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Algebra practice question
Two numbers add up to 10, and one of them is 4 more than the other. What is the larger number?
Answer: 7
a + b = 10 and a − b = 4 give a = 7.
Common wrong answers
- If you answered 3
- 3 is the smaller number.
- If you answered 6
- 6 adds 4 to 2.
- If you answered 14
- 14 adds 10 and 4.
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