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2. Sheikh Omar provides in his will that all the gold bars he has should be distributed between his only son Jamal and nine grandchildren in shares as specified below.
The eldest grand child should get exactly half the number of bars than Jamal gets. The second grand child should get one third, the third grand child one fourth, the fourth 
grand child one fifth, the fifth grand child one sixth, the sixth grand child one seventh, the seventh grand child one eighth, the eighth grand child one ninth and the ninth grand child should get one tenth the number of bars that Jamal gets.
When the bars are divided in the above way, it is found that the difference between the two smallest shares is 28. How many bars Omar has and how they are divided?
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3. What is wrong with the following equation. What must you do to make it true?
    81 x 9 = 801
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2. Omar has 7381 gold bars. They are divided in the following shares.
   2520+1260+840+630+504+420+360+315+280+252

3. Write it on paper and turn the page upside down.
   81 x 9 = 801 becomes 108 = 6 x 18