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Rolling Along the Trail
Age 11 to 14
ShortChallenge Level 
A pair of dice is thrown and the score is obtained by finding the product of the two numbers.
In five throws of both dice:
the second score is $5$ more that the first;
the third score is $6$ less than the scond;
the fourth score is $11$ more than the third;
the fifth score is $8$ less than the fourth.
What was the score for each of these five throws?
If you liked this problem, here is an NRICH task which challenges you to use similar mathematical ideas.
This problem is taken from the UKMT Mathematical Challenges.
You can find more short problems, arranged by curriculum topic, in our short problems collection.
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