Twenty cards were shared equally among four children. Then each child gave one card to the teacher. How many cards did each child have left?
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- Find how many cards one child first received.
- Subtract 1 from the result of dividing 20 by 4.
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Answer: 4
At first, each child received 20 ÷ 4 = 5 cards. After giving one card back, each had 4 left.