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Mrs. Hester buys 85 tickets to play games

at the state fair. She gives 12 tickets to
each of her sons and has 13 tickets
remaining. How many sons does Mrs. Hester
have

User Anjan
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2 Answers

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Answer:

Mrs.Hester has 6 sons

Explanation:

I subtracted 13 from 85 and made 6 groups of 12

User David Mihal
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Answer:

6 sons

Explanation:

She has 85 tickets and 13 tickets remaining after

85 - 13 = 72

Now she has 72 tickets for each son and each son gets 12 tickets

72 / 12 = 6

She has 6 sons

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