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Mrs. Carlyle bought a bag of peanuts for her children. When Phillip, Joy, Brent, and Preston came home from school, they each took some peanuts from the bag.

Phillip took 1/3 of the peanuts from the bag.
Joy took 1/4 of the remaining peanuts.
Brent took 1/2 of the remaining peanuts.
Preston took 10 peanuts.

71 peanuts were remaining in the bag.
How many peanuts were originally in the bag? ______________________

2. How many peanuts did each child take? ______________________​

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