A medium math riddle
Divide 30 by half and add 10. What do you get?
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Dividing by half is not the same as halving.
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70
Also accepted: seventy.
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What is the answer to the riddle "Divide 30 by half and add 10. What do you get?"
The answer is 70. Dividing by half is not the same as halving.
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