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YoHf Posted 20 years ago
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A numismatist decides to divide his coin collection between his children. The oldest gets 1/2 of the collection, the next gets 1/4, the next gets 1/5, and the youngest gets the remaining 49 coins. How many coins are in the collection?

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Do you mean 1/4th and 1/5th of the original, or what is left after the previous division?

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Do you mean 1/4th and 1/5th of the original, or what is left after the previous division?
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If it's 1/4th and 1/5th of the original, then the collection was of 980 coins.

I guess

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hi all...Emotion: smile

if it is so...then u r right joy...else i think it would be 161 or something like that...
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Yep I'm with 980 here.Emotion: big smile

If the fractions are from the total

Half = 490

Quarter = 245

Fifth =
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