Sheet # 7/Critical Thinking/Christmas Carols
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1) A favorite custom at this time of year is to sing Christmas carols. The carol Silent Night was written in 1818 in Germany. How many years ago was that?
2) First group of carolers goes to every third house in a neighborhood, second group goes to every fourth house, and third group to every sixth house. At which house will they first meet?
Answers for sheet # 7
1) 2000 - 1818 = 182 years ago
2) 12th house. Number 12 is the first number that is divisible by 3, 4, and 6.