Question

Maria bought seven boxes. A week later half of all her boxes were destroyed in a fire. There are only 22 boxes left. How many did she start out with

Answer 1

The answer is 44 with my big brain in motion

Answer 2

so you do 22+7÷2
22+7=29
29÷2=14.5
So she has 14.5 boxes left after the fire.
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