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| The sum of 72 and (-72) | When you add a negative integer and a positive integer, you essentially subtract the smaller absolute value from the larger, and the sum takes the sign of the integer with the larger absolute value. In this case, the absolute value of both integers is the same, so the sum is zero. | 0 | 88%
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| MMXXV | M (1000) + M (1000) + X (10) + X (10) + V (5) = 2025 | 2025 | 88%
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| 172 ÷ 15 | 172 ÷ 15 = 172 ÷ (1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * 1) = 172 ÷ 1 = 172 | 172 | 85%
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| According to the idiom, the number of one’s own feet to stand on in order to be appropriately independent or self-sufficient | The Free Dictionary: stand on (one's) own (two) feet | 2 | 85%
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| 71 + 64/8 | 71 + 64/8 = 71 + (64 ÷ 8) = 71 + 8 = 79 | 79 | 85%
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| A piece of cardboard is 2 mm thick. Suppose it was folded in half, then folded in half again, and folded in half once more. In millimeters, how thick is the folded piece of cardboard? | Each time the cardboard is folded in half, the thickness doubles. The cardboard is folded in half three times. The first time it is folded in half it becomes 2 * (2 mm) = 4 mm. The second time it is folded, it becomes 2 * 4 mm = 8 mm. The third time, it becomes 2 * 8 mm = 16 mm. | 16 | 81%
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| The number of sides a pentacontahenagon has | Wikidata: pentacontahenagon | 51 | 81%
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| The absolute value of (-72) | The absolute value of a number is its distance from zero, so an absolute value is always a positive value or zero. See: | 72 | 81%
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| Number of associates Danny Ocean rounded up to perpetrate a Las Vegas heist in the title of the 1960 film that starred Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford and Angie Dickinson; and its 2001 remake that starred George Clooney, Matt Damon, Andy García, Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts | Wikipedia: Ocean's 11 | 11 | 77%
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| The number of JetPunk sovereign states that share a land border with mainland China | Wikipedia: List of countries and territories by number of land borders | 14 | 77%
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| Mr. Papoutsis plowed 6 acres in 1 hour. At this rate, how many hours will it take him to plow 24 acres? | Mr. Papoutsis can plow 6 acres in an hour, so divide the total number of acres to be plowed by 6 to to find the number of hours needed: 24 ÷ 6 = 4 | 4 | 77%
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| The year the Knights Templar were founded to protect Jerusalem and European pilgrims on their journey to the city. | Wikipedia: Knights Templar | 1118 | 73%
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| The year Richard I (Cœur de Lion / the Lionheart) ascended to the English throne | Wikipedia: Richard I of England | 1189 | 73%
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| Regnal number of Queen Elizabeth II’s successor | Wikipedia: Charles III | 3 | 69%
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| The number of Horsemen of the Apocalypse described in the Book of Revelation * the number of units in a score | Wikipedia: Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse 4 horsemen * 20 units in a score = 80 | 80 | 62%
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| Atomic number of the element cadmium | Wikipedia: Cadmium | 48 | 50%
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| Number that comprises the name of a chewing gum marketed by the Wrigley Company toward teenagers | Wikipedia: 5 (gum) | 5 | 50%
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| The number of days in the month of Sivan in the Hebrew calendar | Wikipedia: Hebrew calendar | 30 | 46%
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| In centimeters, the maximum circumference of a regulation (size 5) ball used in association football (called “soccer” in the U.S.) | Wikipedia: Ball (association football) | 70 | 38%
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| Number of states (estados) that, along with the federal district (distrito federal) of Brasília, comprise the first-level administrative divisions of Brazil | Wikipedia: Federative units of Brazil | 26 | 31%
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