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two subtracted from triple is 101.

After subtracting 2 from the triple, the number becomes 101,

Therefore, the triple of the number is 101 + 2 = 103

∴ the required number is = 34.33

two added to triple is 101.

three subtracted from double is 101.

Half a number added to the number gives 111. What is the number?

A piece of folk math: a child asked a flock of birds, “How many are you?”

A bird replied.

We and us again,

With half of us

And half to that

With one more,

Would make hundred”

How many birds were there?

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