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Carlos read a book for language arts class. He finished the book on Friday. On Monday he read 27 pages. On Tuesday he read 31 pages. On Wednesday he read 28 pages. On Thursday and Friday he read the same number of pages each day. The book has 144 pages. How many pages did he read on Thursday?

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Carlos read 58 pages on Thursday.

Carlos read a book with a total of 144 pages. He finished reading the book on Friday. Throughout the week, he read a certain number of pages each day.

On Monday, he read 27 pages.

On Tuesday, he read 31 pages.

On Wednesday, he read 28 pages. On Thursday and Friday, he read the same number of pages each day.

To find out how many pages Carlos read on Thursday, we need to subtract the number of pages he read on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday from the total number of pages in the book.

Total number of pages read on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday: 27 + 31 + 28 = 86

To find out how many pages Carlos read on Thursday, we subtract the total number of pages read on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday from the total number of pages in the book: 144 - 86 = 58

Therefore, Carlos read 58 pages on Thursday.

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