Question

7) The sum of the page numbers of two facing pages of a book is 85. What are the page numbers of two facing pages of the book. If the sum is not given, but the product is given to be 1806, how will you find the page numbers?​

Answer 1

42 and 43.

Explanation:

This problem can be solved just by knowing the sum of the page numbers, as page numbers on the same face are always one digit apart. Thus we can take 85, subtract 1, divide by 2, and then get 42,42, and add 1 back to the second-page number.

To check our work we can multiply 42*43 to get 1806.