IXL | Multi-step word problems I

At a carnival, Aaron and his brother collected 59 pieces of candy all together. Each of them ate 3 pieces of candy that evening. The next day, Aaron had 21 pieces left. How many pieces did Aaron's brother have left?

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Damon started collecting lunch boxes when he was 5 years old. He had 32 superhero lunch boxes, 11 outer space lunch boxes, and 28 rock band lunch boxes.

Then Damon's cousin started her own lunch box collection. Damon wanted to help her get started, so he gave his cousin 32 lunch boxes from his collection. How many lunch boxes does Damon have left in his collection?

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solution

Step 1: Find the total number of lunch boxes Damon had in his collection.

Add up all of Damon's lunch boxes.

32
+
11
+
28
=
71

Step 2: Find the number of lunch boxes Damon has left after he gives some to his cousin.

Subtract the number of lunch boxes Damon gave to his cousin from the number of lunch boxes he had in his collection.

71
–
32
=
39

Damon has 39 lunch boxes left in his collection.

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