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UKMT Senior Kangaroo, 2025

Algebra Difficulty 2.0 Junior Prove it United Kingdom

The pie chart shows how exactly 2000 children in a particular town get to school. Note that the percentages in this pie chart are exact, without any rounding. Approximately twice as many use a bicycle as use the bus. Roughly the same number come by car as walk. The rest come by train. How many children use the train?

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