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Peanuts For Peter
Three children, Peter, Jane and Eric, shared a bag of peanuts. There were 770 peanuts in the bag. For every 4 peanuts Peter took, Jane took 3, and for every 6 peanuts Peter took, Eric took 7. How many peanuts did Peter get?
Answer
For every 12 peanuts Peter took, Jane had 9 and Eric 14. This is a total of 35 in one round. 770 divided by 35 is 22, so they had 22 rounds. 12 times 22 are 264.Answer: 264
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Good one! I got my silly self tied up in a simultaneous equation solution instead of a nice, simple solution like yours!
Good job. You deserve a big bag of chocolate-covered peanuts for this sweet teaser.
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