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Josiah had 120 baseball cards in a box. he gave 7/10 of the cards to Jacob. How many did he have left. can you please explain how to solve?

Josiah had 120 baseball cards in a box. he gave 7/10 of the cards to Jacob. How many did he have left. can you please explain how to solve?
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Josiah had 120 baseball cards in a box. he gave 7/10 of the cards to Jacob. How many did he have left.

can you please explain how to solve?

Josiah had 120 baseball cards in a box. he gave 7/10 of the cards to Jacob. How many-example-1
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User Miiite
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I did it by dividing 120 by 10 (getting 12) and then multiplying 12 x 7 (getting 84) and then I took 120 and subtracted 84, getting 36. Therefore, Josiah now has 36 cards in the box.
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120/10=12.
12x7=84.
120-84=36 Cards left ;)
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