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little_dragon wrote:If 12 men can dig 35 holes in 14 days, (a) how many men are needed to dig 35 holes in 8 days? (b) How many days would it take 12 men to dig 30 holes?

Where did you learn that?? that is one of those brain teasers

little_dragon wrote:I'm homeschooled and I'm taking Singapore Math.

so am i. so what grade are you in i need help with my word problems

i need help with my word problems Please post your questions as new threads. Go to the front page of the forums, pick the appropriate category or "forum", click on the name (such as "Pre-Algebra") to open the listing for that forum, and then click on the "New Topic" bu...