Nicarete's Nuts

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Nicarete shared out her nuts: a third to Cleis, a quarter to Sappho, a fifth to Aristodice, a twentieth and a twelfth to Theano, and a twenty-fourth to Philinnis. That left her 50 nuts. How many did she start with?

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How many nuts did she start with?

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