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Friday, June 26, 2015

Arithmetic Word Problems, 4

Category: Arithmetic

"Published in Vacaville, California, USA"

You collect coins. Suppose you start out with 11. Since you're nice, you give Sharon 3 coins and you give Steven 4 coins. How many coins do you have at the end?

Solution:

The given word problem is about the application of four basic operations. At the start, you have 11 coins. 

If you give Sharon 3 coins since you're nice, then you have 11 - 3 = 8 coins left. 

Finally, if you give Steven 4 coins since you're nice, then you have 8 - 4 = 4 coins left at the end.