Question

4) Dan bought nine new baseball trading cards to add to his collection. The next

day his dog ate half of his collection. There are now only forty - four cards left.
How many cards did Dan start with ?

Answer 1

he started with 79

Explanation:

79+9 =88

88/2 is 44

Answer 2

88 because if his dog ate half of his cards and he had 44 after and 44 is the half of 88.