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Monday 28 July 2014

the think tank

Lucy’s secret number is 5 more than Mara’s number.
Mara’s secret number is twice Pham’s number.
Pham’s secret number is 6 less than taylor’s number.
Taylor’s secret number is 24.

A. Lucy’s secret number is… 41
B. Mara’s secret number is… 36

C. Pham’s secret number is...18

1 comment:

  1. Well-done on working out this tricky word problem Janise, how great of a problem solver are you!

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