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Maria had a seven square-foot piece of construction paper. She used four square feet of the paper to make a large greeting card for a friend. Which operation would help to find the amount of paper she could use for another card? O division O addition subtraction multiplication​

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Answer:

subtraction

Explanation:

If she had 7 sqft and used up 4 sqft, she no longer has that 4 sqft. It's used up, gone, taken away. We remove it from her total. That is "take away" this means subtraction.

7 - 4

= 3 she has 3sqft of construction paper left.

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