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If the number is divided by 4, it gives the remainder of 2;
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If the number is divided by 6, it gives the remainder of 4.

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Replace the question mark with the correct number in below Picture:

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Using Only Five 5's and any mathematical operator make sum as 37

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Find a 9-digit number, which you will gradually round off starting with units, then tenth, hundred etc., until you get to the last numeral, which you do not round off. The rounding alternates (up, down, up ...). After rounding off 8 times, the final number is 500000000. The original number is commensurable by 6 and 7, all the numbers from 1 to 9 are used, and after rounding four times the sum of the not rounded numerals equals 24.

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A chicken farmer has figured out that a hen and a half can lay an egg and a half in a day and a half. How many hens does the farmer need to produce one dozen eggs in six days?

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Solve the mathematical equation in the picture below.

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Can you think of a smallest +ve number such that if we shuffle the digits of the number, the new number becomes double the original number?

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