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Steve gave away half of the stamps in his stamp collection to his best friend, Brad. Then Steve gave away 27 stamps to his sister, Kara. If Steve now has just 15 stamps left, how many stamps were in his
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Steve gave away half of the stamps in his stamp

collection to his best friend, Brad. Then Steve
gave away 27 stamps to his sister, Kara. If
Steve now has just 15 stamps left, how many
stamps were in his collection originally?

User Dmitry Galchinsky
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pretty sure it’s 84 stamps
User Kruczy
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Answer:

15 +27 =42

42 X 2 = 84

84 stamps originally

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