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A woman is walking down a street night at a constant pace. As she passes the street light, she notices that her shadow becomes longer. Does the top of her shadow move faster, slower or the same when the shadow is longer as when it is shorter?
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Mr. and Mrs. Smith were walking home from the shopping mall with their purchases when Mr. Smith began to complain that his load was too heavy. Mrs. Smith turned to her husband and said, “I don’t know what you’re complaining about because if you gave me one of your parcels, I would have twice as many as you and if I gave you just one of mine, we would have equal loads.” How many parcels was each carrying?
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Out of 100 ladies attending the gala,85 had a white hand bag;75 had black shoes;60 carried an umbrella;90 wore a ring; How many ladies must have had all four items?
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Edward is as old as Benjamin used to be when Edward was as old as Benjamn is now. Benjamin is 36. How old is Edward?
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A rubber ball is tossed off the top of a 90 foot building. Every time it bounces, it goes back up half way. How many bounces will the ball take before it stops?
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What single-digit number should go in the box with the question? 6 5 9 2 7 1 4 3 5 ? 8 0 2 8 1
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