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Missing Money: a Mystery at First Bank
“Every night, we are missing some money,” says Mr. Derek Davis, president of First Bank of New York. Sometimes it’s $12, sometimes it’s $18, and sometimes it’s only $8.”
Is someone at the bank taking money?
“I don’t know,” answers Mr. Davis.
“It’s not a lot of money.”
Are the computers making a mistake?
“We are checking them now,” says Nancy White, bank manager.
Police officer Richard York, of the New York Police Department, is talking to people at the bank. First Bank is now missing a total of $126.
Compreensão de texto
- According to Mr. Derek Davis, how much money is missing from the bank every night?
- Does Mr. Davis know if someone at the bank is taking the money?
- What is Nancy White, the bank manager, doing to investigate the missing money?
- Who is talking to people at the bank about the missing money?
- How much money, in total, is the First Bank of New York missing now?
- Is the missing money considered a significant amount according to Mr. Davis?
- What are the possible reasons mentioned in the text for the missing money (e.g., someone taking it or computer mistakes)?
- Who is overseeing the investigation into the missing money at the bank?
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Respostas
- According to Mr. Derek Davis, the amount of missing money varies; sometimes it's $12, sometimes $18, and sometimes only $8.
- Mr. Davis doesn't know if someone at the bank is taking the money.
- Nancy White, the bank manager, is checking the computers to investigate the missing money.
- Police officer Richard York of the New York Police Department is talking to people at the bank about the missing money.
- The First Bank of New York is now missing a total of $126.
- According to Mr. Davis, it's not considered a lot of money.
- The text doesn't provide clear information about the reasons for the missing money, mentioning the possibilities of someone taking it or computer mistakes.
- Nancy White, the bank manager, is overseeing the investigation into the missing money at the bank.