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Cube Piles
Mad Ade managed to arranged twenty cubes in four piles of differing amounts. Using these clues can you work out how many cubes Mad Ade put in each pile:
1. All piles contain an even number of cubes
2. There are twice as many cubes in the first pile as in the second pile.
3. The largest number of cubes is in the first pile.
4. All piles have a different number of cubes.
5. Each pile has at least one cube.
How many cubes would be in each pile?
1. All piles contain an even number of cubes
2. There are twice as many cubes in the first pile as in the second pile.
3. The largest number of cubes is in the first pile.
4. All piles have a different number of cubes.
5. Each pile has at least one cube.
How many cubes would be in each pile?
Answer
pile 1 - 8,pile 2 - 4,
pile 3 - 2 or 6,
pile 4 - 6 or 2.
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