document.write( "Question 1136686: Jonah makes 3 times more baskets than Maddie. They make 16 baskets in total. How many baskets did Maddie make? \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "Jonah makes 3 times more baskets than Maddie. They make 16 baskets in total. How many baskets did Maddie make?
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document.write( "    \"3 times more than . . . \" in English means  \"4 times as much as . . . \"  //  (in distinction from many other languages . . . )\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "If to interpret your post literally, as English does require it, the problem becomes DEFECTIVE.\r
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