Question

Drew is selling candy bars for school. He started with 69 candy bars 2 weeks ago, and now he only has 26 left. How many candy bars did Drew sell?
43
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42
26

Answer 1

Any ideas?

Answer 2

so we started with 69 and we have 26 left. So between -, +, /, and * what do we use?

Answer 3

let a = what he started with and let b = what he ended with b - a = ?

Answer 4

b - a = what drew sold

Answer 5

i think 69

Answer 6

But he STARTED with 69?

Answer 7

i think it is 26

Answer 8

it is 23

Answer 9

oops had that totally backwards.

a - b = what he sold

Answer 10

let a = what drew started with and let b = what he ended with ====> a - b = ? what drew sold