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mariaem | 19:36 Tue 02nd Oct 2007 | Jobs & Education
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I've been asked a "trick" maths question, can anyone provide the answer? A man goes into a shop and purchases 100 items @ 25p each but only pays 75p in total - what has be bought?
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He buys the numbers 1,0,0, to put on a door for example.
some were bogof......
3 boxes of matches
(with 33 matches in 2 boxes and 34 matches in the 3rd box)
Or the brand name of the items is "100" as in "he bought Heinz items"?

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