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Frankie and Marcel are picking up apples. Frankie has 18 apples, which is 4 times plus 2 more apples then Marcel has. How many apples does Marcel have?

User Jack Frost
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Subtract 2 from 18 to get 16 then divide 16 by 4 and it will give you 4.
Answer: 4
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Answer:

Marcel has 4 Apples

Explanation:

1. I see that it is plus two so I get rid of that and subtract two from eighteen.

2. Now I see that Marcel has 4 times less than 16 and 16 divided by 4 is 4.

Marcel has 4 apples.

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