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If I had 3 cookies and someone took 1 how many do I have left

User Yiran
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3= total of cookies
1= how many they took away
3-1=2
You have 2 cookies left.
User Lizi
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You have 3 cookies and someone took 1 your formula is 3-1 = cookies left. 2 cookies
User James Shuttler
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