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LOGICAL THINKING

- By Math’s Week Ireland

You’ve got a bag of odd socks: purple, pink and orange, but you don’t know how many of any colour. You pull out socks one at a time until you get the desired combinatio­n.

If you want a pair of pink socks the most socks you need to pull out is 10.

If you want a pair of orange socks, the most you need to pull out is 12.

If you want a pair of purple socks, the most you need to pull out is 14.

How many socks of each colour?

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