Christmas Bells

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Christmas Bells

The first bell rings every 6 minutes,

The second bell rings every 7 minutes,

The third bell rings every hour.

If all the bells ring together at noon, at what time will they next all ring together?
 

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  • Mr McLaughlin And Primary 5, St Bernadette's Primary School, Motherwell
  • Tuesday, December 20, 2011
  • "We managed to work out it was 7.00 pm. We really enjoyed the puzzle as it allowed us to work on our time skills and gave us good practise at using calculators."

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Answer:

7pm