Question

51 blocks. how many blocks doe tony buy? tony buys __ blocks. 3 jen has some buttons. she gets 23 more buttons from her mom. now jen has 65 buttons. how many buttons did jen have to begin with? jen began with __ buttons. 5 ayanna reads 26 pages of her book at school. later, she reads more pages at home. ayanna has read a total of 54 pages. how many pages does ayanna read at home?

Explanation:

Sub - Question 1 (Tony's blocks, assuming the first problem is "Tony has 51 blocks, and after some operation (maybe subtracting 37 as per the hand - written subtraction), how many does he buy?")

Step 1: Identify the operation

From the hand - written subtraction, we have \(51-37\).

Step 2: Perform the subtraction

\(51 - 37=14\).

Let the number of buttons Jen had initially be \(x\). She got 23 more buttons and now has 65. So the equation is \(x + 23=65\). To find \(x\), we use the subtraction operation \(x=65 - 23\).

Step 1: Set up the equation

Let initial buttons \(=x\), \(x + 23=65\)

Step 2: Solve for \(x\)

\(x=65 - 23 = 42\)

Let the number of pages Ayanna read at home be \(y\). She read 26 pages at school and a total of 54 pages. So the equation is \(26 + y=54\). To find \(y\), we use the subtraction operation \(y = 54-26\).

Step 1: Set up the equation

Let home pages \(=y\), \(26 + y=54\)

Step 2: Solve for \(y\)

\(y=54 - 26=28\)

Answer:

14

Sub - Question 2 (Jen's buttons)