The Shared Apples
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A girl shared out her apples: a fifth to Chrysis, a fourth to Hero, a nineteenth to Psamathe, a tenth to Cleopatra and a twentieth to Parthenope; twelve went to Evadne, and she kept 120 for herself. How many apples were there in all?
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How many apples were there in all?
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