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(#M40151894) BOOKS QUESTION generous gifts Keep an EYE

A generous man set aside a certain sum of money for equal distribution weekly to the needy of his acquaintance. One day he remarked, "If there are five fewer applicants next week, you will each receive two dollars more." Unfortunately, instead of there being fewer there were actually four more persons applying for the gift. "This means," he pointed out, "that you will each receive one dollar less." How much did each person receive at that last distribution?

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(#M40151893) BOOKS QUESTION loose cash Keep an EYE

What is the largest sum of money-all in current coins and no silver dollars-that I could have in my pocket without being able to give change for a dollar, half dollar, quarter, dime, or nickel?

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(#M40151892) BOOKS QUESTION dollars and cents Keep an EYE

A man entered a store and spent one-half ofthe money that was in his pocket. When he came out he found that he had just as many cents as he had dollars when he went in and half as many dollars as he had cents when he went in. How much money did he have on him when he entered

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(#M40151891) BOOKS QUESTION concerning a check Keep an EYE

A man went into a bank to cash a check. In handing over the money the cashier, by mistake, gave him dollars for cents and cents for dollars. He pocketed the money without examining it, and spent a nickel on his way home. He then found that he possessed exactly twice the amount of the check. He had no money in his pocket before going to the bank. What was the exact amount of that check?

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