mr. charles cuts fresh roses from his garden and gave 10 roses to his neighbor. then he gave half of what he has left to his niece. he kept the remaining 14 roses. how many roses did he cut . using the backwards method

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Solution:

14 x 2 = 28

28 + 10 = 38

Since he has 14 remaining roses, deduct 14 from 38 to find out how much he cut.

38 - 14 = 24

Make sure to change into the opposite when he gives somebody roses for "x, + and -" for example, if the question says it's multiplication, your solution has to be division.

maya’s expression will generate the wrong sum because she violated the commutative property.

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