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Kelly sees some fish at the pet shop . A man buys 2 fish .a boy buys 4 fish . Now there are 3 fish . How many fish did Kelly see at first?

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There were 9 fish at first.
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Rewrite the question in an "equation way":

(some fish) = (man buys) + (boy buys) + (left)

(some fish) = 2 + 4 + 3

(some fish) = 9

Kelly saw 9 fish at first.

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