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Nate and Clara are drawing pictures with markers. There are 8 markers in a set. Nate has 9 markers and Clara has 7. What can Nate and Clara do so that each of them has a full set?

User Tigran Babajanyan
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Nate can give a marker to Clara to make each have 8.
9-1=8
7+1=8
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