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Tom spent $14 on a magazine and some notepads. If the magazine cost $5 and each notepad cost $3, then how many notepads did he buy?
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Tom spent $14 on a magazine and some notepads. If the magazine cost $5 and each notepad

cost $3, then how many notepads did he buy?

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You can set up an equation for this.
14=3x+5 where x represents the amount of notepads.

Subtract 5 from each side then divide by 3 and your answer is x=3 notepads.
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