Question

2. Ms. Stockton was baking apple pies. She had some apples, and then went to the store and bought

39 more. Now, Ms. Stockton has 74 apples. How many apples did Ms. Stockton start with?
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Answer 1

Ms. Stockton started with 35 apples before she bought more. This is determined through the equation x + 39 = 74, where x represents the initial number of apples.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let's suppose the number of apples Ms. Stockton had initially to be x. After going to the store and buying additional 39 apples (indicated by the '+39' in the problem), she ended up with 74 apples (which is the final inventory of apples).

Translating this scenario into a number sentence, we get the equation x + 39 = 74.

To find out how many apples Ms. Stockton had at the start (x), we can rearrange our equation by subtracting 39 from both sides of the equation to solve for x (the number of initial apples).

So, x = 74 - 39. After doing the subtraction, we find that x = 35.

Therefore, Ms. Stockton started with 35 apples.

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