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This was a fun one. I'm going to pass this along to my students. Nancy
On 11/13/05, Esther D Leonelli <edl@world.std.com> wrote: > > Received: from TheWorld.com (pcls4.std.com <http://pcls4.std.com> [ > 192.74.137.84 <http://192.74.137.84>]) > by europe.std.com <http://europe.std.com> (8.12.8p1/8.12.8) with ESMTP id > jACM98kZ016023 > for <numeracy@facteur.std.com>; Sat, 12 Nov 2005 17:09:13 -0500 (EST) > Received: from support1.mathforum.org <http://support1.mathforum.org> ( > home-2.mathforum.org <http://home-2.mathforum.org> [144.118.94.18<http://144.118.94.18> > ]) > by TheWorld.com (8.12.8p1/8.12.8) with ESMTP id jACM5h7m026114 > for <numeracy@world.std.com>; Sat, 12 Nov 2005 17:05:43 -0500 > Received: from nitrogen.mathforum.org <http://nitrogen.mathforum.org> ( > nitrogen.mathforum.org <http://nitrogen.mathforum.org> [144.118.30.135<http://144.118.30.135> > ]) > by support1.mathforum.org <http://support1.mathforum.org> (8.11.6/8.11.6/The > Math Forum, $Revision: 1.9 primary) with ESMTP id jACM5g926303 > for <numeracy@world.std.com>; Sat, 12 Nov 2005 17:05:42 -0500 > Message-ID: < > 24102544.1131833137765.JavaMail.jakarta@nitrogen.mathforum.org> > Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 17:05:07 EST > From: becci <discussions@mathforum.org> > To: numeracy@world.std.com > Subject: eggs situation need help!! > Mime-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=10.0 tests=BAYES_05 autolearn=ham > version=3.1.0 > X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on pcls4.std.com<http://pcls4.std.com> > X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.86rc1/1169/Fri Nov 11 16:28:05 2005 on > pcls4.std.com <http://pcls4.std.com> > X-Virus-Status: Clean > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by europe.std.com<http://europe.std.com>id jACMC2FR019714 > > due to a 30% increase in the price of eggs, 3 less eggs are available for > £7.80.is the present rate of eggs per dozen is: > a) £8.64 > b) £9.36 > c) £8.88 or > d) £10.40? and how did you get that? > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > -To unsubscribe from the Numeracy mail list send e-mail to > -majordomo@world.std.com. > -In the body of the message type "unsubscribe numeracy your_address" > > -If you have any questions e-mail edl@world.std.com > > <div>This was a fun one. I'm going to pass this along to my students.</div> <div> </div> <div>Nancy<br><br> </div> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/13/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Esther D Leonelli</b> <<a href="mailto:edl@world.std.com">edl@world.std.com</a>> wrote:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Received: from TheWorld.com (<a href="http://pcls4.std.com">pcls4.std.com</a> [<a href="http://192.74.137.84"> 192.74.137.84</a>])<br> by <a href="http://europe.std.com">europe.std.com</a> (8.12.8p1/8.12.8) with ESMTP id jACM98kZ016023<br> for <<a href="mailto:numeracy@facteur.std.com">numeracy@facteur.std.com</a>>; Sat, 12 Nov 2005 17:09:13 -0500 (EST) <br>Received: from <a href="http://support1.mathforum.org">support1.mathforum.org</a> (<a href="http://home-2.mathforum.org">home-2.mathforum.org</a> [<a href="http://144.118.94.18">144.118.94.18</a>])<br> by TheWorld.com (8.12.8p1/8.12.8) with ESMTP id jACM5h7m026114<br> for <<a href="mailto:numeracy@world.std.com">numeracy@world.std.com</a>>; Sat, 12 Nov 2005 17:05:43 -0500<br>Received: from <a href="http://nitrogen.mathforum.org"> nitrogen.mathforum.org</a> (<a href="http://nitrogen.mathforum.org">nitrogen.mathforum.org</a> [<a href="http://144.118.30.135">144.118.30.135</a>])<br> by <a href="http://support1.mathforum.org">support1.mathforum.org </a> (8.11.6/8.11.6/The Math Forum, $Revision: 1.9 primary) with ESMTP id jACM5g926303<br> for <<a href="mailto:numeracy@world.std.com">numeracy@world.std.com</a>>; Sat, 12 Nov 2005 17:05:42 -0500<br>Message-ID: < <a href="mailto:24102544.1131833137765.JavaMail.jakarta@nitrogen.mathforum.org">24102544.1131833137765.JavaMail.jakarta@nitrogen.mathforum.org</a>><br>Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 17:05:07 EST<br>From: becci <<a href="mailto:discussions@mathforum.org"> discussions@mathforum.org</a>><br>To: <a href="mailto:numeracy@world.std.com">numeracy@world.std.com</a><br>Subject: eggs situation need help!!<br>Mime-Version: 1.0<br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8<br>X-Spam-Status: No, score=- 1.1 required=10.0 tests=BAYES_05 autolearn=ham<br> version=3.1.0<br>X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on <a href="http://pcls4.std.com">pcls4.std.com</a><br>X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.86rc1/1169/Fri Nov 11 16:28:05 2005 on <a href="http://pcls4.std.com">pcls4.std.com</a><br>X-Virus-Status: Clean<br>Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit<br>X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by <a href="http://europe.std.com">europe.std.com</a> id jACMC2FR019714 <br><br>due to a 30% increase in the price of eggs, 3 less eggs are available for £7.80.is the present rate of eggs per dozen is:<br>a) £8.64<br>b) £9.36<br>c) £8.88 or<br>d) £10.40? and how did you get that?<br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------- <br>-To unsubscribe from the Numeracy mail list send e-mail to<br>-<a href="mailto:majordomo@world.std.com">majordomo@world.std.com</a>.<br>-In the body of the message type "unsubscribe numeracy your_address"<br> <br>-If you have any questions e-mail <a href="mailto:edl@world.std.com">edl@world.std.com</a><br><br></blockquote></div><br>
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