Fred Flintstone bought seven boxes to put with his collection of boxes. A week later half the

boxes were ruined in the rain. There are now only 22 boxes left. With how many did he start?

What equation can I use to solve this?

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Alicia Reilly

15 July, 15:19

Fred Flintstone bought seven boxes to put with his collection of boxes. A week later half the

boxes were ruined in the rain. There are now only 22 boxes left. With how many did he start?

What equation can I use to solve this?

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Nehemiah Wade · Answer 1

He started with 37.

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There are 22 left (a result of being halved) which means there must have been 44 just before that. And, he added 7 boxes to get that 44 total. So, what is 7 less than 44?

Fred Flintstone bought seven boxes to put with his collection of boxes. A week later half theboxes were ruined in the rain. There are now only 22 boxes left. With how many did he start?What equation can I use to solve this?

Fred Flintstone bought seven boxes to put with his collection of boxes. A week later half the

boxes were ruined in the rain. There are now only 22 boxes left. With how many did he start?

What equation can I use to solve this?