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Ms.Ruiz planted 14 flowers in 3 spots. she planted 4 flowers in one pot and split the rest equally between the other 2pots. write and solve an equation to find the number of flowers Ms. Ruiz planted in
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Ms.Ruiz planted 14 flowers in 3 spots. she planted 4 flowers in one pot and split the rest equally between the other 2pots.

write and solve an equation to find the number of flowers Ms. Ruiz planted in each of 3 pots.

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She put 4 in one so 14-4=10. 10 divided by 2 is 5. So one has 4 and 2 have 5
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14-4=10 10÷2=5 or 14÷3=4 the remainder is 2 and she also planted them
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