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Some children were hiding on the playground 5 more children went to hide now there are 12 children hiding how many children were hiding to begin with

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7 votes

Answer:7

Explanation:

12-5

User Gianluca Ghettini
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Answer:

7 children.

Explanation:

Since there were some children already hiding, and adding 5 more children made there be 12 children hiding, we can subtract 12-5 to get 7, or the amount of children initially hiding.

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User Krishna Sony
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