Natalie was going to sell all of her stamp collection to buy a video game. After selling half of them she changed her mind. She then bought eleven more. How many did she start with if she now has 23?

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Boston Keller

Mathematics

27 August, 07:35

Natalie was going to sell all of her stamp collection to buy a video game. After selling half of them she changed her mind. She then bought eleven more. How many did she start with if she now has 23?

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Kaya Curtis · Answer 1

X/2 + 11 = 23

x/2 = 12

x = 24

She started with 24 stamps.

Maddox Skinner · Answer 2

So if she had 23 now I would say she started with 24:

So 23-11=12 so this was half of the stamps before buying the 11 extra

but 12x2=24 which would have been to total sum of stamps she started with.