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the cafeteria ordered 400 paper plates. they usef 226 at breakfast. they bought 100 more. Then, they used some plates for lunch. Now there are 78 plates. How many plates did they use at lunch?

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306 of the plates were use at lunch
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196 Plates used for lunch. 400-226=174 174+100=274 274-78=196 Plates Used For Lunch
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