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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Workers Inc. just bought 11 boxes of pens to put in their storage room for employees to use as needed. Each box contains 50 pens. If each of the 26 employees working for Workers Inc. takes 4 pens when they are first brought into the office, how many pens will be left in the storage room?

OpenStudy (hysusonic):

11 boxes of pens 50 pens in EACH box how many is that right there?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

500?

OpenStudy (hysusonic):

nope... close

OpenStudy (hysusonic):

11 boxes not 10

OpenStudy (anonymous):

555?

OpenStudy (hysusonic):

550*

OpenStudy (hysusonic):

now what is \[26*4\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

104

OpenStudy (hysusonic):

26= employees 4= how many each one took

OpenStudy (hysusonic):

okay now what is 550-104?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

446!

OpenStudy (hysusonic):

and that's how many pens will be left in the storage room

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