Amanda Chang's answer to Nancy low's Secondary 1 Maths Singapore question.

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Amanda Chang
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400 is a square of 20 x 20, so for the multiple of two consecutive pages to be 420, it can be 19 x 20 or 20 x 21

since 420 is bigger than 400, it must be 20 x 21

to check, 400 = 20 x 20, 420 = 400 + 20 = 20 x 21 = (20 x 20) + 20