Question

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Solve the word problem.


Alberto had some candy to give to his four children. He first took three pieces for himself and then evenly divided the rest among his children. Each child received two pieces. With how many pieces did he start?


Alberto started with

pieces.

Answer 1

11 candies

Explanation:

With the information given, you can set up an equation. Let
`c` be the amount of candy Alberto started with:

`c-3=4(2)`

Add 3 to both sides to get:

`c=4(2)+3`

Which results in:

`c=11`

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