List all the multiples of the numbers:
2: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 82, 84, 86, 88, 90, 92, 94, 96, 98, 100
5: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100
6: 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 42, 48, 54, 60, 66, 72, 78, 84, 90, 96
9: 9, 18, 27, 36, 45, 54, 63, 72, 81, 90, 99
The least common multiple of 2, 5, 6, and 9 is 90.
Simplify equation: 14 - 7y + 5 = 1 + 3y + 24
simplify again: 19 - 7y = 25 + 3y
add -25 and 7y to both sides: -6 = 10y
y = -6/10 or -0.6
2. After 30 minutes, richie has delivered 1/3 of the papers, so they have to deliver the remaining 2/3. Since they can deliver them all in 40 minutes, would the answer be 2/3 of 40? I'm not sure about this.
x/4 = 3/2
x/2 = 3 (multiply both sides by 2)
x = 6 (multiply both sides by 2)
Therefore 6/4 = 3/2
