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UKMT Junior Mathematical Challenge, 2016

Algebra Difficulty 1.0 Junior Find the answer United Kingdom

What number is twenty-one less than sixty thousand?

(A) $59\,979$ (B) $59\,981$ (C) $57\,900$ (D) $40\,001$ (E) $39\,000$

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