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  • 01-06-2021
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Jeremiah has 20 pencils. He has 4 more than 2
times the number of pencils that Jada has.
Exactly how many pencils does Jada have?

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doomdabomb
doomdabomb doomdabomb
  • 01-06-2021

Answer:

8 pencils

Step-by-step explanation:

We can reverse everything that is happening in the problem like this!...

Jeremiah has 20 - 4 pencils = 16 than 2 reverse operation of multiplication which will be division then 16 ÷ 2 = 8

Check work? 8 more than 2 times equals 16 + 4 more that Jeremiah has equals 20 pencils

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78mbpyg9db 78mbpyg9db
  • 01-06-2021
The answer would be 8 pencils. You do this by working backwards.
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