CEMC Pascal

Algebra Difficulty 1.6 Junior Find the answer

Krystyna has some raisins. After giving some away and eating some, she has 16 left. How many did she start with?

Your answer

A number or a short expression. Fractions can be typed as 3/2, and spacing doesn't matter.

Solution

Working backwards, Krystyna had 36 raisins before eating 4, and 54 raisins initially.

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