1. You have some nickels and dimes worth $6.25. You have three times as many nickels as dimes. How many nickels do you have?
2. Mary's age is one third of her dad's age. Seven years ago, her age was one fifth of his. How old are both now?
The next one doesn't seem to make any sense, but here it is...
3. If one machine can sort coins in 15 minutes, and a second machine can sort the same number of coins in 30 minutes, how long would it take both machines working together to do the job?
Please work out the problems instead of just saying the answer. Thanks...
2007-09-01
06:57:44
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matt f
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