1. The product of two odd numbers is 117.
What are they?
2. The difference between two square numbers is 15.
What are they?
3. The sum of three prime numbers is 29.
What are they?
4. The ratio of two even numbers is 7:8.
What are they?
Topics: Starter | Arithmetic | Number | Puzzles | Ratio
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