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She has 10 cubes which she puts into the boxes.  \nEach box gets a different number of cubes.  \n• The blue box gets the most cubes.  \n• The red box gets the second most.  \n• The yellow box gets the least cubes. How many cubes could there be in each box?  \nThere are 4 possibilities. Can you find the other three?  \n\n| Blue box | 7 | Red box | 2 | Yellow box | 1 | = 10 cubes |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Blue box |  | Red box |  | Yellow box |  | = 10 cubes |\n| Blue box |  | Red box |  | Yellow box |  | = 10 cubes |\n| Blue box |  | Red box |  | Yellow box |  | = 10 cubes |\n\nWhat if Sally had 11 cubes instead of 10? 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