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Given three secret numbers, and information about each of them, find the numbers

A messy one-variable word problem about how old James is

An algebra problem involving two boys sharing their money

Solve a word problem involving the imaginary quantities biggle, diggle and ziggle.

A problem about missing white board markers from my classroom

Calculate Nemo's age based on information about his age relative to Marlin's age

A puzzle involving an unknown quantity of coins of different types.

What Santa does with the gifts in his sack is going to get some children upset this year

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