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x = 4
What is 5x-3=17
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a map
What has cities, but no houses; forests, but no trees; and water, but no fish?
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20
What is 20% of 100
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x = 7
What is 3x-5= 16
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your breath
What is harder to catch the faster you run?
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75
What is 30% of 250
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x = -14
What is (3+5) - 3x = 50
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the river was frozen
A man stands on one side of a river, his dog on the other. The man calls his dog, who immediately crosses the river without getting wet and without using a bridge or a boat. How did the dog do it?
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70
What is 50% of 140
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x = 1
What is (6x +3x) x 5 = 45
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pencil led
I am taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost everybody. What am I?
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300
What is 75% of 400
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x = 5
What is (5x2) + 6x = 40
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white
I left my campsite and hiked south for 3 miles. Then I turned east and hiked for 3 miles. I then turned north and hiked for 3 miles, at which time I came upon a bear inside my tent eating my food! What color was the bear?
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175
What is 35% of 500
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