{"id":635,"date":"2018-05-28T16:36:26","date_gmt":"2018-05-28T20:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=635"},"modified":"2018-05-28T16:36:26","modified_gmt":"2018-05-28T20:36:26","slug":"brothers-and-sisters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=635","title":{"rendered":"Brothers and Sisters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a8How many brothers do you have, Benny?\u201d asked Jasper.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have just as many brothers as sisters,\u201d said Benny.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow many siblings do you have, Joan?\u201d asked Jasper of Benny\u2019s sister.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have twice as many brothers as sisters,\u201d said Joan.<\/p>\n<p><em>Can you work out how many siblings there were in Benny\u2019s family?<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-635\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=635&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-635\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=635&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-635\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=635&amp;share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-jetpack-whatsapp\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-jetpack-whatsapp sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=635&amp;share=jetpack-whatsapp\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on WhatsApp\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a8How many brothers do you have, Benny?\u201d asked Jasper. \u201cI have just as many brothers as sisters,\u201d said Benny. \u201cHow many siblings do you have, Joan?\u201d asked Jasper of Benny\u2019s sister. \u201cI have twice as many brothers as sisters,\u201d said Joan. 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