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Monday, March 09, 2009

Tao Nan School P5 SA2 2006 Math Q36

Mary collected 75 sticks and Rose collected 43. After giving 22 sticks to their younger sister, they put the remainder equally into 4 boxes. How many sticks were there in each box?

Solution

Total collected ----- 75 + 43 = 118
Gave to sister ----- 118 – 22 = 96
96 (sticks) divided 4 (boxes) = 24

Answer: There were 24 sticks in each box.

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