Middle School Madness

19 and 47 - November 16, 2009

Your task is to find two different numbers that sum to 1000.  By the way, one number must be a multiple of 19 and the other number must be a multiple of 47. 

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Correct answers have been submitted by:

1. Lim Li. Queenstown Primary School, Singapore, Singapore
2. Hannah Hunt. Shiloh Academy, Franklin, TX USA
3. Jeff Lam. Hong Kong International School, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
4. Vaughan Jones. Sonoran Sky Elementary, Scottsdale, AZ USA
5. Terry Li. Hugh McRoberts Secondary School , Richmond,b.c., Canada
6. Peter Lindgren. Slotte, Ljusdal, Sweden
7. Mr Eric. Aisc, Chennai, India
8. Jansen Jarret Sta Maria. Raffles Instituition, Singapore, Singapore
9. Garima Kapila. Sunnyvale Middle School, Sunnyvale, CA USA
10. Bar Greengrass. Lapid School, Hod Hasaron, Israel
11. Stephen Embry. Open Window School, Bellevue, WA USA
12. Lee Jae Woo. Teck Ghee Primary School, Korea, Korea (south)
13. Shawn Barman. Tesoro Del Valle, Valencia, CA USA
14. Sarah Embry. Open Window School, Bellevue, WA USA
15. Janson Ng. Singapore International School, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
16. Yung-kuang Wang. Kuangfu Junior High School, Taipei, Taiwan
17. Shahmir Khan. Crescent School, Lahore, Pakistan
18. Alice Nguyen 9l. Abc International School, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
19. Toan Luong. Abc International School, Hcm City, Vietnam
20. Truong Bao Kiet. Abc International School, Ho Chi Minh City, CA Vietnam
21. Jared Moore. Rutland Town, Rutland, VT USA
22. Tiffany Pham. Abc International School, Hcm, Vietnam
23. Kinley Rogers. Osceola Middle School, Ocala, FL USA
24. Brennan Rogers. Osceola Middle School, Ocala, FL USA
25. Abi Eneman. York Middle School, York, ME USA
26. Travis Redman. Rutland Town School, Rutland, VT USA
27. Khanh Nguyen. The Abc International School, Hcmc, Vietnam
28. Christopher Le. Macon County Middle School, Marshallville, GA USA
29. James Treacy. Canton Middle School, Canton, CT USA
30. Anson Bidwell. Bookman Road Elementary, Columbia, SC USA
31. Alex Wright. Dornoch Academy, Dornoch, Scotland
32. Laura Terry. Dornoch Academy, Skelbo, United Kingdom
33. Anthony Richard. Gretna No.2 Academy, Gretna, LA USA
34. Coleman Jones. Blackmon Rd Middle School, Columbus, GA USA
35. Isabela Gatmaytan. Osceola Middle School, Ocala, FL USA
36. Chet Drew. St. Luke, Columbus, GA USA
37. Alex Miller. Creekland, Lawrencevelle, GA USA
38. Tom Zimmerman. Madison Middle School, Trumbull, CT USA
39. Mahmoud Yousef. L.w. Ruppel Academy For Advanced Studies, Harvey, LA USA
40. Ayah Yousef. L.w. Ruppel Academy For Advanced Studies, Harvey, LA USA
41. Haley Nuehring. Homeschool, Ofallon, MO USA
42. Nicholas Steven Husada. Universal School, Jakarta, Indonesia
43. Nhan Nguyen 7a. Abc International School, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
44. Tommy Le. Abc International School, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
45. Stephen Ng. Hong Kong International School, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
46. Paisley Pinkney. L.w. Ruppel, Marrero, LA USA
