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Anil Saigal
02/11/2014

PROBLEM #1

Use the numerals 1, 9, 9 and 6 exactly in that order to make the following number: 28.

PROBLEM #2

Use 8 exactly eight times to make 1000. You can use any mathematical symbols.

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Problems from 01/30/14

PROBLEM #1
In one store in the afternoon sold twice more pears, than in the morning. During the whole day they sold 360 lbs. pears. How many pounds of pears are sold in the morning?

Solution
120 lbs.

PROBLEM #2

John read 2/3 of a book and calculated that the read part is with 90 pages more than the unread. How many pages is the whole book?

Solution
270 pages. .

Congratulations to Abhimanyu Bhargava and Saba Lateef, who were the winners of the last set of puzzles. Here are two puzzles for one and all!

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