Today Puzzle #680
Puzzle No. 680– Thursday 20 February
Which fraction gives the same answer when it is subtracted from one-quarter as when it is multiplied by one-quarter?
Today’s #PuzzleForToday has been set by the UK Mathematics Trust a charity based at the University of Leeds whose aim is to advance the education of young people in mathematics.
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one-fifth 1/4-1/5=1/20=1/5x1/4 . Using algebra it can be seen that this is the only solution
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