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Amphibianbeast
09-14-2006, 07:40 AM
Joe bought a bag of oranges on Monday, and ate a third of them. On Tuesday he ate half of the remaining oranges. On Wednesday he looked in the bag to find he only had two oranges left. How many oranges were originally in the bag?:roll:
williamp
09-14-2006, 11:49 AM
Joe bought a bag of oranges on Monday, and ate a third of them. On Tuesday he ate half of the remaining oranges. On Wednesday he looked in the bag to find he only had two oranges left. How many oranges were originally in the bag?:roll:
well thats easy the answer is 12
sizza
09-14-2006, 05:32 PM
yeh it is 12
goblinking23
09-14-2006, 05:50 PM
is the anwser 12
im not sure but it
could be tell me pls
because if u eat a third
of the 12 organes u come
up with 8 then if u eat
half u come out with 4 so
im not sure about 12 dang this
is to hard for me :(
Amphibianbeast
09-14-2006, 06:39 PM
lol, all of you are wrong, the answer is not 12, please try again.:lol:
mrbigg4444
09-14-2006, 11:55 PM
Is The Answer 7 Gob?
Mr. Breeze
09-15-2006, 01:51 AM
Isn't it that he only had one left and that he started with three?
sizza
09-15-2006, 06:38 AM
hmmm... so he has 2 left.
half of 4 is 2
so he has 2...
if he has a 3rd...
hmmm... is it 6?
Amphibianbeast
09-15-2006, 07:15 AM
hmmm... so he has 2 left.
half of 4 is 2
so he has 2...
if he has a 3rd...
hmmm... is it 6?
nope not correct:)
mrbigg4444
09-15-2006, 02:04 PM
is it 7 amp?
stephenconor
09-15-2006, 04:17 PM
it got 2 be
9
sizza
09-15-2006, 05:55 PM
nope not correct:)
... 6
a 1/3 of 6 is 2... so he ate 2 the first day. So he has 4 left. Then half of that is 2...
Amphibianbeast
09-15-2006, 08:25 PM
... 6
a 1/3 of 6 is 2... so he ate 2 the first day. So he has 4 left. Then half of that is 2...
Sizza is correct, and will get an archfiend soldier for his efforts:)