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Question 990362: Find three consecutive even integers such that the sum of 6 times the first number and two times the third number equals 200
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Question 990485: Today Kerry read 7 less than twice the number of pages she read yesterday. If she read a total of 122 pages, how many did she read yesterday?
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Question 990510: The quotient of theee times a number and 4 is at least 16
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Question 990524: What is x less than 50?

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Question 990525: Find three consecutive numbers whose sum is 99.

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Question 990597: I have a question for example
1/2xy^2 when x is 4 and y is -2 do you have to put the expression like
1/2*4*-2^2
Or
1/2*4*(-2)^2 with the parentheses? I always gets confuse
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Question 990357: Why is it that when you have a number (context of money) for example �64.83 and swap the pounds and pence, eg. �83.64 then add those together....�148.47 then swap the tens and ones with tenths and hundredths again, eg. �147.48 and add THOSE numbers.....�295.95 the tens and ones number is the same as the tenths and hundredths number?
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Question 990622: I need help understanding how to find the equations for this question: The difference of two positive numbers is 264. The larger number is 3 times the smaller number. Find the numbers.
I think the first equation would be x-y = 264, but I'm not sure if that's right or what the second equation would be.
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Question 990660: | | means absolute value
3*(-3)^2-4|-3|+6
Do you multiple -4 to 3 when you take the 3 out of the absolute value or you add?
I'm confused
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Question 990657: My number has a tens digit that is 8 more than the ones digit. Zero is not one of my digits. My number is
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Question 990659: i am a number less than 100, i am a product of two prime numbers. if you reverse my digits, i am prime. the sum of my digits is a one-digit prime. one of my digits is a square number. what number am i?

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Question 990711: Nine less than the cube of the difference
Of 4 times a number and 10
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Question 990737: The sum of 2 numbers is 25. One of the numbers exceeds the other by 9. Find the numbers.
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Question 990787: The number √126 is approximately how many times √27 ? Give your answer to the nearest integer
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Question 990787: The number √126 is approximately how many times √27 ? Give your answer to the nearest integer
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Question 990787: The number √126 is approximately how many times √27 ? Give your answer to the nearest integer
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Question 990791: Find the Three consecutive numbers, if the sum is one hundred eleven.
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Question 990791: Find the Three consecutive numbers, if the sum is one hundred eleven.
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Question 990808: the tens digit of a number is 3 less than the units digit. if the numbers is divided by the sum of the digits, the quotient is 4 and the remainder is 3. what is the original number?
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Question 990863: four times the square of a certain number is increased by 6 times the number equals 108. find the number.
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Question 990863: four times the square of a certain number is increased by 6 times the number equals 108. find the number.
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Question 990882: one number is 8 less than twice another number x. the sum of the numbers is 40. what is x?
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Question 990827: A fraction becomes 3/4 if 3 is added to both the numerator and denominator if 1 is subracted from the numerator and 1 is added to the denominator then it becomes 1/3 find the fraction
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Question 990929: -4 y equals 20
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Question 990801: the tens' digit of a number is 3 less than the units' digits. if the number is divided by the sum of the digits, the quotient is 4 and the remainder is 3. what is the original number?
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Question 990949: Grade 7 question:
I am a two-digit prime number
I am one less than a multiple of 10
If you add 30 to me you get another prime number
Who am I

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Question 990988: if 10 subtracted from one-half of a number the result is 7 more than one third of the number. find the number
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Question 990986: if 71 is added to a number , the result is 41 less than three times the number. Find the number
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Question 990972: The sum of two consecutive multiples of 5 is 55. Find these multiples.
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Question 990966: The difference between the two numbers is 48. The ratio of the two numbers is 7:3. What are the two numbers?
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Question 991016: What is the sum of 4 and 7
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Question 990968: The sum of three numbers is 210. the first number is three times the third and the second is fifteen more than the third. what are the three numbers?
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Question 991039: what is the similarity between numbers 85,17,19,4 and 2?
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Question 991037: two number has a sum and difference of 85. What is the value of the bigger number

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Question 991069: The product of two consective positive numbers is 72.find the numbers
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Question 991069: The product of two consective positive numbers is 72.find the numbers
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Question 991019: By how much does 71385 exceed the largest 5 digit number

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Question 991143: THE SUM OF THREE CONSECUTIVE INTEGERS IS -66
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Question 991143: THE SUM OF THREE CONSECUTIVE INTEGERS IS -66
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Question 991147: find three consecutive even integers with the sum of -84

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Question 991188: Please help solve this problem:. I know how to divide it but I do not know the rest.
The topic is inequality equations
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Question 991188: Please help solve this problem:. I know how to divide it but I do not know the rest.
The topic is inequality equations
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Question 991216: a number has many factors including 5 and 3. what other number must also b a factor of the same number?
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