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Eight kids dived 32 apples kitty took 1,mary 2,sherrie 3,Caroline 4 bob smith took as many as his sister,ken brown to twice as many as his sister,Jim Jones took 3 times,Tom Robinson 4 times as many as his sister what is the last name of each of the 4 girls

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The last names of the girls are Kitty Jones, Mary Robinson, Sherrie Smith, and Caroline Brown.

Kitty; 1 x 3 = 3
Mary; 2 x 4 = 8
Sherrie; 3 x 1 = 3
Caroline; 4 x 2 = 8
totals to; 22

Then you add up the apples that the sisters originally had, 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 = 10

10 + 22 = 32 apples
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