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Jill sold half of her comic books and then bought sixteen more. She now has 36. With how many did she begun?

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Since Jill sold half, you would solve this by multiplying 36 by 2, which would be 64. A way to check this would be to divide your answer, or 62 by 2 (which symbolizes half).

User Victor Chekalin
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36-16=20

20•2=40

Jill started off with 40 comic books

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