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To play this game, everyone stands in a circle. One player calls out ‘one’. The next player says ‘two’ and so on. A player who has to call out 3 or a number that can be divided by 3 has to say ‘Meow’ instead of the number. One who forgets to say ‘Meow’ is out of the game. The last player left is the winner.

- Which numbers did you replace with ‘Meow’?
3, 6, 9 .........
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Solution
The numbers replaced by the word “Meow” are 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, and so on.
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