Question

Jane has a bag of candy.She gives 8 pieces to her friend. Then janes grandmother buys Jane 5 more pieces of candy than she had origanally.Now Jane has 27 pieces of candy.How many pieces of candy were in janes bag orignally

Answer 1

Jane originally had 30 pieces of candy.

Explanation:

27 plus the eight pieces she had before

gives you 35. Subtract it by the 5 pieces her grandma gave her and you get 30.

Answer 2

40

Explanation:

27+8+5=40 since 8 & 5 are the total amounts she took out of the original bag.