My two digit number is special because adding the sum of its digits to the product of its digits gives me my original number. What could my number be?
Think of a number... follow the machine's instructions. I know what
your number is! Can you explain how I know?
Learn to write procedures and build them into Logo programs. Learn to use variables.
Inspector Remorse had a difficult year in 2004. A crime wave in Camford meant that he had $20\%$ more cases to solve than in 2003, but his success rate dropped. In 2003, he solved $80\%$ of his cases, but in 2004 he solved only $60\%$ of them. What was the percentage change in the number of cases he solved in 2004 compared with 2003?
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