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Josh sent out invitations to 16 friends for his birthday party. 􀝔 friends replied and he is waiting for the other 7 friends to reply. Find 􀝔 .  \n2. Ben bought 4 packs of balloons for his child’s birthday. Each pack of balloons comes with ℎ balloons. There are 24 balloons in total. Find ℎ .  \n3. Sophia ordered 􀝏 pizzas for 24 guests at a party. Each guest will have 16 of a pizza. Find 􀝏 .  \n4. There are 􀝊 guests at Owen's birthday party. 23 of the guests athis party are boys. There are 12 boys at the party. Find 􀝊 .  \n5. Ashley bought 2 boxes of small toys of party favors for her daughter’s birthday party. The bigger box contains 􀝐 toys and the smaller box contains 12 toys. She bought a total of 28 toys. Find 􀝐 .  \n6. Liam rented a hall for a party. The party hall charges $200 for the hall and $􀝇 for each person attending the party. There are  \n24 people attending the party, and Liam paid the party hall $560. Find 􀝇 .  \nReading and Math for K-5 © [www.k5learning.com](www.k5learning.com)  \nAnswers  \n1. 16 − 􀝔 = 7  \n􀝔 = 9  \n2. 4ℎ = 24 ℎ = 6  \n3. ~~ ~~􀯦24 = 16 􀝏 = 16 × 24  \n􀝏 = 4  \n4. ~~ ~~2􀯡3 = 12 2􀝊 = 36  \n􀝊 = 18  \n5. 􀝐 + 12 = 28  \n􀝐 = 16  \n6. 200 + 24􀝇 = 560 24􀝇 = 360  \n􀝇 = 15  \nReading and Math for K-5 © [www.k5learning.com](www.k5learning.com)","cbCaink0QlBQEz3s","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaink0QlBQEz3s","pdf",84702,"English","# Word Problems\n## Answer Key","[{\"question\":\"How do you find the number of friends who have already replied in the first problem?\",\"answer\":\"The equation is 16 - x = 7, where x represents the number of friends who replied. Subtracting 7 from 16 gives x = 9.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the total number of balloons if there are 4 packs with h balloons each, totaling 24?\",\"answer\":\"The equation is 4h = 24. 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