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	Roosters, hens and chicks		2010-06-10
		From Kamarah: If a rooster is worth 5 coins and a hen is worth 3 coins and chicks 3 together are worth 1 coin, how many roosters, hen and chicks totaling 100 can be bought with 100 coins? notes: you must buy at least one of each type of fowl no fractional fowl chicks are purchased in multiple of 3 find 3 solutions Answered by Penny Nom.
	wo consecutive numbers with a product of 9506		2009-02-25
		From sofie: find two consecutive numbers with a product of 9506 Answered by Penny Nom.
	Two numbers		2008-12-15
		From HERB: I am thinking of two whole numbers. When I add them , their sum is 123. When I subtract the lesser number from the greater number their difference is 45. What are my numbers? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Guess and check		2007-01-17
		From Gwen: scott has 13 music boxes that play either patriotic songs or holiday tunes.he has 5 more music boxes that play holiday tunes. how many of each kind does he have Answered by Penny Nom.
	A five digit number		2004-10-06
		From A parent: What is the 5 digit number in which the first 2 digits are the square of the 3rd digit and the last 2 digits are the square of the digit that is one less than the third digit? The sum of all the digits is 22. Answered by Penny Nom.
	The price of a book		2004-09-18
		From Dorly: If the number of toonies required to buy a book is nine more than the number of five-dollar bills required to buy the same book, determine the cost of the book. Answered by Penny.
	Two consecutive negative integers		2004-01-17
		From Amanda: Find two consecutive negative intergers whose product is 182. Answered by Penny Nom.
	The product of the page numbers		2003-11-07
		From Morgan and Mom: You open a book and the product of the page numbers is 12,656. What are your page numbers? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Two piles of cards		2003-05-24
		From Sam: A standard deck of 52 cards (26 red, 26 black) is separated into two piles, not necessarily equal in size. The first pile contains seven times as many black cards as red cards. The second pile contains a number of red cards that is a multiple of the number of black cards in that pile. How many red cards are in the first pile? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The square of my age was the same as the year		2003-04-14
		From Pat: Augustus de Morgan wrote in 1864, "At some point in my life, the square of my age was the same as the year." When was he born? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Jo's books		2003-01-21
		From debra: Jo announces: I have no more than 999 books. Jean says: No Jo, You have fewer than 1,000 books. Mary says: Jo has at least 1 book. Only one of these statements is true, How many books does Jo own? I do not know HOW to approach this problem and solve it. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Dan is 4 inches taller than Mike.		2002-09-04
		From A parent: Dan is 4 inches taller than Mike. Together they are 8 feet 8 inches tall. How tall is each boy in feet and inches. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Cube roots		2002-03-26
		From Kathy: My son is in 4th grade and needs to simplify the cube roots of 216, 512 and 64. How does he do this with a regular calculator or without? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Renee, Paulo and Peter		2001-11-18
		From Sue: Renee is 5 years older than Paulo. she is also 7 years older than Peter. The sum of their ages is 21. How old is each person. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Chickens and sheep		2001-05-31
		From Monica: Farmer Bob of the Martian Colony counted his sheep and chickens in an unusual way. When he finished, he reported that he had counted 86 feet and 26 heads. Use a guess and check table to find how many sheep and chickens are owned by the famer. Answered by Paul Betts and Penny Nom.
	The three cousins		1999-06-01
		From Irena: I have three cousins on my dad's side. The product of their ages is 84. Next year the youngest will be 1/4 the age of the middle cousin. In 2 years from now, the oldest will be twice the current age of the middle. What is the age of my oldest cousin? Answered by Harley Weston.

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