fatpop
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| 19 Dec 2012 09:59 AM |
Well, This is the hardest maths question I ever came across anyone who gets it right is a damn genious
A class has less than 30 students Exactly 3/4 of them own footballs Exactly 7/8 of them own football boots.
i)How many students are there in the class? ii)How many students own both football boots and footballs? |
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Diatan
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TKLuke
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fatpop
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| 19 Dec 2012 10:00 AM |
ahgggahhghshahghhshhghahg
wait what was the question? |
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| 19 Dec 2012 10:01 AM |
| change the denominators to the same value, LCM. then do it from there. |
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fatpop
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| 19 Dec 2012 10:02 AM |
@ColourCube
I'm only Year 7. |
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Diatan
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| 19 Dec 2012 10:04 AM |
| Denominator means the fraction on the bottom. LCM stands for Lowest common multiple, so therefore it needs to be Something over /8. Whatever you did to the bottom one to get to the denominator needs to be done to the top (x2) |
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fatpop
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| 19 Dec 2012 10:04 AM |
| I know Denomintor, or course. |
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TKLuke
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fatpop
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| 19 Dec 2012 10:06 AM |
| Then why state your in year 7, doing level 6 work at best which isn't very impressive. |
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| 19 Dec 2012 10:06 AM |
Students- 16
footballs- 12
Boots- 14 |
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| 19 Dec 2012 10:08 AM |
Three Hundred Four Billion Six Million Twenty Four Thousand Hundred Googolplex and for point one. |
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