions as the first person,
\n" ); document.write( "missed \"highlight%287%29\" questions.
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