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Mark's Sweets
Mark has two younger sisters who each always get twice as many sweets as him. If Mark's mum gives them 30 sweets to "share" and each of his sisters give him 1/4 of their sweets, how many does he have left after feeding Rover, his dog, 1/3 of them and eating 1/4 of them left after Rover has eaten his share?
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Six. He originally started with 6, but then receives another 6 after the donations from his sisters. He then has 12. He then gives his dog 4 sweets leaving him with 8 - after eating 1/4 of these, he has 6 sweets left - like he started with!!!Hide Answer Show Answer
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