47. Ivy Diep. Abc International School, Hcmc, Vietnam
48. Mike Cox. Sisters Middle School, Sisters, OR USA
49. Billy Knox. Kittrell, Murfreesboro, TN USA
50. Riley Bunch. Kingston Elementary School, Kingston, TN USA
51. Matthew Carlton. Mis, Mooresville, NC USA
52. Vincent Imbrogno. Mis, Mooresville, NC USA
53. Ryan Brown. Mooresville Intermediate, Mooresville, NC USA
54. Dylan Bloomer. Mooresville Intermeidiat School, Mooresville, NC USA
55. Evans Copeland. St. Luke School, Columbus, GA USA
56. Nyles Huling. Arnold Magnet Academy, Columbus,ga, GA USA
57. Molly Moran. Madison Middle School, Trumbull, CT USA
58. Jyothika Nayak. Mangalore, India
59. Daniel Poleshchuk. Cunningham Is234, Brooklyn, NY USA
60. Naeisha Mcclain. Arnold Magnet Academy, Columbus, GA USA
61. Ryan B.. Howard Wilson, Leavenworth, KS USA
62. Erin Brookshire. Baker Middle School, Baker City, OR USA
63. Cassie Miller. Warsaw Middle School, Pittsfield, ME USA
64. A Block. Hbms, Hollis, NH USA
65. Michael Parnell. Kms, Kodiak, AK USA
66. Taylor Keppel. Calvin Christian, Wyoming, MI USA
67. Jay Diemer. Calvin Christian, Wyoming, MI USA
68. Gabe Lamer. Calvin Christian, Wyoming, MI USA
69. L. Zhou. Middle, Parsippany, NJ USA
70. Eman Cohen. Richards Middle School, Columbus, GA USA
71. Divya Venkat. Detroit Country Day School, West Bloomfield, MI USA
72. Jared Ebels. Calvin Christian, Wyoming, MI USA
73. Jared Piersma. Calvin Christian Elamentary, Wyoming, MI USA
74. Seth Piersma. Calvin Christian Elementary, Wyoming, MI USA
75. Anthony Hoffman. Calvin Christian Elementry, Wyoming, MI USA
76. Max Arias. Haverford School, Ardmore, PA USA
77. Hannah Vincent. Calvin Christian, Wyoming, MI USA
78. Felecia Durst. Norwood, Peoria, IL USA
79. Santiago Gonzales. Frontier Middle School, Moses Lake, WA USA
80. Sage Ducoing. Rupple Academy, Gretna, LA USA
81. Anuragh Gudur. Blackmon Road Middle School, Columbus, GA USA
82. Ryan Daigle. Ruppel, Marrero, LA USA
83. Grant Harriss. Osceola Middle School, Ocala, FL USA
84. Francis G. St. Bonaventure, Toronto, Canada
85. Anastasia Wetterow. St Luke Middle School, Columbus, GA USA
86. Rajangad Gurtatta. Scullen Middle School, Naperville, IL USA
87. Kameron Kegler. Blackmon Road Middle School, Columbus, GA USA
88. Sharon Lin. Indian Hill, Holmdel, NJ USA
89. Alex Demarco. The Haverford School, Haverford, PA USA
90. Adithi Anil. Scott Highland Middle School, Apple Valley, MN USA
91. Alec Tyminski. The Haverfrod School, Devon, PA USA
92. William Burkhardt. Dimon School, Columbus, GA USA
93. Laura Danila. Webster, Livonia, MI USA
94. Jazmyn Mcintosh. Blackmon Road Middle, Columbus, GA USA
95. Nancy Hatcher. Stluke, Columbus, GA USA
96. Andy Jung. Tesoro Del Valle, Valencia, CA USA
97. Amanda Hay. St. Luke School, Columbus, GA USA
98. Uddish Mondal. Still Middle School, Aurora, IL USA
99. Pawel Strezebonski. Junior High, Mahomey, IL USA
100. Jessica Fan. MUES, Moorestown, NJ USA
101. Rachel Hines. Cda Charter Academy, Coeur Dalene, ID USA
102. Erin Steinkamp. Gretna No.2, New Orealens, LA USA
103. Brian Borgia. Mooresville Intermidiate, Mooresville, NC USA
104. Omar Vallejo. Blackmon, Columbus, GA USA
