Question

Dan bought 5 new baseball trading cards to add to

his collection. The next

day his dog ate half of his collection. There are now

only 32 cards left.

How many cards did Dan start with ?

Answer 1

Answer: 59

Explanation:

just multiply 32x2 and then subtract 5 and u wil get 59

Answer 2

To find how many cards Dan started with, we can use the given context to determine equations:

His dog ate half of his collection, and now there are 32 cards left. This means that with the addition of the 5 new baseball trading cards, Dan had 64 trading cards. Now that we know he had 64, we can take away the 5 new baseball cards Dan purchased:

64 - 5 = 59

Therefore, Dan initially had 59 cards.