Grade 2 problem

Arithmetic · Grade 2

An after-school club prepared 26 pencils. Four boxes held five pencils each. How many pencils were left outside the boxes?

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  1. Find out how many pencils are in four boxes.
  2. Subtract 4 × 5 from 26.
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Answer: 6

There are 20 pencils in the boxes, there are 6 left outside.

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