105. David Smith. Mooresville Intermediate School, Mooresville, NC USA
106. Andrea Ingles. Blackmon Rd. Middle School, Columbus, GA USA
107. Andrea Ingles. Brms, Columbus, GA USA
108. Markus Wright. Arnold Magnet Academy, Columbus, GA USA
109. David Smith. Mooresville Intermediate School, Mooresville, NC USA
110. Anna Gorbenko. Canton Intermediate School, Canton, CT USA
111. Ms. Macs 4th Period Class. Teasley Ms, Canton, GA USA
112. Austin Mcmickle. Blackmon Road Ms, Columbus, GA USA
113. Sean Harper. St. Luke School, Columbus, GA USA
114. Matt Francis. Home School, Lexington, SC USA
115. Sean Harper. St. Luke School, Phenix City, AL USA
116. Mckenzie Ward. St. Luke Middle School, Columbus, GA USA
117. Jake Cooper. St. Luke School, Columbus, GA USA
118. Steven Wu. St. Luke, Columbus, GA USA
119. Jordan Tippins. Blackmon Road Middle School, Columbus, GA USA
120. Ben Kettle. West Homer, Homer, AK USA
121. Robert Petrakis. School, Peoria, IL USA
122. Blaine Rench. B-pc Jh, Bushnell, IL USA
123. Jodi Grantham. Cda Charter Academy, Dalton Gardens, ID USA
124. Albert Tang. Welby Way, Los Angeles, CA USA
125. Analisa Del Grosso. Benchmark, Phoenix, AZ USA
126. Sam Sunder. School, Columbus, OH USA
127. Tulasi Chittivelu. Peoria Academy, Peoria, IL USA
128. Hantao Jing. Ppms, Brookfield, WI USA
129. Ivan Schmidt. Arroyo Vista Elementary, South Pasadena, CA USA
130. Paul Leonardi. Silvercrest Elementary, Pearland, TX USA
131. K. Rachel Price. Jackson County Middle School, Annville, KY USA
132. Kirk Lam. Hong Kong International School, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
133. Chirag Kamdar. School, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
134. Shawn Liu. International School Of Beijing, Beijing, China
135. Irene Lucio. Evergreen Elementry, Metamora, OH USA
136. Nicodemus Popper. Evergreen Elementary, Metamora, OH USA
137. Ed Jenkins. St. Luke School, Columbus, GA USA
138. Rahulroy Kinnera. Sam Academy, Chennai, India
139. C Block. Hbms, Hollis, NH USA
140. Ashley Bush. St. Luke School, Columbus, GA USA
141. Gent Gjika. Turgut Ozal College Of Tirana, Tirana, Albania
142. Maciej Kocot. Gimnazjum 16, Kraków, Poland
143. Alexander Haas. Silverbrook Middle School, West Bend, WI USA
144. Carson Outler. St. Luke School, Columbus, GA Georgia
145. Sammy Sklarin. Bhds, San Francisco, CA USA
146. Jill Van Der Schaaf. Union Elementary, Union, ME USA
147. David Dougelus. Bryan Middle, Bryan, TX USA
148. Charles Bradley. Oak Point Intermediate, Eden Prairie, MN USA
149. Akshat Misra. Roton Middle School, Norwalk, CT USA
150. Sarah Busey. 21st Century Prep, Racine, WI USA
151. Xander Bartone. The Center For Teaching And Learning, Bath, ME USA
152. Anastasia Wetterow. St. Luke Middle School, Columbus, GA USA
153. Mikki Nicknack. Evergreen Elementary, Metamora, OH USA
154. D Block. Hbms, Hollis, NH USA
155. Jessie Mara. Evergreen Elementary, Metamora, OH USA
156. Kasey Merklin. Kodiak Middle School, Kodiak, AK USA
157. Amy C.. West, Leavenworth, KS USA
158. Rachel Kiefaber. Rutland Town School, Rutland Town, VT USA
159. Matthew C.. West, Leavenworth, KS USA
160. Mckenna S.. West, Leavenworth, KS USA
161. William Page. Stonewall Centennial, Stonewall, Canada
