Guest Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 Twice four and twenty blackbirds sitting in the rain I shot and killed a quarter of them How many do remain? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 Twice four and twenty blackbirds sitting in the rain I shot and killed a quarter of them How many do remain? Just one (deaf), all the others flew away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 12 2(4+20) 2(24)= 48/4= 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 or none for they flew away- but remaining from the original amount= not 12 = 36 would be left from the original Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 Murderer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 bonanova Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 Twice four and twenty blackbirds sitting in the rain I shot and killed a quarter of them How many do remain? Seven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 Seven....others will fly away.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 roolstar Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 Seven remain dead... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 6, 2008 Report Share Posted March 6, 2008 good job, guys. It is 7 or 12 ... where you put the parenthesis (2*(4+20))/4 = 12 ((2*4)+20)/4 = 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Twice four and twenty blackbirds
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I shot and killed a quarter of them
How many do remain?
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