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a lion has four paws and one nose, in a lions den at the zoo the difference between the total number of paws and the total number of noses is 18. How many lions are in the lions den?

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Answer:

6

Explanation:

if you take the number of paws minus the number of noses you get your answer so if you take

24 - 6 ( noses) =18

(4paws x6 lions= 24)

so the number of lions is 6

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