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A hot dog vendor at a soccer game sells one half of his supply of hot dogs during the first half of the game. During intermission, he sells a total of five hot dogs. During the second half, he sells three eighths of his original supply. He is left with only four hot dogs. How many did he have to start with?
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Five hot dogs (intermission) plus four hot dogs (left over) equals just one eighth of his original supply, because we know that a total of seven eighths was sold during the game itself. That means the vendor must have started the soccer game with 9 x 8 = 72 hot dogs.Hide Answer Show Answer
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Your first teaser! Congrats! And nice job - I liked it.
Congrats on your first teaser! It was fun and easy!
Nice one! I like one that involves a little thought without using complex mathematical form(ulae) and function lol Nice first one!
P.S. I like the title! I think a humourous and apposite title adds a little something to a teaser.
i didn't like it i LOVED it!!! haha congrats on a great start and hope to hear from you again soon!
Very good for your first teaser. Although, I can generally do the quick calculations in my head, this still required some thought. I enjoyed it. WTG! Making these tougher, will now be the challenge. Keep them coming.
that was really good! I didn't get the answe, but it made sense when you explained it. nice job!
By the way, how can you tell if it's their first teaser or not?
By the way, how can you tell if it's their first teaser or not?
Aug 27, 2006
haha ez one ^^ nice i want more
Way too easy, but at least the math in this case is a teaser. Problem is that this style of teaser has been done to death and there's nothing new here.
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