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Old 09-30-2004, 08:19 AM
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Another 6th grade math word problem.

In this thread I asked for help with a math problem and received such good responses that I was able to guide my daughter into figuring out the problem for herself.

Well, I have another problem (I really do suck at math). I know the board rules on homework help and I want to assure the mods that the answers to these questions are not given to my daughter. They are used as a way of guiding her into figuring out the problem on her own.

The problem:

Farmer Brown sells turkey eggs. They are for people with large appetites. His 100 turkeys lay 10,000 every 100 days.
How many days will it take to lay 1 egg?

If I've learned anything from the last problem then I think I should disregard the number of turkeys. But I'm coming up with the turkeys laying 100 eggs a day, which can't be right. Can you guys and girls help again?
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