Question

Maria bought seven bixes . A week later half of all her boxes were destoryed in a fire. There are now only 22 boxes left. How many boxes did she start with? You can write it as a 2 step equation or just the answer.

Answer 1

It states that half of her boxes were destroyed in a fire and she was left with 22, so you're going to take that 22 and multiply by 2, which would give you 44. Then you will add the 7 boxes to your total of 44 to get your new total of 51, the boxes she started with before the fire. I hope I helped you a bit. Have a great day! :)