162. Aamir Punjani. Blackmon Road Middle School, Midland, GA USA
163. Travis Xiang. Casselberry Elementary, Casselberry, FL USA
164. Amy Tanner. Evergreen Elementary, Metamora, OH USA
165. Jimmy Mcewan. Madison Middle School, Trumbull, CT USA
166. Spencer Williams. Ogden, Oregon City, OR USA
167. Jeffrey You. Parker Middle School, Chelmsford, MA USA
168. Lucas Heald. Rts, Rutland, VT USA
169. Danny Liang. Garden Hills School, Champaign, IL USA
170. Jody Noreen. Hawley, Hawley, MN USA
171. Ben Katz. Quail Run Elementary, Lawrence, KS USA
172. Jordan Johnson. Peoria Academy, Peoria, IL USA
173. Bailey Alexander :d. St. Luke, Columbus, GA USA
174. David Shuper. Brandeis Hillel Day School, San Francisco, CA USA
175. Gerald Douglas. St.luke School, Columbus, GA USA
176. Whitley Gillespie. Brms, Columbus, GA USA
177. Katie Kessler. Peoria Academy, Peoria, IL USA
178. Ishan Sahoo. Britt David, Columbus, GA USA
179. Brayden Elsmore. Juab Jr. High, Mona, UT USA
180. Austin Elsmore. Mona Elementary, Mona, UT USA
181. Sydney Droll. St.gregory College Prepetory School, Tucson, AZ USA
182. Victoria Goetz. Coeur D Alene Charter Academy, Coeur D Alene, ID USA
183. Daniel Roy. Saint Gorges School, Veradale, WA USA
184. Tom Schmidt. Henry Middle School, Northridge, CA USA
185. Alex Caviness. Peoria Academy, Peoria, IL USA
186. E Block. Hbms, Hollis, NH USA
187. Brian Mcgrath. Center For Teaching And Learning, Westport Island, ME USA
188. Dorit Liss. Cda Charter Academy, Harrison, ID USA
189. Austin Bolomey. Orchard Middle School, Solon, OH USA
190. Emma Peebles. Evergreen Elementary, Metamora, OH USA
191. Trent Johnson. Hickman Middle, Centerville, TN USA
192. Jeremy Demumbran. Hickman Middle, Centerville, TN USA
193. Brandon Mcguirt. Hickman Middle, Centerville, TN USA
194. Hannah Pendergrass. Hickman County Middle School, Centerville, TN USA
195. Elizabeth Graves. Canton Middle School, Canton, CT USA
196. Dylan Rochelle. Hickman Middle, Centerville, TN USA
197. Kristina Davis. Hickman County, Centerville, TN USA
198. Travis Wright. Hickman County Middle School, Centerville, TN USA
199. Amanda Smith. Hickman Middle, Centerville, TN USA
200. Aliza Lauter. Bhds, Sf, CA USA
201. Solana Chertow. Bhds, San Francisco, CA USA
202. Rachel Dunham. Norwood, Peoria, IL USA
203. Caleb Mccurdy. Brentwood Elementary, Brentwood, CA USA
204. Wesley Williams. St. Luke School, Columbus, GA USA
205. Julia Allen. St. Luke School, Columbus, GA USA
206. Matthew Danbury. Cossitt School, La Grange, IL USA
207. Jason Hagani. Madison Middle School, Trumbull, CT USA
208. Alyssa Watson. Pleasant, Marion, OH USA
209. Olivia Dowe. St. Luke School, Columbus, GA USA
210. Alec Sun. Florence Sawyer School, Bolton, MA USA
211. Katie George. Warsaw Middle School, Pittsfield, ME USA
212. Mohammad Monem. Ruppel Academy For Advanced Studies, Gretna, LA United Kingdom
213. Lanier Brooks. St. Luke School, Columbus, GA USA
214. Cassady Cabelka. St. Luke School, Columbus, GA USA
215. Natalie Jacobson. Brandies Hillel Day School, San Francisco, CA USA
216. Ashley Radee. Peoria Academy, Peoria, IL USA
217. Hannah Raciti. South Polk Elementary, Fort Polk, LA USA
