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Basic Mathematics

We start by looking at two questions which could be encountered by younger children during their Mathematics education.
Some generic Mathematics
Mathematics questions at this stage tend to focus on calculation and very simple algebraic manipulation.

The first question we look at here is numeric:

Calculate (324.6 times 23.9).

The second involves simple algebra:

Find the value of (x) for which (3x+5=2x+9).

Answers are given on an attached PDF document.

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