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#26 2012-12-08 12:24:35
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Re: Find the number!
Getting good at this, phrontister and bobbym!
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#27 2012-12-08 21:03:31
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Re: Find the number!
Hi;
You sure are happy! Anymore?
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#28 2012-12-09 00:36:14
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IV.
My number is:
1) Nearest to 50.
2) Nearest to 7^2.
3) A prime number.
What is it?
Make sure the difference is the least so it could be nearest to 50 and 7^2.
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#29 2012-12-09 00:39:49
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Hi
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#30 2012-12-09 00:47:02
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Hi julianthemath,
"The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do." - Ted Nelson
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#31 2012-12-09 01:53:34
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Hi;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#32 2012-12-13 16:25:48
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Re: Find the number!
Correct!
V.
My number is:
1) A composite number.
2) It is greater than 5.
3) Is a square number.
4) No more than 40.
5) Has these factors, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 24, 36.
What is it?
There is a hint!
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#33 2012-12-13 16:32:39
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It is a 36. 6 x 6 = 36
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#34 2012-12-13 16:42:23
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Yes siree!
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#35 2012-12-13 18:30:16
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#36 2012-12-13 20:39:06
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Re: Find the number!
Hi;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#37 2012-12-13 20:45:08
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#38 2012-12-13 20:51:05
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Thanks, if only that were true.
Got another one?
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#39 2012-12-13 21:33:09
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I need some more replies for #VI.
Just wait, bobbym.
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#40 2012-12-13 21:53:05
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Re: Find the number!
Okay!
VII.
My number is:
1) A composite number.
2) Is a perfect square.
3) Nearer to 4!
What is it?
Give square root and square number!
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#41 2012-12-13 22:05:45
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Hi julianthemath;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#42 2012-12-13 22:15:42
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Good, bobbym!:):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)
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#43 2012-12-14 11:48:46
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#44 2012-12-14 12:16:24
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Re: Find the number!
Hi;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#45 2013-01-02 12:34:25
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Correcto!
A long time since the last post!
9. If I have 1000 strawberries, and I give a prime number of strawberries to my brother, then I will have 977 left. How many strawberries did I give to my brother?
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#46 2013-01-02 13:26:51
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Re: Find the number!
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#47 2013-01-02 15:34:41
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10. I have $10,000. I bought:
2 game consoles for $500 each
3 monopoly games for $200 each
How much money do I have left?
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#48 2013-04-23 20:04:53
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Re: Find the number!
8400 dollars are left.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#49 2013-04-23 20:28:11
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Re: Find the number!
Good.
XI
1) It is a Squimintrius number.
2) It is a multiple of 4.
3) It is also a multiple of 12.
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#50 2013-05-03 17:59:33
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What is a squiddymimus number?
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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