218. Sophie Lee. Peoria Academy, Peoria, IL USA
219. Mariah Blanks. St. Luke School, Columbus, GA USA
220. Kylie Vollmar. Peoria Academy, Chillicothe, IL USA
221. Klaiten Kermoade. View Ridge Elementary,, Everett, WA USA
222. Michael Miles. Peoria Academy, Peoria, IL USA
223. Gwang Hyeon Kwon. Abc International School, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
224. Katie Hughes. Warsaw Middle School, Pittsfield, ME USA
225. Melody Piper. Norwood, Peoria, IL USA
226. Mitchell Hallee. Warsaw Middle School, Pittsfield, ME USA
227. Dani Chavez. Creekwood Middle School!, Kingwood, TX USA
228. Leslie Collignon. Home, Powell, OH USA
229. Acelyn Neff. Colonial Christian Academy, Franklin, TX USA
230. Jack Walker. High-tech-middle, San Diego, CA USA
231. Angelo Rivera. Kodiak Middle School, Kodiak, AK USA
232. Arrianna Gabbidon. Ruppel Academy, Gretna, LA USA
233. Jeff Huber. Medomak Middle School, Washington, ME USA
234. Joshua Yake. Pleasant Elementary, Marion, USA
235. Jordan Delbianco. Rutland Town School, Rutland, VT USA
236. Caleb Harbin. Brms, Columbus, GA USA
237. Joshua Redman. Blackmon Road Middle School, Columbus, GA USA
238. Kennedi Williams. L.w. Ruppel Academy, Harvey, LA USA
239. Megan Thomasson. Peoria Academy, Peoria, IL USA
240. Bryce Koon. St. Luke School, Midland, GA USA
241. Andy Leith. Haverford School, Haverford, PA USA
242. Jason Lu. Brooklyn Studio, New York, NY USA
243. Dylan Olson. Hawley, Hawley, MN USA
244. Brandon Wingfield. Blackmon Road Middle School, Columbus, GA USA
245. Kateland Stevenson. St.luke School, Columbus, GA USA
246. Averett Flory. St. Luke Middle School, Columbus, GA USA
247. Cameron Anderson. St. Luke School, Columbus, GA USA
248. Connor Todd. St. Luke School, Columbus, GA USA
249. Annabeth Chase. Ues, Moorestown, NJ USA
250. Evan Vickers. Gretna #2 Academy, Gretna, LA USA
251. Ly Tran. Ruppel Academy, New Orleans, LA USA
252. Ryan Tino. The Haverford School, Havertown, PA USA
253. Donte Sincere. Ruppel Academy, Gretna, LA USA
254. Alexis Lamarre. Warsaw Middle School, Pittsfield, ME USA
255. Lacey Hines. Rupel Academy For Advanced Studies, Gretna, LA USA
256. Jenny Jiang. Mark Twain I. S. 239, New York City, NY USA
257. Justin Liu. Spms, South Pasadena, CA USA
258. Matt Marsh. Britt David Magnet Academy, Columbus, GA USA
259. Khalid Laster. Peoria Academy, Peoria, IL USA
260. Curtis Laster. Peoria Academy, Peoria, IL USA
261. Melissa Becraft. Peoria Academy, Peoria, IL USA
262. Emma Mccormick. C Da, Coeur Dalene, ID USA
263. Daniel Mudge. St. Luke, Ellerslie, GA USA
264. Cecelia S.. Cw, Tacoma, WA USA
265. Hou-chun Lin. Kuangfu Junior High School, Taipei, Taiwan
266. Joshua Ani. Montgomery Elementary School, Atlanta, GA USA
267. Kapildev Neupane. Diamond Higher Secondary School, Pokhara, Nepal
268. Derek Murphy. York Middel School, York, ME USA
269. Caroline Hydrick. St. Luke, Columbus, GA USA
270. Meagan Munoz. Ruppel Academy, Gretna, LA USA
271. Summer Neff. Colonial Christian Academy, Franklin, TX USA
272. Jc Call. Smes, St.marys, GA USA
273. Kieran Wharton. Smes, St.marys, GA USA
274. Jonothan Odum. Smes, St.marys, GA USA
275. Alexis @ra. Ridgefield Academy, Ridgefield, CT USA