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some marbles are shared between 7 children. each child receives 6 marbles and there are 2 marbles left over. how many marbles were there?

User Ingris
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Answer:

44 marbles.

Explanation:

Each received 6 marbles so that is a total of 6*7 = 42 marbles.

As there were 2 left over the total = 42 + 2 = 44 marbles.

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